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HONG KONG: Despite Hong Kong’s reputation for rampant consumerism, a nascent movement against fast fashion is taking root in the city, with clothes-mending workshops and pop-up swaps growing in popularity, and designers parading recycled fabrics on the catwalk. From broken umbrellas to discarded curtains, no material is too shabby for designer Jesse Lee, who showcased his creations at a recent sustainable fashion show in Hong Kong. Lee realised that humble household goods could be the springboard for creativity when his family was throwing out an old sofa. He turned the sofa’s leather cover into a jacket and has since made clothes from old curtains and bed linen, as well as a raincoat using umbrella fabric. Lee also tries to make his designs unisex and adjustable so they can be easily shared. “If you don’t feel like wearing this, you can give it to others and it doesn’t matter if it is a boy or a girl,” Lee told AFP. Global consumers purchased 60 percent more clothing in 2016 th...

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Sunday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s work will now speak for itself in the province. Speaking to a delegation of lawmakers from DG Khan, the chief minister said the culture of talk less and work more has been brought to ‘Naya Pakistan.’ He said they will now prove their performance by practical steps. Action would be taken against those officials who will not implement the PTI government policy, he warned. Mr Buzdar said the CM House’s doors will remain open to all members of the Punjab Assembly. The clean Pakistan drive is being launched across Punjab, he announced. He said no one will be allowed to create hindrances to the government’s efforts to resolve the issues facing the public. Yesterday, Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar called on Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar in Lahore. They discussed political situation and administrative matters. The governor said that improvement in law and orde...

ISLAMABAD: A Saudi delegation comprising key ministers of Kingdom are due to arrive in Pakistan today (Sunday). As announced by Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, the delegation will consist of the Saudi investment head, minister for petroleum and minister for energy. The visit has been in line with the previous announcement by the  government pertaining to Islamabad’s invitation to Riyadh for making investments in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as well as other infrastructure projects countrywide. The delegation is expected to sign five important Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with the government and prospect of setting up oil refineries in Gwadar will come under discussion as well, as per the sources. During its six-day visit to Pakistan, the Saudi delegation will also sign an MoU to make investments in the Balochistan Reko Diq gold and copper mines, the sources further informed that agreements to privatise two Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) power p...

A masseur in California filed suit on Friday against Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey, the latest in a series of sex allegations faced by the actor. The complainant, identified only as John Doe in the Los Angeles Superior Court file, alleges that Spacey groped him during a massage session in Malibu, California, two years ago. A representative of Spacey allegedly contacted the plaintiff requesting a massage for the actor at a private home. The complainant said that after he went to the home and began performing a massage on Spacey the actor pulled his hand into the actor’s genital area. A startled Doe was eventually able to get away with his massage table but, in his rush to depart, left sheets and oil behind, the suit says. Spacey was considered one of the finest actors of his generation. His career has nosedived following allegations by more than a dozen men in the United States and Britain. He has not been charged but remains under investigation in both countries. The first public r...

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is set to open the historic Governor’s House Peshawar for general public from today.   The provincial government announced to open the palatial building to public on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan. A spokesman of the Governor House said initially the Governor’s House would remain open on Sundays. On the first day of its opening, students of two girls collages would visit the building, however, it would be open to families in future. Prime Minister Imran Khan visited the provincial capital and chaired the provincial cabinet meeting on Friday. He got a detailed briefing on the performance of the provincial government with regard to his 100-day plan. He directed the provincial government to open the Governor’s House Peshawar to public. Another historic structure Balahisar Fort, which currently serves as the Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters, would also be opened to general public. The prime minister directed the autho...

PALU, Indonesia: More than 400 people were confirmed killed, many swept away as tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake crashed into the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, and authorities expected the toll to rise sharply on Sunday as news arrives from remote areas. Dozens of people were reported to be still trapped in the rubble of a hotel and a mall in the city of Palu, which was hit by waves as high as six meters (20 feet) following the 7.5 magnitude earthquake. With the death toll so far from Palu alone and reports only slowly filtering in from Donggal, a region of 300,000 people north of Palu and closer to the epicenter, authorities are bracing for worse to come. Indonesia’s Vice President Jusuf Kalla said the toll could rise to thousands. Hundreds of people had gathered for a festival on the Palu’s beach when the wall of water smashed onshore at dusk on Friday, sweeping many to their deaths and destroying anything in its path. Indonesian President Joko Widodo was schedul...

NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has warned India that if it did any venture across the Line of Control (LoC), or acted upon its doctrine of limited war against Pakistan, it will evoke an effective, strong and matching response. Talking to media persons in New York, he said India had frequently violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir in an attempt to divert the world’s attention from its endless brutalities in Kashmir, but Pakistan acted with restraint. He said Pakistan knows to defend its interests and ideology. The foreign minister said his meeting with the United Nations Secretary General remained fruitful. He said the UN Secretary General will soon visit India and Pakistan. He said Pakistan supports comprehensive reforms in the United Nations. Qureshi said Pakistan reflected the sentiments of the Muslim world b raising the issue of blasphemous caricatures in the United Nations, He said during the last six days, he held fifty-four meet...