A Geo News news anchor, Zohaib Hassan responded to Analyst Mehmal Sarfraz’s analysis on the ongoing situation of the women not being safe in the public spaces.
Mehmal Sarfraz said that all women are feeling unsafe in the country and more needs to be done for their protection. To which the presenter said that, “You are making a sweeping statement.”
Many journalists and other social media users took to Twitter to call out the presenter for his remarks.
A video is doing rounds on social media that shows several people beating a woman reportedly in a park in Lahore.
A mob can be seen physically assaulting a woman while a few people helped her and dragged her out of that crowd.
Earlier, two more women were harassed in separate incidents on August 14 that sparked outrage on social media.
Superstar Ayeza Khan took to her official Instagram handle to share her diet and fitness secrets with an elaborative caption.
Earlier in an interview the Chupke Chupke star revealed how she lost her weight after becoming a mother.
The Meray Paas Tum Ho star recently celebrated her 7th wedding anniversary.
Earlier this week, the Meherposh diva took to her Instagram stories to express her disappointment and anger on the ‘Minar-e-Pakistan’ incident. The Pyaray Afzal star penned an extensive note to share her thoughts on the situation.
On the work front, Ayeza can be seen in Laapata opposite Ali Rehman Khan and Sarah Khan.
Former Test cricketer-turned commentator Ramiz Raja has reportedly joined the race for the slot of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairmanship.
PCB’s Chairman Ehsan Mani’s three-year term as the head of the sports body is ending on September 18.
According to a report on Geo News, Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is also the patron in chief of the PCB, will recommend two names to the governing board for the coveted post in the next few days.
Ehsan Mani and Asad Ali Khan are the representatives of the prime minister in the PCB governing board. Reports circulating claimed that Raja will replace Mani.
On May 31, PCB chairman Mani had debunked rumours of forwarding his resignation to the Prime Minister, The News reported.
Earlier, Former PCB Chairperson Najam Sethi had suggested that the current board chairperson Mani and CEO Wasim Khan should be removed from their posts.
PM Khan should take some time and see what was happening with Pakistan cricket, Sethi had reported as saying in an interview by The News on June 4.
Raja is a Pakistani cricket commentator, YouTuber, a Ravian, and a former cricketer, who represented Pakistan during the 1980s and the 1990s. He was also the part of 1992 cricket World Cup winning team. Since retiring from cricket, he has been a commentator in international cricket matches.
Bakhtawar Bhutto took to Twitter to express her outrage, demanding that all men should be banned from public spaces.
In a series of tweets, Multimedia Journalist Sabin Agha shared the horrors of her experience of being harassed at Mazar-e-Quaid in Karachi on August 14, a few years ago.
“Some 100 odd frustrated boys & men attacked me & my cameraman at Mazar-e-Quaid. My cameraman and his camera were shoved back & forth/ but I was manhandled. I was groped on every part of my body. My hair was pulled from the back & both sides. My clothes & dupatta were pulled by men,” wrote Sabin.
“At one point someone tried to wrap my dupatta around my neck to choke me, all the while groping me with hysterical laughs and every existing cussword hurled at me,” further added Sabin.
“I went to police van standing at the doorstep of Mazar Quaid, who watched the entire episode. I asked them why did they not come to help. Police response: “bibi hum 4 hay aur wo 150. Hum kese rok sktay thy. Ap ayee kiyun [Madam, we were four in number and they 150 in total. How could we possibly have stopped them? Why did you come here?],” wrote Sabin.
Reacting to the journalist’s experience angry Baktawar Bhutto demanded that “all men should be banned from public places”.
“Another harrowing experience – witnessed by police who refused to help despite their ability to call for backup as well as use weapons to disperse the crowd. We need more women to safeguard women,” wrote Bakhtawar.
Recently, three women were harassed in three separate incidents on Aug 14, which sparked outrage on social media.
Actor Veena Malik has come under the fire for allegedly going under the knife. The Zindagi 50-50 fame actor recently posted a series of pictures and videos on her Instagram handle, for which she got trolled by the netizens.
The Bigg Boss fame diva customized her comment section after severe backlash by public.
Actor Minal Khan has teased her fans with a hint of her wedding preparations being on full swing as she and her fiance Ahsan Mohsin recently posted about them shortlisting the colour paints for their room after the wedding.
Earlier, this year on June 11 the couple got engaged in a lavish ceremony.
It may be recalled that in November last year, Ahsan had written a post on his Instagram account about proposing to the Jalan star that “I had to drink a lot to say I love you.”.
The flags of the Afghan Taliban was found hoisted on the rooftop of a Jamia Hafsa madrassah located in the heart of the capital, Dawn News has reported. I
Islamabad officials while speaking to Dawn News said “four to five white flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan were found hoisted on the rooftop of Jamia Hafsa in G-7/3.”
“The flags were spotted after Zuhr prayers and shortly the capital administration and police were informed about it,” they said.
Deputy Commissioner Islamabad in a tweet said that the administration have removed the flags.
A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two minor boys aged 12 and 13 in the fields in Lodhran district of the Punjab province, ARY News reported on Friday.
According to the police, the suspects took the girl to the nearby fields in Lodhran and sexually assaulted her. “Both of them are aged 12 and 13 years old,” police said, adding that they later left the girl in the fields.
She was later taken to a nearby hospital for medico-legal formalities.
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The police said they have detained one of the suspects involved in the crime. “The other suspect will also be arrested soon,” the district police officer (DPO) said while advising the citizens to play their role in identifying and reporting such incidents.
The Chinese Embassy in Pakistan on Saturday strongly condemned a suicide attack targeting a vehicle carrying Chinese nationals in Balochistan’s Gwadar district on Friday, asking Pakistan “to take practical and effective measures” to prevent recurrence of such incidents in the future, reported Dawn.
At least two children were killed and three people were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself near the vehicle at around 7pm on Friday.
In its statement, the Chinese Embassy demanded Pakistan to properly treat the wounded and conduct a thorough investigation on the attack, and severely punish the perpetrators.”
It also extended “its sincere sympathies to the injured of both countries” and expressed its deep condolences to the victims in Pakistan.
“At the same time, relevant departments at all levels in Pakistan must take practical and effective measures to accelerate, to implement strengthened whole-process security measures and upgrade security cooperation mechanism to ensure that similar incidents will not happen again,” the embassy said.
Previously, on July 14, nine Chinese nationals and three Pakistanis lost their lives. Chinese workers and accompanying Pakistani staff were proceeding to their workplace for an ongoing project, as per a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).
After initially suggesting that the incident was an accident, the government earlier this month said a suicide bomber had attacked the bus which was carrying Chinese workers to the under-construction Dasu dam.