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OceanGate, the manufacturer of the Titan submersible that imploded in the Atlantic Ocean last month, has announced to build a colony on Venus and send 1,000 humans to Venus by the year 2050. Venus, known as Earth’s sister planet, has a dense, poisonous atmosphere consisting mainly of carbon dioxide. The planet is enveloped in thick yellowish clouds made of sulfuric acid, resulting in extreme heat with surface temperatures reaching up to 900 degrees Fahrenheit (475 degrees Celsius). This ambitious project has been named “Humans 2 Venus”. The colony that the OceanGate company is preparing to build will be a “floating colony”. The project is headed by Guillermo Sohnlein, co-founder of the OceanGate company. Read more: Oceangate to continue Titanic wreckage expeditions despite tragedy According to Business Insider’s report, Guillermo Sohnlein has said that “there is no flaw in his plan”. “My project is not as ambitious as to settle one million people on Mars by 2050,” he said. Guill...

A tech-savvy Whatsapp user has revealed a simple trick to boost the quality of images and videos sent on the messaging app in a video he posted on TikTok under the name @.lachief. The messaging app usually compresses the images and videos when they are saved and sent on the platform for making it easier for the device to send. However, convenience sacrifices the quality of the images for speed. The file will still be compressed to a smaller sizer if a video or photo has been taken in 4k. The WhatsApp user @.lachief shared the easy trick to get the best quality images and videos in his 19-second video on TikTok. @.lachief insane whatsapp hacks you need, if you have a whatsapp you need to try this whatsapp tips  #whatsappstatus #whatsapp #whatsapp_status #whatsapptips #whatsappchat #whatsapphacks ♬ original sound – 𝗟𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 Here are the steps: Tap on the ‘Settings’ button in the bottom right corner of the app. Tap on ‘Storage and Data’ and then scroll down to...

ISLAMABAD: Former federal minister Faisal Vawda alleged on Sunday that Defence Minister Khawaja Asif admitted that Nawaz Sharif built a narrative to topple the government by using former army chief Qamar Bajwa’s name in public rallies, ARY News reported. In a detailed Twitter message, Faisal Vawda blamed the prominent political leaders for political instability in the country. He said that political leaders cannot put the country on the right path when they cannot adopt a concrete stance.  He alleged that Khawaja Asif admitted that Nawaz Sharif used Qamar Bajwa’s name in public rallies to build a narrative for toppling the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and later urged the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) lawmakers to vote for then army chief’s extension. “On the other hand, the PTI chief also gave an extension to Bajwa and later built an anti-government narrative. Asif Ali Zardari [PPP co-chairman] voted for running the Sindh government and later adopted an anti-e...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that an African initiative could be a basis for peace in Ukraine but that Ukrainian attacks made it hard to realise. He was speaking at a press conference after meeting African leaders in St Petersburg on Friday and hearing their calls for Moscow to move ahead with their plan. “There are provisions of this peace initiative that are being implemented,” he said. “But there are things that are difficult or impossible to implement.” Reuters reported in June that African mediation in the conflict could begin with confidence-building measures followed by a cessation of hostilities agreement accompanied by negotiations between Russia and the West. Putin said that one of the points in the initiative was a ceasefire. “But the Ukrainian army is on the offensive, they are attacking, they are implementing a large-scale strategic offensive operation… We cannot cease fire when we are under attack.” On the question of starting peace tal...

Six people have died after a small plane crashed in Kananaskis Country, a mountainous region west of Calgary, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said on Saturday. The RCMP said an aircraft with five passengers and a pilot left Springbank Airport near Calgary on Friday night en route to Salmon Arm, British Columbia. RCMP Staff Sgt. Ryan Singleton said contact was lost with the plane around 9:30 p.m. local time (0330 GMT Saturday). Shortly after the plane was reported overdue, a search was conducted by a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) squadron based in Winnipeg. The squadron found the crash site, and with help from Alberta Parks Mountain Rescue, searched for survivors. However, all six people in the plane had died, Singleton said. The RCMP did not release the names of the victims. “Recovering the bodies of the pilot and the passengers was very challenging due to the difficult terrain. However, all six bodies have been successfully recovered,” Singleton said, adding the Trans...

Social media platform X reinstated account of Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, on Saturday, after it was suspended nearly eight months ago because the rapper had violated the platform’s rules prohibiting incitement to violence. Ye’s account now shows his last post from Dec. 1, a day prior to when his account was suspended on platform X, the new name owner Elon Musk has given Twitter. Ye won’t be eligible to monetize his account on X, and advertisements won’t appear next to his posts, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing the social media platform. Ye’s account was suspended in December, just two months after it was reinstated, after one of his posts had earlier appeared to show a swastika symbol inside a Star of David. X reinstated Ye’s account after receiving reassurance that he wouldn’t use the platform to share antisemitic or otherwise harmful language, the report said, citing a person familiar with the matter. Ye has not posted anything new sinc...

RAJANPUR: At least five people were dead and 20 others sustained injuries when a passenger bus overturned in Punjab’s Rajanpur district, ARY News reported on Sunday.  As per details, the ill-fated passenger bus was going to Jacobabad from Sakhi Sarwar with pilgrims, when it met an accident in Fazilpur, Rajanpur. The rescue sources confirmed that at least five persons were dead on the spot, while 20 others sustained injuries. Rescue teams reached the spot after being informed and shifted the dead and injured to a nearby medical facility. Read more:  Six dead, 30 injured in bus accident in Khanewal Earlier on May 31, at least six people had been killed while 30 others were injured when the passenger bus they were travelling in had turned turtle after skidding off a bridge in Khanewal. According to rescue officials, the incident had taken place near Pull Rango. They had said the ill-fated bus was on its way from Lahore to Multan when it had met an accident. The driver of ...

Aliens and Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) started trending on Twitter as new findings sparked memefest and went viral on the internet. Former U.S. intelligence official David Grusch claims under oath that aliens exist and that the U.S. government is in possession of UFOs and non-human bodies pic.twitter.com/Qu7KZGs9v3 — Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) July 26, 2023 In a highly anticipated hearing on UFOs in Congress, a former intelligence officer claimed the U.S. government has operated a secret “multi-decade” reverse engineering program and has recovered non-human “biologics” from alleged crash sites. While he refrained from sharing any further information in the public hearing, Grusch offered to disclose details behind closed doors. However, the revelations went viral on Twitter and people started making memes on Aliens and UFOs. UFO opens and you find this dude sitting in it pic.twitter.com/88TFzaNe8d — Crisppyboat (@CrisppyBoat) July 26, 2023 me trying to impress the...

In a strange incident that went viral a 34-year-old man who went missing said he was ‘scared of wife’ found after 1.5 years. The man named Noushad was traced from a village by police, a day after his 25-year-old wife, Afsana, was arrested in connection with his missing case. She had given a statement to the police saying that Noushad was killed and his body was buried. Later, Noushad said that he “left the home as he was scared of his wife.” He alleged that he was thrashed by people his wife used to call. The police arrested Afsana, his wife after she gave a misleading statement to the police. On his wife’s statement that Noushad was killed and buried by her, police took Afasana to certain places to recover his body. The police, which had been investigating the missing case based on Noushad’s father’s complaint, summoned her to the Koodal station two days ago after she claimed that she had seen Noushad recently. from ARY NEWS https://ift.tt/FCdR2N3

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) have agreed on ‘five names’ for the caretaker prime minister’s (PM) slot, citing sources, ARY News reported on Friday. PML-N central leaders including Khawaja Asif and Ayaz Sadiq held consultations with the PPP delegation for the caretaker PM’s slot.  The PPP delegation was represented by Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Naveed Qamar and Khursheed Shah. The ruling coalition partners mulled over appointing a political personality for the key position. Read more:  Khawaja Asif Rules out the Possibility of Ishaq Dar becoming caretaker PM Sources told ARY News that PML-N and PPP have initially agreed on ‘five names’ which do not include Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. Both parties decided to share the ‘five names’ with other coalition partners. The top leaders of the ruling political parties will be apprised after delegation-level consultations. Sources added that the next round of talks for caretaker PM will be ...

A man in his mid-30s in Belgium has confessed to killing his mother and sticking parts of her body in a fridge found in a canal in the country’s east, prosecutors said Friday. The refrigerator with its grisly contents — two arms and two legs — was found Tuesday bobbing in a canal on the outskirts of the city of Liege, triggering a murder investigation. That led detectives to discover the rest of the woman’s body — her head and torso — in a trash container thrown in a nearby river. A tattoo on the torso helped identify the victim as a woman in her 70s, a spokeswoman for the Liege prosecutors’ office told AFP. Her son, born in 1988, was arrested just before dawn on Thursday in a hotel close to Brussels’s airport. He apparently was preparing to take a flight to South Korea, the spokeswoman, Catherine Collignon, said. Under questioning by police, the man “confessed”, she added, and the investigating judge ordered him charged and taken into custody. Early indications in the investig...

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State Ministry of Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Faisal Karim Kundi said on Thursday that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was not taken into confidence on Army Act amendment bill by the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), ARY News reported. The PPP Information Secretary and State Minister Faisal Karim Kundi said that Raza Rabbani walked out of the parliament’s session in protest against the Army Act amendment bill. He said that PML-N introduced the bill to the parliament without taking PPP into confidence. Kundi said that PPP is not in favour of giving additional powers to the caretaker set-up equivalent to an elected government. “Caretaker set-up has only one responsibility to conduct elections.” He confirmed that PPP and PML-N committees have shared five names each for the caretaker prime minister (PM). “Caretaker PM will be appointed after consultations with the coalition parties.” READ: Raza Rabbani opposes Army Act Amendment bill Earlier...

Prince Harry’s lawsuit against The Sun tabloid alleging unlawful information gathering can go to trial but will not include phone hacking claims, a High Court judge ruled on Thursday. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv     Harry, 38, whose official title is Duke of Sussex, is suing several UK newspapers over alleged unlawful information-gathering, including News Group Newspapers (NGN) — publisher of The Sun and the now-defunct News of the World tabloids. NGN is part of Rupert Murdoch’s global publishing empire and had asked the High Court in London to throw out the claims — filed by Harry alongside actor Hugh Grant — arguing they were out of time. But judge Timothy Fancourt ordered that Harry’s case can go to trial, concluding NGN had “succeeded in part on its application” related to time limits around alleged phone hacking but “failed on the remaining part”. Hugh Grant learned in May that he had won his court bid to bring to trial his claim against NGN, while ...

ISLAMABAD: Police raided and sealed the residence of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Zulfi Bukhari in Islamabad, however, no arrest was made, ARY News reported on Wednesday. A police team raided Zulfi Bukhari’s residence following directives of the Islamabad administration. Sources told ARY News that Bukhari was not present at his residence at the time of the raid. The raid was jointly conducted by more than 40 officials of the Islamabad administration and police force. Later, the raiding team sealed the house after vacating it from the servants. READ: PTI Senator Dr Zarqa’s clinics sealed in Lahore In a Twitter message, Bukhari confirmed the development and said, “In an extremely low move, police, CDA & unidentified men raided and sealed my house in presence of Assistant Commissioner & Deputy Commissioner. He alleged, “My house help & pets have been thrown out on the street at this hour. What’s left of a state that can stoop this low and attack empty private p...

A heartwarming video of a man saving a forgotten baby trapped inside a searing hot car in the United States is going viral on social media. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv   The viral video on the visual-sharing platform Instagram showed a crowd trying to smash the car’s windshield to save the infant. The window pane broke after multiple swings.  A man went inside the car and handed the baby to a woman outside.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by FOOS GONE WILD (@foosgonewild) The man’s actions were met with different responses.  A user wrote, “Not all heroes wear capes, some wear long socks.” Another commented, “So they didn’t just open the door once they broke in through the window.” A third commented, “People on Tiktok said that the mom was right there the whole time, her key fob died and automatically locked the whole car with the baby inside, she was trying to help them break the win...

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved the federal government’s request to hike the base power tariff by Rs7.5 per unit, ARY News reported on Tuesday.  After approving the massive hike in the base power tariff, the regulatory authority forwarded the matter to the federal government for the issuance of a notification. The power tariff hike will be taken into effect on July 1 after the issuance of a notification. READ:  NEPRA hikes base power tariff by Rs4.96 per unit The lifeline consumers will be exempted from the recent power tariff hike. The protected consumers using 200 units in a month will not be affected from the base tariff hike. The power tariff will be increased to Rs16.48 per unit after the hike of Rs3 for the consumers using up to 100 units in a month. For consuming 101 to 200 units, the tariff will be increased by Rs4, taking it to Rs22.95 per unit. For consuming 201 to 300 units, the tariff will be increased by Rs5, t...

KARACHI: A young boy fell unconscious after being electrocuted from an electricity pole near Garden Shoe Market on a rainy day in Karachi, ARY News reported on Tuesday. The young boy fell unconscious after suffering electric shocks while passing through an electricity pole in the Garden Shoe Market. The incident took place on Monday amid a rainy day. The locals took their own measures to immediately pull out the boy from the electricity pole which saved his life. Police said that the family came from Hyderabad to Karachi and they did not contact the police department for lodging a complaint. READ: Three more electrocuted in Karachi amid heavy rain spell Police added that the family went back to Hyderabad without seeking legal action against the electrocution incident. KE’s clarification While expressing heartfelt sympathy with the family of child who survived an electric shock in Shoe Market, Garden area, K-Electric’s spokesperson confirmed that K-Electric’s infrastructure is n...

TikTok, the social platform known for its addictive video content, announced Monday that it will offer text-only posts, becoming the latest tech giant to offer an alternative to embattled Twitter. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv The text posts on TikTok will most closely resemble similar offerings on Instagram, which earlier this month also launched a challenge to Twitter — which owner Elon Musk renamed X — called Threads. Like Meta-owned Threads, TikTok benefits from its size, with around 1.4 billion monthly active users, according to specialist site Business of Apps. But unlike Facebook’s parent company, it has chosen to integrate its new text-only feature into its app rather than launch a separate product, as Meta did with Threads. Related – Twitter challenger Threads struggles for traction TikTok’s version will remain more visual than a Twitter or Threads post, with users able to add a color background, music and stickers to the post. The Chinese-owned company s...

KHANEWAL: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir said that no power of the world can hinder Pakistan’s progress, ARY News reported. He expressed these views on the occasion of the inaugural ceremony of the Khanewal Model Agriculture Farm. The Army Chief said that the Pakistan Army takes immense pride in serving its people, emphasizing the reciprocal bond between the army and the public. He said “we have decided that Pakistan will be taken out of the current crisis”. He commended the people of Pakistan for their unwavering sense of honor, pride, and capability, noting that they have united to discard the beggar mentality. General Munir attributed Pakistan’s prosperity to the abundant blessings bestowed upon the nation by Allah Tauallah. Earlier. Pakistan’s first completely automated and smart Agri Farm Khanewal Model Agriculture Farm a flagship of Green Pakistan Initiative was inaugurated today. Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated the farm by laying fo...

KARACHI: A video has surfaced which showed a brave cop arresting two dacoits after a gunfight near Karsaz Road in Karachi, ARY News reported on Sunday. The gunfight between the dacoits and the Karachi policeman occurred near Karsaz Road in the vicinity of the Bahadurabad police station. The gunfight occurred between the robbers and the cop driving motorcycles. Sources said that the cop started chasing the suspected persons who were running away after a robbery. The cop opened fire at the tyres of the dacoits’ motorcycle. The dacoits surrendered before the cop and two pistols were recovered from them. A citizen filmed the video of the gunfight from his car. READ: Traffic cop catches armed dacoit in Karachi In January, three alleged dacoits had been killed and a cop sustained wounds in a shootout that took place near KDA Society in Karachi’s Korangi area. A shootout occurred between a police team and armed dacoits in Karachi’s Korangi area. Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) K...

The ruling coalition parties, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) have rejected to receive any suggestions from PML-N regarding Ishaq Dar for caretaker prime minister’s (PM) slot, ARY News reported on Sunday. Maulana Fazlur Rehman-led JUI-F and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari-led PPP rejected such reports regarding their agreement on appointing Ishaq Dar as the caretaker PM. Sources closer to PPP told ARY News that no agreement was made on Ishaq Dar’s name for the slot. They said that Dar’s name was not suggested and PPP would suggest an impartial candidate for the post. Moreover, PPP leader Faisal Karim Kundi said that they do not hold any discussions regarding Dar’s appointment as the caretaker PM. “PML-N has not shared Dar’s name with the PPP. When names will be shared, then PPP will hold discussions.” READ: Caretaker set-up: PM Shehbaz forms dialogue committee “The caretaker premier will be finalised with the consensus of the prime minister and the oppo...

NEW DELHI: Chief minister of India’s West Bengal state Mamata Banerjee has claimed that Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was planning to pull off another Pulwama-like ‘staged’ attack – that killed dozens of paramilitary troops in India-held Jammu and Kashmir in February 2019, ARY News reported on Saturday. Addressing a rally in Kolkata, the West Bengal chief minister termed the Pulwama terror attack ‘fake and staged’, saying that the Narendra Modi-led BJP was planning to pull off a similar incident. “They [BJP] are planning to create fake, staged videos like in movies. They will stage dramas, shoot videos and defame Bengal. This is their conspiracy,” she said, holding Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ‘responsible’ for the attack. In February 2019, an attack took place on Indian paramilitary troops in IIOJK killing more than 40 soldiers. India accused Pakistan of being behind the attack — a claim Islamabad has denied. Read More: Indian YouTuber makes startling reve...

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday said that Pakistan’s mission was in contact with Pakistani-origin detainees in Libya and was interacting with the United Nations for their medical checkups and provision of medicines. In response to media queries regarding Pakistani nationals detained in Libya’s Benghazi, FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, said, “At the instructions of the Foreign Minister, our Charge d’affaires in Tripoli, Mr Ashiq Ali, visited the detention center in Benghazi and met with detainees of Pakistani origin. “Food and basic necessities have been provided to them,” Mumtaz Zahra Baloch added. She noted that the country’s mission was in contact with the United Nations medical team for routine medical check-ups and provision of medicines to the detainees. “The mission also remains in contact with IOM for their early repatriation,” the FO spokeswoman added. Earlier, it was reported that more than 15,000 Pakistanis – who were trying to enter Europe – are det...

North Korea has fired “several cruise missiles” into the Yellow Sea between China and the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Saturday.  The launches, which the military said took place around 4 am (1900 GMT), come as relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points ever. “South Korean and US intelligence authorities were analysing the launches while monitoring signs of additional activities,” the JCS said. North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the sea on its opposite coast toward Japan just three days earlier. The recent weapons tests are the latest in a series by Pyongyang and come as Seoul and Washington ramp up defence cooperation in the face of soaring tensions with the North. Diplomacy between Pyongyang and Seoul has stalled and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for ramping up weapons development, including tactical nukes. In response, Seoul and Washington have staged joint military exercises with advanced steal...

LARKANA: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has announced to construct 2 million houses for the flood victims, ARY News reported on Friday. While addressing an event, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the rulers are unaware of the actual problems to the people. He claimed that PPP leaders are awarding land to the nationals after acquiring it from the state.  He further said that the flood victims will be given ownership rights to their houses alongside the financial assistance. Bilawal added that the ownership rights of the newly constructed houses for flood victims will be given to the women of the deserving families. READ: Bilawal concerned over ‘non-allocation of funds’ for flood victims Bilawal said that PPP aims to strengthen the common people which will also help the country to revive its economy. The PPP chairman said that Sindh suffered historical damages due to the devastating floods. He vowed to provide maximum financial assistance to the flo...

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has raised concerns over the proposed Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Amendment Bill, ARY News reported on Friday. In a statement, the HRCP spokesperson raised concerns over the PEMRA Amendment Bill 2022 that has ‘assigned the regulator the role of disseminating what it terms ‘authentic’ news in a bid to curb disinformation.’ READ:  PEMRA Amendment Bill 2023 introduced in National Assembly It added, “While any responsible journalist is honour-bound to eschew false information intended to deliberately create harm.” “We are concerned that the given definition of ‘disinformation’ in this bill strays into censorship territory and may allow powerful groups or individuals to stonewall journalists seeking both sides of a story. This violates Article 19 of the constitution protecting freedom of expression.” “While the bill takes an important step in protecting electronic media workers’ salaries a longstanding deman...

PESHAWAR: Peshawar police foiled a terrorist attack on Sarband Riyaz picket in the wee hours of Friday night, ARY News reported. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police official stated that the police took action after seeing six to seven terrorists coming towards the picket by taking advantage of darkness. The police party, which was alert after recent attacks, opened fire at them and forced them to flee the scene. According to the police, no casualty was reported in the exchange of fire. In a separate terror attack on Thursday, three policemen were martyred and four others were injured in a blast and firing near police station in Bara market, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Read more: Three policemen martyred, four injured in KP’s Bara market blast As per details, the blast was followed by intense firing near police station located in Bara market, Khyber. Earlier this month, the police foiled a terror attack on law enforcers at Gomal Bazar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Tank city. Accordi...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday that he was thankful to Allah Almighty as the accountability court of Lahore acquitted him and his son Hamza Shehbaz in a “false and baseless” case of money laundering based on political revenge. In a Twitter message, PM Shehbaz Sharif said that it was the same case in which the National Crime Agency (NCA) of Britain with a global reputation, searched the 40-year record, collected from three countries, for two years and gave him a clean chit after finding nothing. The prime minister recalled that a news item was deliberately published in UK’s Daily Mail about the alleged embezzlement of DFID funds, but even in that, Allah vindicated him and the publication had to apologise. READ: PM Shehbaz Sharif, son Hamza acquitted in money laundering case “This was the same case in which I was wrongfully arrested twice, Hamza Shahbaz was kept in prison and Hamza was not even taken to a doctor despite being seriously ill during the Coron...

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has presented the details of Pakistanis jailed in foreign countries to the National Assembly (NA). During the NA session today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented the details of Pakistanis jailed in foreign countries. According to the MoFA statistics, more than 12,000 Pakistanis are imprisoned in different jails in foreign countries. READ: 100 Pakistanis deported from Saudi Arabia 3,100 nationals were imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 3,100 in Saudi Arabia including 1,612 in Abu Dhabi, 1,488 in Dubai, 1,503 in Jeddah and 1,596 in Riyadh. 209 nationals were jailed in Qatar, 329 in Turkey, 811 in Greece, 672 in Iraq, 208 in Manama, 115 in Spain, 239 in China, 119 in Germany, 44 in Australia, 98 in the United States (US), 151 in Malaysia, 55 in Kuwait and 275 in the United Kingdom (UK). 32 Pakistanis were jailed in Denmark, 94 in Sri Lanka, 21 in Maldives, 13 in Afghanistan, 12 in Jordan and 8 in Nigeria. from ARY NEW...