Multan Sultans beat Peshawar Zalmi in the final to win their maiden Pakistan Super League (PSL) title. Congratulatory messages started pouring in as soon as the match ended, with some prominent personalities congratulating the team.
Have a look at some of the congratulatory messages:
Multan Sultans won Pakistan Super League 6 (PSL 6) after defeating Peshawar Zalmi by 47 runs last night. As cricket lovers are happy for Multan Sultans’ maiden PSL victory and #Champions is trending on Twitter, here are some memes to celebrate their victory.
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A video has gone viral on social media in which a local TV show host is comparing women to candies in reference to Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s recent remarks about rape. In an interview with “Axios on HBO”, PM Khan said, “If a woman is wearing very few clothes, it will have an impact on the men, unless they are robots. I mean it’s common sense.”
The TV show host is receiving criticism for drawing a comparison between women and candies. Here are some of the reactions:
Mahira Khan is undoubtedly amongst the biggest superstars of the country. The Humsafar diva has been spotted in Nathia Gali with her beau, Salim Karim. The two were joined by a group of friends including Bulbulay fame Ayesha Omar.
Ayesha Omar shared her recent pictures from her trip to Northern areas of Pakistan with Mahira, her purported beau Salim Karim and friends.
The Karachi Se Lahore actress previously informed about her trip and revealed in her Instagram post that she is traveling with a group of seven people. Her recent pictures are giving us evident proves that Mahira Khan and Salim Karim are also part of this adventurous clan.
A Zambian news presenter lost his cool and demanded his unpaid salary during a live news broadcast on Saturday night.
The news anchor for Zambian KBN TV, Kabinda Kalimina, initially gave a roundup of the top stories and then he went off-script and demanded his salary and the salaries of his colleagues who were not paid for their work.
“Away from the news, ladies and gentlemen, we are human beings. We have to get paid. Unfortunately, on KBN we haven’t been paid. People are getting instruments on KBN…Sharon and everyone else haven’t been paid, including myself. We have to get paid,” Kalimina said in a video clip of the broadcast that is doing rounds on social media.
Condemning Kalimina’s actions, the channel issued a statement and claimed Kalimina’s rant as “drunken behaviour”. The television station also claimed that Kalimina is a part-time newscaster.
According to the statement which was signed by Kennedy Mambwe, the owner and chief executive officer of KBN TV, the organization has a “well-established grievance procedures” through which employees of the channel can register their complaints.
However, the statement did not clarify if the channel had or hadn’t paid it’s staff salary.
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“As KBN TV, we are appalled with the drunken behaviour exhibited through a video clip that has gone viral on social media and staged by one of our part-time presenters during what should have been the main news bulletin last night. As a young television station, we work with a very highly talented and professional team, with a noble character and we owe the success of unbroken broadcasting for the last two years to such gallant men and women. Members of the public may wish to know that KBN TV like any other institution, has very well-established grievance procedures for all members of staff through which they can channel their complaints.
The statement added that the management was looking into the matter and that anyone who had helped Kalimina in his stunt would face disciplinary action.
“As management, we are carrying out investigations to determine how a drunken part-time presenter found himself on air unabated and disciplinary action will be taken against anyone who may have been party to the scheme.”
Peshawar Zalmi’s Haider Ali and Umaid Asif have been suspended from Pakistan Super League (PSL) final against Multan Sultans in Abu Dhabi after the duo admitted to charges of violating the tournament’s health and safety protocols by meeting people from outside their bio-secure bubbles. They also failed to maintain the prescribed social distancing.
A press release from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that the incident occurred on Wednesday and the decision to withdraw the two players was taken on the morning of the final by the tournament’s Covid-19 management panel comprising PCB chief operating officer Barrister Salman Naseer and Director-Commercial and PSL 6 head Babar Hamid.
“The two cricketers were found not to have interacted with any other squad members at any time after the incident and have been placed in room isolation,” the PCB said.
For the same reason, Ali has also been withdrawn from the upcoming tours of England and the West Indies and replaced by Sohaib Maqsood.
Earlier in March, PCB had reportedly allowed Wahab Riaz and Daren Sammy to reintegrate with the Peshawar Zalmi team without completing the three-day quarantine period after the two had allegedly breached COVID-19 protocols before the postponement of PSL6. The violation took place when the two met franchise owner Javed Afridi outside the team’s bio-security bubble. Similarly, Naseem Shah was ruled out of PSL after he broke COVID-19 protocols but later when his test was clear and accepting his mistake, he was allowed to join the rest of the team in Abu Dhabi.
Meanwhile, Sultans, who made it to the finals for the first time, will face the four-time finalists Zalmis on Wednesday at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
Mehwish Hayat appeared in an interview with BBC Asian Network in 2019, during the interview it was revealed that she was offered Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s role in Fanney Khan and Huma Qureshi’s role in Dedh Ishqiya.
Answering a question about what she thinks about how India treated Pakistani artists amid the tension between two countries, Mewhish said, “I think its unfair because all our actors who have worked in Bollywood, unfortunately we are not given the kind of respect we deserve,” adding “if you let the actor work and at the same time you don’t let them attend the premiers or even [let] them promote their films. Nothing is bigger than the self respect.”
She further said, “It was a conscious decision that I wanted to stay here in my country and work for my Pakistani cinema.”
The anchor said, “You were offered Hum Quershi’s role in Dairh Ishqiya, which was along side Madhuri Dixit, you were offered Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s role in Fanney Khan, these are the big films that you turned down.”
Talking about the reason behind rejecting Dairh Ishqiya the Actress said she had an issue with one of the scenes in the movie.
During the interview, she also talked about that how happy she felt when she came to knew that she was being awarded with Sitara-e-Imtiaz and also shared her experience of the criticism she received over the award.
Prime Minister Imran Khan (PM) encouraged Microsoft to expand its footprint in Pakistan and set up a Microsoft incubation lab in the country.
PM spoke with Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), in a telephonic conversation on Thursday.
During the phone call, views were exchanged on the ongoing polio eradication campaign in the country as well as on Pakistan’s response to the public health challenges arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.
PM Khan reaffirmed that polio eradication remained a key national priority for the government and earnest efforts were afoot to further intensify the anti-polio campaign across the country, despite the challenges imposed by the Covid-19 crisis, in order to achieve a polio-free Pakistan.
Bill Gates expressed his appreciation for PM Khan’s leadership for this national cause. He added that while progress is encouraging, keeping up pressure will be the key to ending transmission for good.
Minal Khan and Ahsan Mohsin Ikram had fun in the sun as the couple enjoyed their time at the French beach in Karachi. Fans are loving the new couple’s affection for each other as their pictures are creating waves on social media.
Both Minal and Ahsan took to social media to share some fun moments together, including a camel ride along the sea. They were joined by Minal’s family including Aiman Khan and Muneeb Butt. Here are some of the pictures:
While Muneeb Butt also enjoyed the beatch with his daughter Amal.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed on Thursday said that the Punjab Police were close to arresting the culprits responsible for the Johar Town blast.
The minister tweeted that officials had achieved “great success” during the investigation process. “Punjab police will soon arrest the suspects and give good news to the people,” he said.
Rasheed said that Pakistan’s enemies could not tolerate the economic and political stability in the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan and had started adopting “terrorist routes”.
A powerful blast near the residence of Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed killed three people and injured 24 others, including a police constable.