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  • Mahira Khan, Fahad Mustafa wrap up shoot for ‘Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad’ with love

    Mahira Khan, Fahad Mustafa wrap up shoot for ‘Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad’ with love

    Fahad Mustafa and Mahira Khan have wrapped up the shoot for their first project together – a film titled Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad.

    Fahad and Mahira shared their excitement on social media with Fahad revealing that the film was shot over a period of three months only.

    WATCH: Fahad Mustafa practices his action stunts for ‘Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad’

    Pictures from their last day on the sets were also widely circulated on social media.

    Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad has been directed by Nabeel Qureshi and produced by Fizza Ali Meerza. The duo have previously delivered hits including Load Wedding and Actor in Law – both of which had Fahad in the lead.

    Speaking to The Current, Nabeel had shared that the film will be a satirical action-comedy – something along the lines of their previous film Actor in Law.

    Read more – ‘Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad’: What will Mahira & Fahad’s film be about?

    The film has mostly been shot in Karachi and is expected to release on Eid ul Azha 2020.

  • VIDEO: Sheheryar Munawar, Maya Ali set the dance floor on fire at Maya’s brother’s wedding

    VIDEO: Sheheryar Munawar, Maya Ali set the dance floor on fire at Maya’s brother’s wedding

    Maya Ali’s only brother Afnan got married in a grand shehndi Friday night. Maya, who is a brilliant dancer, set the dance floor on fire with her moves and while dancing to Haye Dil Bechara from her film Parey Hut Love, Maya pulled Sheheryar on stage with her and the two grooved to the tune of it.

    Watch video:

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B8lj8RmBMFU/

    Other than that, Maya also danced to a number of other songs including the 90s hit Chunari Chunari and Ik Pal from Parey Hut Love.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B8juA41Fsue/
    https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jwdfHFcf1/

    The actor looked absolutely stunning in a hot pink outfit by Faiza Saqlain.

    Sheheryar attended the wedding with his father.

    Maya’s brother’s festivities began with a qawali followed by mayun.

    Maya with her brother and bhabhi
    Maya Ali with Wahaj Ali
  • Armeena Khan reveals she tied the knot in a secret ceremony

    Armeena Khan reveals she tied the knot in a secret ceremony

    Surprise surprise. Armeena Khan is married. The actor tied the knot with long-term beau Fesl Khan in a private, intimate Nikkah ceremony and fans had no clue about it. Until recently.

    On Valentines Day, Armeena shared a picture of her and Fesl calling him her “valentines, forever and forever.”

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B8hItmWjuXK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

    Soon after people started speculating that the two had made things official. Fesl then confirmed the news by sharing a loved up photo of the two and announcing that Armeena was now his wife.

    “Armeena, I’ll give you my friends and take from you your enemies. Time to create magic, time to create a legacy. We were born to be one. Welcome to our journey, with special love to those closest to us. Wishing everyone happiness on this Valentine’s 2020,” he wrote with the picture.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jR1bOJUJi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

    The Janaan later shared a screenshot of Fesl’s post and wrote, “Presenting my husband Fesl Khan that’s it, guys, we are official. We will have a wedding party at a later stage. Thank you to everyone for understanding and supporting us. Love you all.”

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jazGDna_z/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

    The couple also revealed that the two have been married for a while now, but a formal reception is yet to take place. In August last year, Armeena had shared a picture of herself in a wedding gown revealing that she was getting married. We wonder if that’s when the two tied the knot.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B06SKcCDSaH/

    Armeena and Fesl announced their engagement in July 2017. Armeena had shared then that the two were related and “have been together for a while, on and off.”

  • Pakistan to celebrate ‘Surprise Day’ on Abhinandan’s capture anniversary

    Pakistan to celebrate ‘Surprise Day’ on Abhinandan’s capture anniversary

    Pakistan has announced to celebrate ‘Surprise Day’ on February 27 as a tribute to the retaliatory attack by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) after India’s Balakot airstrike, The Express Tribune has reported.

    On Feb 27, 2019, the PAF carried out Operation Swift Retort and shot down two Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter aircraft and dropped bombs within the compounds of Indian military facilities in occupied Kashmir – as a warning to the country’s belligerent neighbour.

    The Pakistani military had lived up to its promise to ‘surprise’ India in wake of any misadventure, saying that ‘uncalled-for aggression’ from the Indian military  ‘would not go unpunished’.

    The operation also resulted in the capture of an Indian pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, after his Mig-21 was shot down. The pilot was later handed over to Indian authorities as ‘a goodwill gesture’.

    The rare aerial engagement significantly raised the stakes in the perilous standoff came a day after Delhi claimed its aircraft had launched an airstrike on what it called the “biggest training camp of Jaish-e-Muhammad” militant group inside Pakistan – a claim debunked by Islamabad.

    “The sole purpose of this [PAF] action was to demonstrate our right, will and capability for self-defence. We do not wish to escalate, but we’re fully prepared if forced into that paradigm,” the Foreign Office had said in a statement.

    The then director-general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Asif Ghafoor, said Indian jets were shot down after PAF planes earlier struck targets across the Line of Control (LoC) in a show of strength.

    Afterwards, he said, the two Indian warplanes crossed the LoC into Pakistani airspace. They were engaged by PAF jets and downed. One fell into Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), while the other crashed on the other side of the LoC, he had said.

    “In response to PAF strikes this morning, as released by MoFA, IAF [Indian Air Force] crossed [the] LoC,” he said. “[The] PAF shot down two Indian aircraft inside Pakistani airspace. One of the aircraft fell inside AJK while [the] other fell inside IOK. One Indian pilot arrested by troops on the ground.”

  • Taher Shah reveals the first look of his new song

    Taher Shah reveals the first look of his new song

    Taher Shah is all set to make a comeback with First Look.

    After teasing his fans and followers in December with ‘Coming soon’, Shah took to social media to reveal the release date of his new music video.

    Shah shared an image that seems like a top shot from his music video, the picture shows roses arranged in a heart shape with something in the middle. He captioned the picture ‘#FirstLook’ leaving us confused with whether that is the name of the song or the first look of it.

    Shah had returned to social media in December after a break of almost two years. His last tweet, dated to February 2017, had shared that Shah’s song Angel had won an APEX Award, which is a short film and music video festival held in the United States.

    Taher Shah became a social media sensation in 2013 after his song Eye to Eye, which he took 20 years to write, went viral. It became so popular that even Ranveer Singh did a rendition of it.

    Following that, in 2016, Taher released his second music video Mankind’s Angel. While it did not have the same effect as Eye to Eye, it still managed to stir up a social media frenzy.

    In December 2016, it was reported that Taher had left Pakistan after receiving death threats. But it looks like after years of staying low, the singer is returning with a bang.

  • ‘Four become five’: Shahid Afridi welcomes baby daughter

    ‘Four become five’: Shahid Afridi welcomes baby daughter

    Former Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi welcomed another beautiful addition to his family – a baby girl. Lala shared the news and his excitement with his fans on social media.

    https://twitter.com/SAfridiOfficial/status/1228358607948984322?s=20

    Soon after Lala made the announcement, good wishes poured in for him from across the world.

    Afridi is currently gearing up for the fifth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in which he will be playing for Multan Sultans. This year’s PSL will commence on February 20.

  • Fake pir buries himself inside pit to impress devotees

    Fake pir buries himself inside pit to impress devotees

    To gain more respect among his devotees and gather more followers, a fake pir (faith healer) in Sialkot attempted to trap himself inside a deep underground pit for 41 days in a ritual but was arrested three days after being inside the pit.

    According to a report in Samaa News, Sagheer alias Mithay Shah decided to shut himself in a six-foot deep pit in Wanchal village and told his tearful and emotional devotees that he would stay there for 41 days. His devotees bid him farewell with drums and high emotions.

    However, Sagheer turned out to be a complete fraud after the police unearthed his pit which had water, electricity, food and bed arrangements. The police foiled his plans and arrested him three days into his ritual.

    Video footage shows the police removing the sand and wooden planks over the pit to arrest Sagheer. He had made arrangements for water, electricity, food and a bed.

    The police have also registered a case against the pir and have put him behind bars. SHO Tariq Mehmood shared that the police received information that a man in the village had shut himself in a grave-like pit and there was a possibility that he could die of suffocation because the pit had been covered with mud.

    He said several people had gathered around the pit when they reached. The law enforcers pulled the fake faith healer out of the pit.

    The SHO further revealed that when they interrogated the fake pir, he said that he was doing this to “help raise respect and pride” for himself among his devotees so that more people follow him.

    Meanwhile, Sagheer’s devotees defended his actions saying that the police pulled him out of the pit while he was praying.

  • KP govt hopes to limit grand weddings

    KP govt hopes to limit grand weddings

    Weddings in Pakistan are known to be extravagant affairs, often stretching over weeks. To limit the costs of the ceremony, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly adopted legislation almost two years ago.

    The bill titled ‘KP Marriage Functions (Prohibition of Ostentatious Displays and Wasteful Expenses)‘ was passed in February 2018 but 24 months later, the province is still trying to implement the law that puts a limit on wedding spending.

    The law imposed a ban on the decoration of houses, streets, and marriage halls across the province. It directs that the sound of the loudspeaker should be limited to indoor with many other restrictions.

    The law also tells the rules for the menu, limiting it to one dish only. Punjab already has a law which ensures one dish at marriage halls.

    Under the law, anyone who breaks or fails to obey the law shall be accountable to pay a fine of not less than Rs200,000 and an imprisonment term not exceeding two months.

    Similarly, depriving a bride of her wedding gifts could also be troublesome for the groom and his family. Violators could face a fine of Rs200,000 and a sentence of three months. The law also restricts the payment of dowry to the groom’s family.

  • Shamoon Abbasi, Ayesha Omar’s spy-thriller based on Kulbhushan gets a teaser

    Shamoon Abbasi, Ayesha Omar’s spy-thriller based on Kulbhushan gets a teaser

    As the weather warms up, the Pakistani films are also rolling. A few days after the teaser of Farhan Saeed and Urwa Hocane’s Tich Button dropped, Shamoon Abbasi and Ayesha Omar’s Dhaai Chaal based on Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadav and his activities in Balochistan was shared on social media.

    The producer of the film Dr Irfan Ashraf shared the trailer on Twitter and said that his film was a response to Shah Rukh Khan’s Netflix venture: Bard of Blood.

    In an interview, the film’s lead Shamoon Abbasi while talking about the plot had shared that “the film is based on the time when Jadhav was active in the region of Balochistan and was appointed to sabotage the billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.”

    While a release date has not yet been mentioned, the film directed by Taimoor Sherazi and written by Faiza Choudhry is expected to release sometime later this year. It is being made in collaboration with the Frontier Corps.

    Earlier, the Abbasi also shared a BTS video from the making of the film.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s5jHKJyyGc

    Ayesha Omar, who plays the female lead, had also shared some details about her character Kanwal, adding that she was honoured to be playing this role.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B4xFl_3jkHs/?utm_source=ig_embed
  • Imran wants treason case against Fazl ‘for trying to topple PTI govt’

    Imran wants treason case against Fazl ‘for trying to topple PTI govt’

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan reportedly wants Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman tried under Article 6 of the Constitution “for trying to topple the government” back in November last year.

    According to media reports as well as some senior journalists, including Kamran Yousaf and Arshad Waheed Chaudhry, the premier wants Fazl tried under Article 6 — high treason — for the anti-government rally, dubbed by the JUI-F as ‘Azadi March’, towards Islamabad.

    While the rather disappointing finale of the Azadi March came just 18 days after it was launched, and without any of Fazl’s principal demands met, reports claim that PM Imran wants the leader of the religiopolitical party tried for trying to destabilise the country by ousting his government.

    Meanwhile, Twitterati are reminding Imran about his own infamous 126-day sit-in from 2014, when the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had locked down Islamabad to oust the government of then PM Nawaz Sharif.

    JUI-F’S AZADI MARCH:

    Fazl had in June 2019 announced that his party would hold a long march towards Islamabad in the month of October. Four months later, the JUI-F chief had set October 27 as the date of the Azadi march but later deferred it to October 31.

    The JUI-F chief had demanded PM Imran’s resignation, blaming the premier for the country’s economic woes and other troubles. The PM, on the other hand, had said that Fazl’s march had a “special agenda”.

    Initially, other opposition parties had objected to the unilateral announcement about the Azadi March, but later extended their support to Fazl when he had taken them into confidence. The government had warned the opposition that anyone who tried to take the law into their hands would be dealt with strictly.

    ARTICLE 6:

    Article 6 of the Constitution of Pakistan, under which former military ruler Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf has also been found guilty, states: 

    “Any person who abrogates or subverts or suspends or holds in abeyance, or attempts or conspires to abrogate or subvert or suspend or hold in abeyance, the Constitution by use of force or show of force or by any other unconstitutional means shall be guilty of high treason.”

    The second clause adds that any person aiding, abetting or collaborating in the acts will also be considered guilty of high treason, while clause 2A says that an act of high treason cannot be validated by any court, including the Supreme Court (SC) and a high court.