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☆ Christine Dawood gives first interview after losing husband and son on Titan submersible
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Christine Dawood, whose husband Shahzada and son Suleman died aboard the Titan submersible, has revealed that the 19-year-old was a Rubik’s Cube obsessive who could solve the puzzle in 12 seconds. “Suleman did not go anywhere without his Rubik’s cube,” Dawood told the BBC in her first interview since the tragedy. The family had been planning a trip on the Titan submersible for some time, Dawood said, but it was postponed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Asked how she felt now about her son taking her place on the submersible, Dawood declined to say. “I really, really miss them.”The Dawoods are from a prominent Pakistani business family.

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☆ Two of the Passengers Are a Prominent Businessman and His 19-Year-Old Son
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Emma Bubola | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The British businessman Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son, Suleman, 19, are aboard the missing submersible, according to a statement from the Engro Corporation, based in Karachi, Pakistan. The elder Mr. Dawood, a scion of one of Pakistan’s wealthiest families, is a vice chairman of Engro and has a background in textiles and fertilizer manufacturing. He has served on boards of directors in a variety of industries, according to the World Economic Forum website. Mr. Dawood and his son are British subjects. Mr. Dawood and his wife, Christine, also have a daughter, Alina.

Persons: Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Dawood, King Charles III’s, Hussain, Christine, Alina Organizations: Engro Corporation, Economic, Global, Prince’s Trust Locations: Karachi, Pakistan

☆ What to Know About the Missing Titan Submersible and the Race to Find It
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Yonette Joseph | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Images of the vessel show those onboard would have limited space to stand or sit. The company has taken people on tours of the Titanic site since 2021, and guests have paid $250,000 to travel to the wreckage. As of Tuesday morning, three of them had been identified: Hamish Harding, a British businessman and explorer, and the Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son, Suleman. Where is the Titanic wreck, exactly? Once the biggest steamship in the world, the Titanic hit an iceberg four days into its first voyage, in April 1912, and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic.

Persons: OceanGate, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Harding, Dawood Organizations: Blue Origin, Engro Corporation Locations: British

☆ Who is on the missing Titanic sub?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Courtesy of Jannicke Mikkelsen/via REUTERS/File PhotoJune 20 (Reuters) - A five-person submersible vessel taking wealthy adventurers on a $250,000 trip to see the wreckage of the 1912 Titanic disaster 12,500 feet (3,800m) undersea is missing in the Atlantic off Canada. The British billionaire and chairman of aviation consultancy Action Aviation is among those missing, according to his stepson. The 77-year-old French explorer, whom media say is one of the five on board, is director of underwater research at a company that owns the rights to the Titanic wreck. The founder and CEO of the vessel's U.S.-based operating company OceanGate is also on the submersible, according to media reports. "It is an amazingly beautiful wreck," Rush told Britain's Sky news of the Titanic earlier this year.

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Those aboard the submersible called Titan, the highlight of a tourist expedition that costs $250,000 per person, included British billionaire Hamish Harding and Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood with his son Suleman. The wreckage of the Titanic that sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg lies at about 12,500 feet (3,810 metres). OceanGate Expeditions, the private company that operates the submersible, said it was "mobilizing all options" to rescue those aboard the Titan. Reuters GraphicsBILLIONAIRE ABOARDThe expeditions to the Titanic start in St. John's, Newfoundland, before heading out about 400 miles (640 km) into the Atlantic to the wreckage site, OceanGate's website says. Harding's stepson later wrote on Facebook that Harding had "gone missing on submarine" and asked for "thoughts and prayers".

Persons: Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, John Mauger, Harding, Dawood, Joseph Ax, Kanishka Singh, Ismail Shakil, Edmund Blair, Janet Lawrence Organizations: Discovery, U.S . Coast Guard, Stockton Rush, Expeditions, Twitter, Reuters Graphics, Action Aviation, Facebook, Engro Corporation, SETI, Thomson Locations: Nova Scotia, Canada, U.S, ., Cape Cod, St, John's, Newfoundland, UAE, California, Britain, Washington, Shahid, Karachi

Experts have mixed reactions on whether the budget will meet IMF requirements and the impact on the economy. The ‘No new Taxes on Industry’ claim is belied by increase in super tax and that too in not a fully progressive way. Will retailers and the agri sectors that together contribute 40% contribute more than 2% as a result of the budget? SHAHBAZ ASHRAF, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER AT FRIM VENTURES“It is surely not a budget that the IMF would approve of. "The regional energy price budget, which has built in cross subsidies, general collection and distribution losses is something the export industry cannot sustain."

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