Actress Hania Aamir is celebrating the arrival of Aquarius season in style. The Kabhi Main Kabhi Tum actress posted pictures on her Instagram, captioned “It’s Aquarius season baby.” And we can’t help but notice the coffee spot she’s hanging out at.
The background of her photos reveals that Hania Aamir is at Double shot, a popular cafe chain in Lahore.
If you’re a coffee love like Hanai Aamir, Double Shot in Lahore is definitely worth checking out. Pro tip: Try the lemon cake with your coffee..
The selection process for Pakistan’s squad for the Champions Trophy is underway with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) poised to make a major change in the team ahead of the mega event.
The Champions Trophy will start on February 19. Before that, Pakistan will play a tri-series at home against South Africa and New Zealand.
According to reports, Saim Ayub’s fitness is still a concern, and no decision has been made about him yet. If a decision on Saim is made, the team selected for the tri-series will likely be the same for the Champions Trophy.
Sources also indicate that selectors have already decided on a replacement if Saim Ayub remains unfit.
Fakhar Zaman is confirmed for the 15-member squad, while Imam-ul-Haq and Haseebullah are also being considered. However, Abdullah Shafique and Usman Khan are likely to be dropped.
Fakhar Zaman
Imam-ul-Haq (under consideration)
Haseebullah (under consideration)
Saim Ayub (fitness dependent)
Abdullah Shafique (likely to be dropped)
Usman Khan (likely to be dropped)
Mohammad Rizwan
Babar Azam
Kamran Ghulam
Salman Ali Agha
Tayyab Tahir
Irfan Khan
Mohammad Hasnain
Naseem Shah
Shaheen Afridi
Haris Rauf
Abrar Ahmed
Sufiyan Muqeem
All other teams have already announced their squads, while Pakistan has only submitted a preliminary list to the ICC. The final squad must be announced by February 11, with the first match of the tri-series on February 8.
In a hearing on the bail application of an accused in a rape case, the Lahore High Court summoned Inspector General Punjab Police Usman Anwar, asking him if reports claiming that a rape occurs every 15 minutes in the province are true.
A three-member full bench headed by Chief Justice Lahore High Court Justice Alia Neelam heard the bail plea of an accused in a rape case filed by Wajid Ali, who was arrested on charges of adultery.
The full bench also included Justice Faruq Haider and Justice Ali Zia Bajwa.
Advocate General Punjab Khalid Ishaq, Prosecutor General Punjab Syed Farhad Ali Shah and IG Punjab, along with FIA officers, appeared in the court order.
Advocate Ishaq told the court that 150,000 cases have been registered since the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act 2021 was enacted. To this, Justice Bajwa quoted Advocate’s report which read that “a rape is happening in Punjab every fifteen minutes.”
He further remarked that “According to your calculations, we have surpassed India as it is in third place on the list and here a rape is happening every fifteen minutes now.”
To this, Advocate General Punjab responded that all the cited cases are not of rape as many are lodged on false allegations. According to his claims, women officers are deployed in every center of Punjab for such cases, while medical officers are also being trained.
30 percent of false rape cases were registered, as per the report.
Advocate Ishaq assured the court that action is being taken against those who file false cases, while Justice Ali Zia Bajwa ruled that strict measures must be taken against such individuals.
Media reports reveal that rape cases are very high in Pakistan, whereas police’s report assure that action is also being taken against the cited cases.
Chief Justice Lahore High Court, however, again quoting the report, stated that rape cases are being reported the most, nonethtless, followed by drug and murder cases, asserting on the lack of implementation of the Anti-Rape Act.
“There are three stages of the Anti-Rape Act and they should be read before filing a case,” he added.
Justice Alia Neelam ruled that a trauma column in the form for investigating gender-based violence cases needs to be added.
The court appreciated IG Punjab’s work, but also reiterated the need to train the officers investigating these cases.
Prosecutor General Punjab Farhad Ali Shah told the court that no police officer less than grade less than 17 can investigate these cases.
IG Punjab Usman Anwar told the court that a virtual police station has also been established with the help of the Safe City Authority in which rape victims can file a complaint through email, call or WhatsApp.
2100 women have been recruited who have undergone special training, 880 investigation officers have been recruited whose minimum education is graduation. He noted that an investigation officer deals with an average of 53 cases.
However, Justice Farooq Haider remarked that some amendments are needed in the rules and this should be brought to the notice of the government.
Later, the Lahore High Court summoned the Attorney General, Advocate General, Prosecutor General and IG Punjab again on February 10.
The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had launched an operation in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said aimed to “eradicate terrorism” in the area.
The Palestinian health ministry, based in Ramallah, said the operation had killed six people, just days after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect in the Gaza Strip.
In a joint statement, the military and the Shin Bet security agency said that, alongside the Israeli Border Police, they had launched an operation dubbed “Iron Wall’ in Jenin, whose refugee camp is a stronghold of Palestinian resistant groups.
In a statement released shortly after the launch of the operation, Netanyahu said the raid aimed to “eradicate terrorism” in Jenin and was part of a broader strategy to counter Iran “wherever it sends its arms — in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen,” and the West Bank.
The Israeli government has accused Iran, which backs militant groups across the Middle East including Hamas in Gaza, of attempting to send weapons and money to militants in the West Bank.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said its first responders treated seven people injured by live ammunition and that Israeli forces were hindering their access to the area.
Jenin governor Kamal Abu al-Rub told AFP the operation was “an invasion of the (refugee) camp”.
“It came quickly, Apache helicopters in the sky and Israeli military vehicles everywhere”, he added.
An AFP journalist said Palestinian security forces, who had been conducting an operation against Palestinian factions in the area since early December, left some of their positions around the camp before the arrival of Israeli forces.
The spokesman for the Palestinian security forces, Anwar Rajab, said in a statement that Israeli forces had “opened fire on civilians and security forces, resulting in injuries to several civilians and a number of security personnel, one of whom is in critical condition”.
The autopsy report of seven-year-old Sarim, a child who went missing from North Karachi on January 7 and was found after 11 days, has revealed he was subjected to sexual assault before getting murdered.
Media reports cite the police are now treating the child’s case, whose body was found in an underground water tank of the high-rise building, as a murder case.
He was reportedly subjected to a sexual assault before being murdered in Bilal Colony’s Anam Apartments.
According to news sources, Sarim was a student at Madrasah Al Quran who went to his seminary on January 7 but never returned.
After he went missing, his father, Parvez, went to the seminary to ask about his son but was told by the administration that he had left for home at 3:40 pm.
When the father was returning from the seminary, he reportedly spotted Sarim’s gloves lying on the stairs inside a mosque.
After an extensive search, the police found the child’s body in a water tank in the building in the same vicinity on January 18.
The doctors who performed the autopsy revealed that the marks of injuries on the body suggested that it was “not an accidental death”.
In the initial briefing to the media, the police claimed to have been investigating the possible foul play or assault in the case. They also cited the possibility of the water tank not being properly covered, which may have caused the boy to fall inside if he had been playing nearby.
Later, however, the autopsy report has concluded that the child was raped.
As per the details, the victim had suffered 12 different injuries on various parts of the body and “all are antemortem (prior to death) except one injury”.
The report also outlined that although the body was found after 11 days, the examination of the body confirms that the boy had died “approximately four to five days” before the post-mortem.
The recent revelations have raised concerns about the investigating skills of the police’s efforts to recover the child, as it is clear now that he was alive at least a week after his kidnapping.
On the other hand, DIG-West Irfan Ali Baloch, in a statement, said that the exact cause and time of the death is yet to be confirmed by doctors and that he had not received the reports in this regard.
He informed that the police had already taken a teacher of the seminary in custody, and his DNA samples were taken for cross-matching with the samples of the victim.
The residents of Sarim’s neighbourhood expressed shock over his recovery, stating that law enforcement had checked the tank twice during the search but failed to find any sign of the child. Some speculated that the child’s body may have remained submerged and surfaced over time.
A Mumbai auto-rickshaw driver is being praised for his quick thinking and kind act after he rushed Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan and his son Taimur Ali Khan to the hospital following a shocking attack by an intruder.
Saif Ali Khan, stabbed multiple times at his Bandra residence, was quickly rushed to Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital in an auto-rickshaw with his eight-year-old son by his side. Despite the seriousness of the attack, he remained calm.
The driver, Bhajan Singh Rana, acted quickly, ensuring the father and son reached the hospital safely.
Recognizing the driver’s courage, Bhajan Singh Rana was rewarded INR 11,000 by an organization.
In an interview with Indian media, Rana expressed immense pride and joy for being part of such a crucial moment in the lives of the famous actor and his son.
“I feel very proud because I never imagined something like this would happen in my life. This recognition has brought me immense joy,” Bhajan Singh Rana stated.
Earlier, Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan looked remarkably fit in his first public appearance since getting stabbed last week after an intruder entered his Mumbai home in the early morning hours.
Despite getting stabbed six times, Saif Ali Khan looked hale and hearty and in good spirits after being discharged from Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital, a hand brace and faint bandage on his neck the only reminders of his ordeal. His trademark beard was replaced by a clean shaved visage.
He waved to fans and the paparazzi, before climbing into a car where his wife Kareena Kapoor was already waiting for him in the backseat. Flashing a smile at the papps, he left in the car for home.
Doctors have said that Saif is expected to make a complete recovery.
A few days back, talking to Indian media, Bhajan Singh said, “I was going via Linkn Road, the building where he (Saif Ali Khan) lives is named Satguru Niwas. A woman came running shouting rickshaw, rickshaw, stop, and stop. She asked to stop the auto near the building gate.”
As first Bhajan Sigh didn’t recognize Saif Ali Khan and was unsure about the situation. “I did not know he was Saif Ali Khan. It was an emergency. I was nervous about who is this passenger that is getting into my auto. I was worried that I might get into trouble and that is why I was nervous,” Singh explained.
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“He (Saif) was wearing a white shirt stained with blood. A child sat with him, a young man also sat with him,” Bhajan Rana Singh described.
When the auto driver asked where he should drive, Saif Ali Khan replied, “Take me to Lilavati.”
Upon reaching Lilavati Hospital, the driver recalled the scene: “A guard was called, and the hospital staff assembled. It was then that the passenger introduced himself: ‘I am Saif Ali Khan.’”
Senator Mushahid Hussain claimed on ARY News on January 20 that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lobby within President Donald Trump’s administration is stronger than the Pakistani government’s lobby, signalling hope for the possible release of incarcerated party leader Imran Khan.
“Donald Trump is not a traditional politician, and he won’t accept some file being given to him about Pakistan from the State Department. He considers his likes and dislikes only. When he sees Pakistan, he only remembers Imran Khan,” stated the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senator.
Social media blew up when Donald Trump’s close aide and envoy, Richard Grenell, demanded the release of former Prime Minister Khan in multiple X (formerly Twitter) posts.
Grenell’s multiple posts on December 16 last year calling for Khan’s release garnered hundreds of thousands of views.
The narrative gained further momentum when Matt Gaetz, another Republican and a former Trump nominee for attorney general, also wrote, “Free Imran Khan”.
The support was seen as a positive development for PTI, which had been lobbying and advocating for their leader’s release from prison since August 2023.
Many commentators and political analysts pointed out the irony of PTI trying to lobby the US to help out Imran Khan after Khan had accused Washington of conspiring against his government in 2022.
Khan’s government was removed from office in April 2022 after nearly four years in power, following a parliamentary no-confidence vote.
“I believe that Trump becoming the President of the United States is good news for everyone. He has exposed the deep state or the establishment in his country. He has made a ten-point plan for the demolition of the deep state, and by deep state, he means the CIA. Things like killing people in other countries or conducting regime changes, this is all work of CIA, which Trump is against,” stated the Senator.
He added that 25 years ago, the US President visited Pakistan to release his friend, Nawaz Sharif, “As history witnessed, Nawaz Sharif was indeed released during the Musharraf regime.”
The senator was referring to former US president Bill Clinton’s visit to Pakistan in 2000, after General Pervez Musharraf had removed Nawaz Sharif from power through a coup.
Show host Waseem Badami asked if Imran Khan would agree to remain silent without coming to power, similar to Nawaz Sharif’s decision. In response, Mushahid Hussain said, “President Trump may become the guarantor of Imran Khan’s behaviour. He could be the dealmaker.”
Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan looked remarkably fit in his first public appearance since getting stabbed last week after an intruder entered his Mumbai home in the early morning hours.
Despite getting stabbed six times, Saif Ali Khan looked hale and hearty and in good spirits after being discharged from Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital, a hand brace and faint bandage on his neck the only reminders of his ordeal. His trademark beard was replaced by a clean shaved visage.
He waved to fans and the paparazzi, before climbing into a car where his wife Kareena Kapoor was already waiting for him in the backseat. Flashing a smile at the papps, he left in the car for home.
Doctors have said that Saif is expected to make a complete recovery.
Earlier, Bangladeshi national Shariful Islam Shahzad has been arrested for allegedly attacking Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan.
The friend and former co-worker of the accused, Rohmat Khan, described him as a kind-hearted man. Speaking with The Indian Express, Khan asserted that he “never imagined he could do such a big crime.”
“I have been following the news of the attack on Saif Ali Khan and kept wondering who would intrude upon such a high-profile person and launch an attack. Jitna main jaanta hoon, mujhe laga nahi wou itna barha kuch kar sakta hai (As far as I know, I never thought he could commit such a big crime),” the friend said.
According to the police, Shariful Islam Shahzad, originally from Rajabariya village in Jhalokathi district, Bangladesh, used the fake name Vijay Das to conceal his true identity. His real full name is Shariful Islam Sajjad Mohammed Rohilla Amin Fakeer.
The Bandra police informed Shahzad’s close friend, Khan, about his arrest since his family members were not in the city. Khan revealed, “He (Das) got the job through a contractor and worked with the Thane branch of Hotel Blabber All Day in the housekeeping section, while I was in the cafeteria section. He seemed to be a kind-hearted man. He never had any argument or fight with anyone and was good at his work.”
He also mentioned that Shahzad never opened up about his past, family, or his connection to Bangladesh.
According to a senior police officer, the accused confessed to the crime during interrogation. However, Shahzad’s lawyer strongly refuted the allegations, asserting, “Nothing has been recovered from my client; he is being framed.”
The lawyer argued in court that the allegations were baseless and that Shahzad was being made a scapegoat in this high-profile case because a celebrity was involved. “This case is the centre of attention because a famous individual has been targeted.”
Later, speaking to the media, the lawyer reiterated that nothing incriminating was found on Shahzad and emphasised his client’s innocence.
As per Indian media reports, Shariful Islam Shahzad has been remanded in the custody of Mumbai Police for five days as investigations continue.
Actor Tom Holland and Zendaya are taking their relationship to the next level with their engagement. Wedding plans are probably not far away.
Following their recent engagement, confirmed by Tom Holland’s father, the couple is set to plan the wedding of their dreams, media reports have stated.
The couple is considering a destination wedding in Italy, but they are also looking at hosting a lavish celebration at a private estate in Los Angeles overlooking the ocean.
“They may end up doing both,” the insider said.
As for Tom Holland, he has one special request for the ceremony. A source shared, “He wants them to say their vows as the sun is setting. He knows it will be a magical moment.”
Rumors about their engagement started when Zendaya was seen wearing a ring at the 2025 Golden Globes. OK! Magazine reported that Tom Holland proposed during a holiday between Christmas and New Year’s at one of Zendaya’s homes. Tom’s father, Dominic Holland, confirmed that Tom was “incredibly well prepared” for the proposal.
A source told US Weekly that the Spider Man actor wanted propose because he felt ready to settle down at the right time in his life. Zendaya is excited and happy, though she never pressured him, despite suspecting it might happen.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has dismissed Indian media claims that Pakistan’s name has been removed from the Champions Trophy jerseys.
According to reports, the ICC clarified that all teams are required to display the tournament logo on their shirts, which includes the name of the host country. If any team fails to comply with this rule, the ICC may take action against it.
The official logo for this year’s tournament, designed by the ICC, includes “Pakistan 2025.” Indian media, however, claims that India will avoid wearing shirts with Pakistan’s name during the tournament.
Meanwhile, sources from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) clarified that no official had spoken to the Indian media regarding the removal of the logo.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on the other hand, has refused to send captain Rohit Sharma to the tournament’s opening ceremony and captains’ meeting.
In light of India’s refusal to play in Pakistan, the Champions Trophy will follow a hybrid model. India will play its matches in Dubai, and if the country qualifies, the semi-finals or finals will also be held there.
The Champions Trophy is scheduled to take place from February 19 to March 9 this year, with Pakistan as the host and defending champion.