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Justin Bieber and his childhood sweetheart Hailey Baldwin tied the knot for a second time on Monday at a ceremony for family and friends at a hotel resort in South Carolina. People magazine and E! News, citing sources close to the couple, said the pair exchanged vows in a religious ceremony attended by their parents and celebrities including Ed Sheeran, Kylie and Kendall Jenner, Usher and Baldwin’s actor uncle Alec Baldwin. Representatives of the pair did not return requests for comment on Monday but celebrity media and paparazzi have been closely following the two days of celebrations at the Montage Palmetto Bluff resort. People magazine said the couple exchanged vows as the sun set at a chapel on the resort, in front of about 150 guests. Bieber and Baldwin first married in an under the radar civil ceremony in New York in September last year. The Canadian singer, 25, and model Baldwin, 22, first met in their early teens, attend the same church and started dating again seriously

SRINAGAR: The grim situation remained unchanged in Indian occupied Kashmir on 58th consecutive day, on Tuesday, due to continued restrictions and communication blackout imposed by Narendra Modi-led communal government. Normal life continues to remain crippled in the Kashmir valley and Muslim majority areas of Jammu region due to the snapping of mobile and internet services and closure of shops, markets, business establishments and educational institutions as well as the absence of public transport, as per Kashmir Media Service. Thousands of Indian troops and police personnel deployed in every nook and corner of the Kashmir valley keep the residents confined to their homes. While parents are reluctant to send their wards to schools in the prevailing precarious situation, a very thin attendance of teachers was reported. Attendance of employees in government offices was recorded constantly thin due to the non-availability of public transport. Train service in the occupied territory al

The return of limited-overs international cricket to Pakistan after a 10-year absence following a terrorist attack targeting a foreign team has coincided with a renewed plea from the country's cricket chief to recommence full, in-bound tours. Pakistan had a 67-run victory over Sri Lanka on Monday to kick start the important cricket homecoming, which was delayed an extra couple of days because of the weather. It is the first time since Sri Lanka's team bus was attacked on the way to a stadium at Lahore in 2009 that a foreign team is conducting a two-week tour of Pakistan. Major teams have avoided the country since the ambush that killed eight people and injured several star players. Read: SL Sports Minister satisfied with security arrangements This series, initially scheduled to include three One-Day Internationals and three Twenty20 internationals went ahead after the Pakistan government assured the Sri Lanka delegation of high-level security normally reserved for heads o

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MARDAN: Four members of a family died in a roof collapse incident in Katlang tehsil of Mardan, ARY News reported on Tuesday. A man, his wife and two children were killed when the rooftop of their mud house caved in at Farash Colony in Katlang, rescue sources said. The roof of the house was collapsed in the night but people of the area remained unaware of the incident due to wind storm, local people said. The deceased were identified as Zakirullah, his wife and their two children three years old Abdul Samad and two years’ Sapna, rescue officials said. The emergency workers transferred bodies of deceased to Type D Katlang Hospital, officials said. In another incident in May this year in Takht Bai area near Mardan four people were died when a roof of a dilapidated house  collapsed. After being informed about the incident, the rescue teams reached the spot and recovered the bodies from the rubble with the help of residents and shifted them to hospital. Rescue sources said the two c

KARACHI: The government of Sindh has banned plastic bags across the province from Tuesday (today), ARY News reported. Sindh’s Environment Department has issued a notification to enforce the ban on the manufacture, sale, purchase and use of non-biodegradable plastic bags of all sizes. The government has enforced the law against the use of plastic bags and will take legal action against the violators. The special teams will monitor different markets and those found involved in any violation of the law will be prosecuted accordingly. The provincial environment department is bound to enforce the law against the use of plastic bags. Adviser to the Chief Minister on environment Murtaza Wahab warned of strict legal action against those involved in the violation of the law. Wahab advised the citizens to use paper or cloth bags to replace polythene bags. To be biodegradable means that a substance is capable of being decomposed by bacteria and other living organisms and does not create p

PARIS: The Givenchy collection for Spring/Summer 2020, unveiled as part of Paris Fashion Week, channeled the mood of Paris and New York of the 1990s, mixing romantic floral dress and distressed-look denim. Clare Waight Keller, designer at the LVMH-owned French couture house since 2017, unveiled her latest collection entitled NY PARIS 1993 on Sunday in a minimalist space with a rap music soundtrack. Models strutted down the catwalk in high-waisted leather skirts, tops and plunging neckline jackets while others wore faded jeans or flower print dresses. Paris Fashion Week runs until Tuesday. The post Givenchy revisits the 1990s at Paris Fashion Week appeared first on ARYNEWS . from ARYNEWS https://ift.tt/2o3pF0r

Twitter on Monday said it is rolling out a filter that will hide away unwanted direct messages, providing a new tool to stymie abuse. Twitter users who receive direct messages from people they don’t follow on the platform will be able to have such missives automatically routed to a secondary folder. “Unwanted messages aren’t fun,” Twitter tweeted in August when it began testing the filter that let users keep them “out of sight, out of mind.” The filter is intended to also catch messages with spam or offensive content, tagging them accordingly so users can decide whether they want to open them. “We tested, and turns out filters help you cut through the noise to find gems,” Twitter said Monday in a tweet. “Who knew. So we’re rolling out this filter to everyone on iOS, Android, and web.” Twitter has been under pressure to battle abuse and vitriol on the platform known for letting anyone express themselves to the world in real-time. The San Francisco-based company earlier this year

RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa speaks to Commander of the Royal Saudi Land Forces Lt Gen Fahad bin Abdullah Mohammad Al-Motair during the meeting.—INP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to train Saudi troops. The commitment was renewed during a meeting between Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and Commander of the Royal Saudi Land Forces (RSLF) Lt Gen Fahad bin Abdullah Mohammad Al-Motair during a meeting at the General Headquarters. “The COAS affirmed Pakistan Army’s support towards capacity building and training of RSLF,” the ISPR said in a statement on the meeting. Pakistan has been a reliable military and security partner of Saudi Arabia. It exports arms and conventional weapons to Saudi Arabia and has stationed its troops in Saudi Arabia since 1960s, and promises to protect Saudi Kingdom from potential future threats. The military arrangement was formalised through a bilateral agreement in 1982, which now governs

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LAHORE: The Balochistan government is trying to persuade large Pakistani investors to form a consortium to invest their money in the development of Reko Diq copper and gold mining project. “Our first priority is to convince Pakistani companies to invest in this project because neither the provincial nor the federal government has the finances for developing this resource that will prove a game changer for both Balochistan and the entire country,” provincial chief minister Jam Kamal Khan said during an interaction with senior journalists at the Punjab Governor’s House on Monday. “The development of the project [for commercial production] requires an initial investment of $3-4 billion, which is in addition to the $6bn awarded by the International Centre for Settle­ment of Investment Disp­utes (ICSID) in July against Pakistan for terminating agreement with the Tethyan Copper Company (TCC). “We want Pakistani businessmen to put their money in this project because it has the potential to

KARACHI: The disapproval and denunciation finally came openly. It wasn’t enough to bother FIFA. After statements from officials of his faction, former Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) chief Faisal Saleh Hayat publicly expressed his views on the FIFA-appointed Normalisation Commi­ttee for the first time on Sunday, calling it “controversial, biased, and agenda-driven.” A video of Hayat speaking to a group of officials of the Punjab Football Association shows him claiming that he’s informed both global football body FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) about his reservations over the composition of the Normalisation Committee as he tore into the body’s chairman Humza Khan. “This is a FIFA committee so we won’t comment,” an AFC spokesperson told Dawn on Monday when asked about Hayat’s comments. FIFA was more clear, once again firmly backing the Normalisation Committee it has put in place to resolve the Pakistan issue once and for all. “As already mentioned, the Normalisa

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on the opening day of its autumn session on Monday witnessed a heated debate between Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar — independent members from the tribal areas backed by the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) — and federal ministers, with the government offering an olive branch to the organisation, but with certain conditions. The offer to the PTM for talks was made by two key members of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s cabinet — Defence Minister Pervez Khattak and Interior Minister retired Brigadier Ijaz Shah — with the condition that the PTM members would only follow “Pakistan’s agenda” and would not target armed forces in their speeches. “The army also wants to come out from there [Waziristan]. If your agenda is Pakistan, then I am ready to hold talks with you,” said Defence Minister Pervez Khattak after the house had already witnessed a verbal brawl between Mr Dawar and Communica­tions Minister Murad Saeed. “However, if you continue to talk against the insti

Customers wait at a LPG filling facility in this file photo. Ogra on Monday notified a Rs12.53 per kg increase in the price of LPG for October, raising it to Rs125.05 per kg from Rs112.54. ISLAMABAD: Amid major revenue shortfalls, the government on Monday increased the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by more than 11 per cent while the rates of all other petroleum products remained unchanged for October to earn more than Rs4.2 billion in windfall revenue over lower international prices. The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) had recommended up to 2.6pc cut in local petroleum products in line with falling international oil prices. However, the government decided to earn as much additional revenue because of around Rs100bn first quarter shortfall in revenue target. Interestingly, the government did not pass on the benefit of lower international oil prices to consumers on the premise that it expected increase in prices next month. “The government has decided to maintain t

KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to beautify and develop Nahr-i-Khayyam as a recreational point where people could enjoy themselves with their families. This was one of the decisions taken by the Sindh cabinet which met here on Monday. The meeting, presided over by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, also endorsed its earlier decision to enforce a complete ban on manufacture, sale, purchase and use of non-degradable plastic bags except with a weight of six to 28 grams of 30 to 40 microns from Oct 1 (today). The decisions included the recovery of revised tariff of service charges of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) from 2016, and formation of a committee for the removal of difficulties in the implementation of certain provisions of the revived Police Order 2002. After the meeting, Information Minister Seed Ghani briefing the media said that the cabinet also approved various measures related to Sindh Bank, including a new business viability plan for 2019 to 2020 an

LAHORE: PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Monday approached the Lahore High Court for post-arrest bail in Chaudhry Sugar Mills/money laundering case being investigated by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). A two-judge bench comprising Justice Ali Baqar Najafi and Justice Sardar Ahmad Naeem will take up the bail petition on Tuesday (today). An accountability court last week denied further physical remand of Ms Nawaz and her cousin Yousaf Abbas to the NAB sending them to jail on judicial remand. They remained on physical remand for 49 days after their arrest on Aug 8. NAB mainly accused Ms Nawaz of committing money laundering through investments of variable heavy amounts being main shareholder of Chaudhry Sugar Mills (CSM). It said she was involved in money laundering with the help of some foreigners during the period of 1992-93 when her father Nawaz Sharif was prime minister. Filed through Advocate Amjad Pervez, the petition said all properties of the Sharif family, its bu

ISLAMABAD: The Aviation Division has directed 18 international airlines to stop use of plastic cutlery in flights to Pakistan. The airlines are also directed to ensure that the cutlery is packed in paper rather than in plastic or polythene bags. The information was shared by Aviation Division senior joint secretary Amjad Sattar Khokhar with Adviser to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Monday. Both were present at the committee room of Parliament House where a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change was scheduled at 11am. But the meeting was delayed as committee chairperson Sitara Ayaz and other parliamentarians could not arrive on time. Media personnel were also present in the committee room. “We have given directives to airlines that they cannot use plastic cutlery in the flights as we want to stop the use of plastic. Moreover, it is observed that the cutlery is packed in plastic sacks so we have also directed them to ensure that the cutle

KARACHI: Karachiites could face power outages more than they suffered every day in the name of loadshedding, and those living in exempted areas could also undergo the same under a load management plan announced by K-Electric (KE) on Monday. The power company blamed the National Trans­mis­sion and Dispatch Com­pany (NTDC) for a reduced supply since Sept 29. In a statement, the power utility said that it was facing a 250MW shortfall in supply from the national grid that could lead to power outages in some city areas at a time of rising temperatures. “The national grid’s 500kV Hubco-NKI line has been under forced outage since Sept 29 due to which there is an unforeseen reduction [of] up to 250MW power supply from the national grid to the K-Electric system,” it said. “K-Electric is making all possible efforts to manage the power shortfall created due to this situation in light of the rising temperatures following rain and compounded by the insignificant power supply from [the] 150MW wi

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday hinted at some changes in the federal cabinet after some leaders, during a meeting of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) parliamentary party, complained about “non-cooperation” of some ministers in addressing people’s grievances. The meeting, co-chaired by the prime minister and Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the Parliament House, also discussed Mr Khan’s recent visit to the United States and address at the UN General Assembly where he successfully raised the issue of India-held Jammu and Kashmir. The foreign minister briefed the meeting on the Kashmir issue and Pakistan’s stance at the UNGA session, while the prime minister presented a review on what could happen if the situation worsened between Pakistan and Indian over the Kashmir issue. Talking to Dawn , senior PTI leader and former finance minister Asad Umar said the prime minister had hinted at his [Mr Umar’s] return to the cabinet. “When I informed the prime minister th

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday warned the government against arresting the Sindh chief minister, saying this would constitute crossing a red line. Talking to reporters outside Adiala jail where he went to visit his father, former president Asif Ali Zardari, he said such an irresponsible move would evoke a reaction so strong that the JUI-F’s Azadi March would be forgotten. About cases against Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, he said the court itself had asked on whose directives the names of Mr Shah and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari had been included in the JIT report. “There is no reason morally, constitutionally and otherwise for Syed Murad Ali Shah to be arrested and if he is, then it will be a bad omen for the federation because he is the chief minister of a federating unit who has been elected CM with the greatest majority in the history of Sindh province”, he remarked. Accuses government of victimising political opponents in the

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KOHISTAN: A twelve-day special anti-polio campaign has begun in three districts of Kohistan on Monday (today). According to the provincial health department, more than 85,000 children below the age of five will be administered anti-polio drops during the campaign. Meanwhile, a three-day polio campaign will also begin today in Torghar district where about 40,000 children will be vaccinated during the campaign. The government has devised a comprehensive plan for the security of polio teams. Earlier, Sept 23, two new polio cases were confirmed from Lakki Marwat district, taking the number of such cases to 66 in the country this year. According to sources, a six-month-old infant, resident of Kotka Mushkalam, Tehsil Serai Naurang, District Lakki Marwat, was tested positive for the poliovirus. The second child was an eighteen-month-old infant, a resident of Kotka Bazee Sheikh, Tehsil Serai Naurang, District Lakki Marwat. Prior to that, two cases of polio were reported from Khyber Pak

LOS ANGELES: Abominable  towered over the box office this weekend as Universal and DreamWorks’ animated adventure debuted to $20.85 million in North America and $29.7 million worldwide. The PG movie benefited as one of the few offerings at multiplexes catering to family crowds and marked the best opening of the year for an original animated film. Jill Culton wrote and directed Abominable, becoming the first female to independently make an animated film for a major studio. Universal’s DreamWorks co-produced the movie with China’s Pearl Studios. With a softer $8.8 million start at the international box office, the two companies will rely on Chinese audiences to turn out in force (where it debuts on Tuesday) to help justify its $75 million budget. Abominable follows a young girl named Yi (voiced by Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.  actress Chloe Bennet) who embarks on an epic journey to reunite a yeti named Everest with his family. As awards season kicks off, Roadside Attractions’ J

SRINAGAR: The grim situation remained unchanged in Indian occupied Kashmir on 57th consecutive day, on Monday, due to continued restrictions and communication blackout imposed by Narendra Modi-led communal government. Normal life continues to remain crippled in the Kashmir valley and Muslim majority areas of Jammu region due to the snapping of mobile and internet services and closure of shops, markets, business establishments and educational institutions as well as the absence of public transport, as per Kashmir Media Service. Thousands of Indian troops and police personnel deployed in every nook and corner of the Kashmir valley keep the residents confined to their homes. While parents are reluctant to send their wards to schools in the prevailing precarious situation, a very thin attendance of teachers was reported. Attendance of employees in government offices was recorded constantly thin due to the non-availability of public transport. Train service in the occupied territory als

Saudi Arabia's crown prince said in an interview aired on Sunday that war with Iran would devastate the global economy and he prefers a non-military solution to tensions with his regional rival. "If the world does not take a strong and firm action to deter Iran, we will see further escalations that will threaten world interests," Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ─ known as MBS for short ─ told the CBS program "60 Minutes" . "Oil supplies will be disrupted and oil prices will jump to unimaginably high numbers that we haven't seen in our lifetimes," the crown prince said. MBS said a war between Saudi Arabia and Iran would be catastrophic for the world economy. "The region represents about 30 per cent of the world's energy supplies, about 20 per cent of global trade passages, about four per cent of the world GDP. Imagine all of these three things stop," he said. "This means a total collapse of the global economy, and not

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday shared a picture of his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Malaysian Counterpart Mahathir Mohamad on the sidelines of recent UN General Assembly session in New York in which they decided to set up a BBC type English language TV Channel. ہماری وہ ملاقات جس میں ہم نے بی بی سی کی طرز پر انگریزی چینل کے آغاز کا فیصلہ کیا جو مسلمانوں کو درپیش مسائل اجاگر کرنے کے علاوہ “اسلاموفوبیا” کیخلاف بھی برسرپیکار ہوگا۔ pic.twitter.com/w8NTmouCVf — Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) September 30, 2019 The prime minister in his tweet said, apart from highlighting Muslim issues, the channel will also fight Islamophobia. On September 26, Pakistan, Turkey and Malaysia had decided to launch a joint English channel to counter Islamophobia. Read more: Pakistan, Malaysia, Turkey to open English channel to tackle Islamophobia The decision was taken following a trilateral meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan, Turkish President Recep T

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday will visit earthquake-affected areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), ARY News reported. He will be warmly welcomed by Prime Minister AJK, Raja Farooq Haider and other government officials upon his arrival in Muzaffarabad. During his day-long visit, PM Khan will also visit District Divisional Headquarters Hospital to meet quake-affectees. The death toll has jumped to 40, with more than 500 injured so far as rescue activities are underway in the area. At least 6,000 houses were destroyed completely, while 7100 cattle farms have been damaged in the quake. The strong earthquake of 5.8-magnitude brought disasters to different parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). The quake hit some urban and rural parts of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) including Muzaffarabad, Kotli and many other scattered places. Tremors were felt in various cities for 10 seconds including Pasrur, Jhelum, Kot Momin, Murree, Kala Bagh, Sangla Hills. Read more: Earth

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Chief of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday said that his party’s decision about the “million march” towards Islamabad was irreversible, saying “neither do we want to strike any deal with the government nor do we want to give it any space”. Speaking at a press conference after JUI-F district executive council’s meeting here on Sunday, he said they don’t accept the “illegitimate” government of Imran Khan which had been imposed on the masses as a result of “rigged” elections. “The establishment is responsible for the illegitimate government,” he said, but added that his party did not want any confrontation with state institutions. Commenting on the prime minister’s speech on the Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly, the JUI-F chief said that emotional speeches alone were not enough for a just settlement of the Kashmir issue and practical steps were necessary to convince the world about the seriousness of Pakistan’s

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MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Raja Farooq Haider has strongly denounced Indian aggression along the Line of Control (LoC) that martyred two civilians, yesterday, ARY News reported on Monday. In his condemnation statement, Haider said despite being exposed at the International forums, India is carrying out its wrongdoings to put the violation of the rights in occupied Kashmir behind the curtains. “India is taking out its anger over civilians living along LoC”, he continued. He called upon the international community to take notice of the ceasefire violations by Mod-led Indian government. On Sunday, Indian forces yet again had resorted to indiscriminate and unprovoked firing at the Line of Control (LoC) at Nakyal and Rakh Chakri sectors. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) wing of the Pakistan Armed Forces, 3 civilians were injured as a result of the callous act of aggression whereas 13-year-old boy, Zeeshan Ayub and 60-year-old Salam

KARACHI: Inspector General of Police Dr Syed Kaleem Imam took notice of an incident in which unknown persons tried to kidnap the coordinator of the leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly on Sunday. Mobina Town SHO Mehboob Illahi said that three armed men got hold of Rehan Zafar Ghouri when he came out of his home in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Block-4. Seeing the struggle, a policeman of the same police station, later identified as Shahnawaz, who was passing through the area challenged the suspects who fled during an exchange of gunfire, he said. The officer said that Mr Ghouri, the coordinator of opposition leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, was approaching his car parked outside his home in Azeeem Goth when three armed men riding two motorbikes tried to kidnap him at gunpoint. However, Shahnawaz, who was in civvies, rescued him. The SHO said that during the exchange of fire, the suspects escaped on one motorbike and abandoned the other one. The bike was sei

KARACHI: A Sri Lankan batsman slogs during a practice session at the National Stadium on Sunday, ahead of the second One-day International against Pakistan.—Tahir Jamal/ White Star KARACHI: After the long-awaited first One-day International in Karachi falling prey to heavy rains, the scene is now set for Pakistan and Sri Lanka to slug it out in the second fixture of the originally scheduled three-match series here at the National Stadium on Monday. The ground painted a contrasting canvas on Sunday with the baking sun soaking the entire playing arena — the country’s most populated city — in glorious sunshine which was almost the case on Saturday too. Sensing the outfield won’t be in readiness — given the massive battering it took from Friday’s rains, leaving large puddles at various spots in the field — to stage the planned match two on Sunday, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) took on board their Sri Lanka Cricket counterparts and the broadcasters before deciding to make a switch

MUZAFFARABAD: The death toll from the devastating earthquake has jumped to 40, with more than 500 injured so far as rescue activities are underway in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), ARY News reported on Monday. As per details, the death toll of the earthquake that hit Mirpur, AJK, Zafarwal, Jhelum and other areas has soar to 40. At least 6,000 houses were destroyed completely, while 7100 cattle farms have been damaged in the quake. The strong earthquake of 5.8-magnitude brought disasters to different parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). The quake hit some urban and rural parts of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) including Muzaffarabad, Kotli and many other scattered places. Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal visited the quake-affected areas to inquire about the relief and rescue operation. Talking to newsmen, he ruled out the impression of any shortage of edible items for the victims and said that the government has already ann

KARACHI: Amid so many challenges faced by the law enforcement agencies and the criminal justice system, killings in the name of so-called honour, or karo-kari killings, mainly in rural parts of Sindh, continue unabated as more than 70 people have lost their lives during the first six months of the current year, it emerged on Sunday. However, investigations into majority of such cases remain inconclusive bringing no one to justice but have allowed acquittal of a few suspects. Official figures suggested that some 78 people were killed from January to June 2019 in different parts of Sindh in the name of karo-kari leading to registration of 65 cases. However, more than 90 per cent cases were pending trial due to different reasons and in most cases the police probe had not reached to a conclusion. Total 65 cases have been registered but no one convicted for killing in the name of so-called honour “Among 78 victims, 50 were women and 28 men,” said a source citing the data. “Total 65 FI