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Sindh directs govt officials to pay e-challans from own pockets
- Several violations committed by officials driving govt vehicles.
- Challans issued over unfastened seatbelt and tinted glasses, etc.
- Administrative departments requested to ensure strict compliance.
The Sindh government has directed all government officials to pay their e-challan traffic fines from their own pockets after noting a rise in violations across various departments, The News reported on Sunday.
Officials said that since the launch of the e-challan system in Karachi, several violations have been committed by government officials plying government vehicles, and the e-challans are being received at government offices.
In this regard, the government issued an order on Saturday, directing government officials to pay the challan amounts for the violations they had committed from their own pockets.
The letter was also moved to the senior members, Board of Revenue (Sindh) (including all members), the chairman, Enquiries & Anti-Corruption Establishment Sindh, Karachi, the chairman, Planning & Development Board Sindh, Karachi, the chairman, Chief Minister’s Inspection Team, Karachi, the chairman of the Sindh Public Service Commission, Karachi, the chairman of the Sindh Service Tribunal, Karachi, the administrative secretaries, and the commissioners across Sindh.
The letter moved to the above departments reads: “I am directed to refer to the subject noted above and to state that several traffic e-challans have been received in this department from the Traffic Regulation and Citation System (TRACS), Sindh Police under Section 116-A of the Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1965.
“These e-challans have been issued on account of violation of traffic rules and include various charges such as seatbelt unfastened, tinted glasses, jumping red light, using cell phone while driving.
“In this regard, the competent authority has accorded permission to issue policy direction to all administrative departments that all officers and officials using allotted government vehicles shall pay e-challans from their own pockets. Therefore, all administrative departments and commissioner offices are requested to ensure strict compliance of the above policy directive.”
Meanwhile, speed-limit signboards have now been installed on the city’s largest thoroughfare, Sharea Faisal.
According to DSP (Admin) Kashif Nadeem, the speed limit on Sharea Faisal has been set at 60 kilometres per hour for cars, jeeps and similar vehicles, while the limit for heavy vehicles such as buses and trucks has been fixed at 30 kilometres per hour.
In addition, the speed limit for motorcycles has also been set at 60 kilometres per hour. Vehicles exceeding the speed limit will receive automated challans through cameras.
The Sindh government recently launched the e-challan system, aimed at ensuring adherence to traffic laws while protecting the lives and property of citizens.
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Zendaya, Tom Holland expand family with ‘wonderful addition”
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The Challengers star revealed she recently adopted a new pocket bully, instantly turning their household into a three-dog operation – because apparently two spoiled celebrity pups just were not enough.
“Logistically, it wasn’t probably the smartest idea,” Zendaya admitted in a new interview with Elle. “But emotionally, it was. He’s a wonderful addition to our family.”
And honestly, she never stood a chance.
“I saw his little face and I was like, ‘I can’t leave you behind,’” she added.
If the new pup is anything like Zendaya’s dog Noon, he’s about to live a life most humans would envy. Earlier this year, the actress joked about giving her dogs full Hollywood treatment.
“I’d say quintessential Hollywood s–t is probably how I am with my dog,” she told Interview. “They get their fancy meals with the vitamin supplements.”
Then came the confession every pet secretly understands: “It sounds very ridiculous when I talk about it, but I love my child.”
Meanwhile, the Spiderman star has always been equally obsessed with dogs, especially his beloved Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Tessa, who died in 2024.
“I love her, she is an angel,” Holland once said. “She is the sweetest, most angelic thing you’ll ever meet.”
His father, Dominic Holland, later called Tessa “the only Holland who everyone loved all of the time.”
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Big Sean reflects on Coachella mental health speech for Hailey, Justin Bieber
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The rapper, 38, spoke to PEOPLE at Mindful Nation’s Mental Health Awareness Month event at Live Nation’s Beverly Hills headquarters on Wednesday, 20 May, reflecting on the surprise appearance he made during Coachella Weekend 2 last month.
During their joint set, Sean addressed Bieber directly in front of thousands of fans, telling him in a heartfelt speech: “God has his hands on you.”
The moment went viral almost immediately.
What made it all the more remarkable, Sean said, was that none of it was planned.
“I didn’t know that I was gonna say what I said on stage. I was just inspired,” he told PEOPLE.
He described a pre-show ritual that keeps him open to those kinds of moments, morning meditation, journaling, and prayer before he steps out in front of a crowd.
“Before I go on stage, I always pray for God to speak through me,” he said. “I always try and keep myself open to the word of God or the angels around me, because I’m blind behind the miracles I’ve seen.”
In fact, Sean was so caught up in the moment that he barely remembered what he had said once he came offstage.
“When I got offstage and people were like, ‘What you said was so…’ And I’m like, ‘Damn, what did I say?’ I had to go back and listen,” he admitted.
The Biebers, he said, were genuinely moved.
“They both hit me after. I was kicking with them after, but they hit me days later, like, ‘What you said, we’re still on a high off of it and still appreciated and so great what you said.’ And Justin was like, ‘Man, you drop big bars, you drop some bars, man.’ I’m like, I didn’t even really, it wasn’t my intention.”
The two have been friends since 2011, and Sean spoke warmly about what Bieber has been through.
“He’s somebody who has given his whole life to the music, and has grown up in a public eye and has just gone through the ups and downs and been taken advantage of a lot, I feel like, from a lot of people,” he said, adding that Bieber is “not a perfect man and he knows that and he’s been learning with us all.”
The event also featured a book signing for Sean’s 2025 bestseller Go Higher: Five Practices for Purpose, Success, and Inner Peace, which includes a foreword from Jay Shetty.
He hinted that a second book could follow, describing writing as both a passion and a purpose.
He also revealed, to lighter laughter, that skydiving will not be among his future wellness practices. “When I was in the air, I’m like, I don’t need to do this again,” he joked.
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The story comes courtesy of Bruce Dern, 89, who played elderly ranch owner George Spahn in the 2019 film and was present when the confrontation unfolded.
Dern told PEOPLE that the incident occurred during the scene in which Pitt’s character Cliff Booth visits the ranch to check on George, a moment that featured one of Dern’s signature improvised dialogues, which he cheerfully refers to as a “Dernsie.”
Mid-scene, as Dern was doing his thing, Pitt did something that no actor is supposed to do on a Tarantino set.
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“I’m looking at him. [Pitt] cut the camera,” Dern recalled. “The look on Quentin’s face, I mean, he was insanely grave, and he said, ‘Brad, what did you just do?'”
Tarantino’s response was unambiguous.
“He said, ‘Well, I cut the camera.’ He said, ‘Never again in your life will you ever cut a camera or you’ll be dead in this business. That’s my domain. Don’t stop behavior.'”
Pitt’s defence, Dern revealed, was straightforward if not exactly well-received: “All Brad did was say to him, ‘Well, that wasn’t in the script what he said.'”
The implication being that Dern’s improvisation had thrown him, which, given that a “Dernsie” can apparently happen at any moment, is perhaps understandable, if not forgivable in Tarantino’s eyes.
Filming resumed, and Dern delivered a new improvised line for the ages: “I don’t know who you are, but you touched me today. You came to visit me, now I gotta go back to sleep.”
Pitt went on to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role.
Despite the friction on set, the relationship between director and star has clearly survived.
A source told the Daily Mail that Tarantino ranks among Pitt’s favourite directors and that the two share a strong rapport. Representatives for both have been contacted for comment.
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