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  • ‘Asim is a beautiful part of my life’: Hania Aamir shuts down trolls

    ‘Asim is a beautiful part of my life’: Hania Aamir shuts down trolls

    Hania Aamir’s big revelation that Asim Azhar and her are just friends is the talk of the town considering that everyone was convinced that the two are dating. After Hania cleared the air regarding their relationship, social media was lit with memes and fans poked fun at Asim for being ‘friend-zoned’. The two have been trending on Twitter all day.

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    Following the trolling and flood of memes, Hania took to social media to celebrate three million followers and tell off the trolls for all the jokes.

    “Every day I’m learning new things. About myself. About life. Every day I see myself learning, healing and evolving. I’m learning to be more thankful for the life I have. Thankful for the people I have in my life. I say Alhamdulillah for the good and the bad,” wrote Hania.

    “I am growing stronger every day and God knows how much I pray for everyone’s happiness. How much I pray that I stay true to my family, my job and my fans. Cannot be more grateful for the love of my followers and my beautiful fan pages have shown me in these three and a half years of my career. Cannot be more grateful for the people I have in my life who support me, guide me and love me,” she continued.

    She added: “Today this Instagram family has grown to three million of you and I am here thanking you with all my heart for sticking with me through thick and thin and watching me grow up from an eighteen-year-old kid to the woman that I am today. Your love makes the toughest social media moments a breeze.”

    Concluding her note, Hania addressed the trolling and said: “Asim is a beautiful part of my life and we have seen some insane times together and we share a bond beyond anyone’s comprehension. We choose to look at and acknowledge love not hate. That being said, we know Pakistanio ka humour acha hai lekin easy hojao. Social media kai troll siphayon. Bilkul free na ho. Aur zayada over bhi nahi. Shukriya.”

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    Hania, in a recent live chat with Aima Baig, had said that she is not in a relationship with Asim and the two are just very good friends.

    “He’s asking if we’re still together. We’re friends, we’re not together, we’re not dating, we’re not a couple. But we are best friends,” Hania had said.

  • Yasir Hussain is angry with QMobile for appointing Esra Bilgiç as brand ambassador

    Yasir Hussain is angry with QMobile for appointing Esra Bilgiç as brand ambassador

    Ever since Diriliş: Ertuğrul started airing in Pakistan, it has taken over the country by storm. The Turkish historical series has a cult following in the country and fans have been very excited since the cast expressed their wish to visit Pakistan. Esra Bilgiç who plays Halime Sultan in the series is particularly a favourite and the actor had earlier revealed that she will be endorsing three Pakistani brands. 

    One of them appears to be mobile company QMobile, who have announced that Esra will be the brand ambassador for their View Max Pro series.

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    Following their announcement, Yasir Hussain, who has been very critical of the government’s decision to air the drama on PTV, expressed his anger and disappointment over QMobile’s decision, saying: “Apko nahi lagta k Pakistan brand ki brand ambassador bhi Pakistani honi chahiye? Na Indian na Turkish? Pakistan Zindabad (Don’t you think Pakistani brands should have Pakistani brand ambassadors? Neither Turkish nor Indian).

    The actor questioned why Pakistani actors like like Mahira Khan , Saba Qamar, Yumna Zaidi, Hira Mani cannot be brand ambassadors.

    He added that he is not including his wife Iqra Aziz’s name in the list because she is already a brand ambassador for a mobile phone company.

    Aiman Khan and Minal Khan also supported Yasir’s point of view.

    Back when things were cordial between India and Pakistan, Pakistani artists had also criticised local brands for featuring Bollywood stars in their campaigns.

  • Asim and I are best friends, says Hania Aamir

    Asim and I are best friends, says Hania Aamir

    Hania Aamir just answered the burning question her fans have been asking ever since she was first spotted with Asim Azhar – are the two dating?

    In a recent live chat with Aima Baig, Aamir clarified that she is not in a relationship with Asim and the two are just very good friends.

    Responding to a fan during the live session, Hania said: “He’s asking if we’re still together. We’re friends, we’re not together, we’re not dating, we’re not a couple. But we are best friends.”

    Hania’s answer shocks Aima, who responds: “Yeh tou mujhe bhi nahi pata tha (Even I didn’t know about this).”

    Hania, then went onto clarify, saying “No no, listen, actually, we’re great friends. We’re there for each other and I even played a part in his video.”

    She also shared that she’s working with Asim on a new project.

    “I’m going to make him help me with a song that I’m doing. He’s going to be there for that and I hope I can make him do it,” shared Hania.

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    Ending her answer, Hania said: “But as far as relationships and ‘are you together?’ is concerned, I’m not with anyone.”

    Baig then joked: “Her boyfriend is her work these days,” to which Aamir responded “My work these days and myself these days.”

  • Ayyan Ali is making a comeback with seven new songs

    Pakistan’s famed model-cum-singer Ayyan Ali, who was proclaimed an offender by the court in a currency smuggling case, is all ready to make a comeback with seven new songs, expected to release in a week or two. According to reports, Ayyan has been absconding for almost five years now.

    In a social media update, the model shared a picture of herself with her luxury cars and made the announcement of her comeback.

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    Earlier, she had requested her followers to subscribe to her YouTube channel for the latest updates.

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    Ayyan has stayed away from the limelight ever since she was granted bail four months following her arrest in 2015 on charges of money laundering after customs officials had caught her flying to Dubai while being in possession of over half a million dollars. But looks like she’ll be springing back in action.

  • TikTok star Jannat Mirza’s debut music video ‘Shayar’ trends on YouTube

    TikTok star Jannat Mirza’s debut music video ‘Shayar’ trends on YouTube

    Shayar by Sarmad Qadeer featuring TikTok star Jannat Mirza, which released on Friday, is trending at number one on YouTube Pakistan.

    The song has been written and composed by Qadeer and produced by Bilal Saeed. It has been exclusively released through Saeed’s One Two Records.

    According to the song’s makers, Shayar is a voice that will resonate with romantics everywhere.

    The music video marks Mirza’s debut into the mainstream showbiz industry. Mirza has almost 7.5 million followers on the video-sharing social networking application TikTok.

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  • ‘Fake News’: Adnan Siddiqui says he never faced discrimination on the sets of ‘A Mighty Heart’

    Adnan Siddiqui is the latest victim of fake news and it has not gone down well with the actor, who lashed out at a digital media outlet for spreading fake news and putting his personal relations at risk.

    Recently, news of the actor allegedly facing discrimination on the sets of Hollywood production, A Mighty Heart, was being circulated on social media. Following the reports, Adnan took to social media and lashed out saying: “If you want to publish news, at least get the facts right and if there are doubts the least you can do is to cross-check with the person you’re writing about.”

    He added, “Not only are you feeding wrong piece of information to your audience but also you may create a rift between people am friends with.”

    Read more – Adnan Siddiqui recalls the last time he met Irrfan Khan

    Later, the actor also issued a detailed statement on Instagram in which he further expressed his anger.

    “First of all, you’ve made news out of the interview which was done three to four years back and then even quoted me wrongly,” said the actor.

    He then clarified what actually happened.

    “I didn’t face any discrimination during the shoot. When I’d gone to shoot in Pune, on the first day I stayed in a different hotel. But when I told the production team who was I etc, the very next day they moved me to Taj.”

    “From the second day till the shoot was over, I stayed at the Taj where Angelina Jolie and the late Irrfan Khan were also staying,” added the actor.

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    A Mighty Heart, which released in 2007, is based on the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was killed by militants in 2002. While Jolie essayed the role of Pearl’s wife, Adnan played the role of a character called Dost Aliani. Irrfan Khan played Zeeshan Kazmi, who was the Karachi Police Chief at the time of the incident.

  • Shahid Afridi wishes the Bachchans a speedy recovery

    Shahid Afridi has extended his best wishes to Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek, who have tested positive for coronavirus.

    In a tweet, Afridi wished the Bachchans a speedy recovery. The former captain of the Pakistan Cricket Team had also contracted the virus and recovered from it earlier this month.

    Amitabh and Abhishek had earlier shared that they are in the hospital after testing positive for COVID-19. According to health officials, the father and son are stable.

    Later, Abhishek announced that his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and daughter Aaradhya had also tested positive for the virus and were isolating at home. He added that his mother Jaya Bachchan has tested negative.

    After wishes for a speedy recovery poured in for the family from across the world, Amitabh thanked everyone for their prayers and good wishes.

    “I put my hands together and say thank you for your eternal love and affection,” wrote the actor on Twitter.

    Meanwhile, authorities have been sanitising Bachchan’s upscale residence in Mumbai, spraying disinfectant inside the compound and on cars parked outside.

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    India has the world’s third-highest COVID-19 caseload, registering a record increase on Sunday that took the number of infections to nearly 850,000. Partial lockdowns have been reimposed in some densely populated areas.

    India’s film industry had recently resumed shoots after a months-long hiatus following a nationwide lockdown in late March. But actors over 65, such as Amitabh Bachchan, have been banned from the sets because of their vulnerability.

  • Ushna Shah will not apologise for expressing herself

    Ushna Shah will not apologise for expressing herself

    Ushna Shah has often found herself in the middle of some controversy or another.

    In a recent interview with Iffat Omar, the actor opened up about speaking her mind and being at the receiving end of trolls and hate. Later, she expressed her thoughts on the same topic on social media and said: “I have forsaken the dignity a celebrity must maintain and clarified/responded to each tweet/thought that has bothered the world so much. I’ve answered all the burning questions that have propelled hundreds of headlines. From your pizzas to your singers. I will speak on these no further. I have answered all “controversies” for them now and for the future.”

    She continued: “I refuse to become a performer off-screen. I refuse to give up my right to express myself as a human and not a manufactured machine. I am dheet (stubborn) because I will continue to tweet/say what I believe is my right (as long as it is not discriminatory or hate speech, something I have never stood for).”

     “I do not want to pose a facade of perfection because I am far from it, and very happily so,” added Ushna.

    “I don’t know how to be anyone else off-camera, that is another career on its own. That is a talent I do not possess,” she said. “It breaks my heart that I have already had to hide so many aspects of who I am just to fit in.. an example being my Canadian accent (I’ve changed it so often over the years that now it feels like another language which I speak when I’m outside the Pakistani industry or circles). I used to dance in school, I’ve been afraid to do so here, why? I am an artist, it is my art. I’ve always feared that my liberal, as well as foreign upbringing, would paint me as a bad person or my family as bad people, they’ve feared that also.”

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    In a successive post, the actor said that she is “bowing out of this circus”.

    “What I want; what’s most important to me, is to create art. So for the countless hits, the spicy gossip, and the drawing-room discussions my name has entertained you with off-camera… you’re welcome. I have paid my dues, I’m bowing out of this circus,” wrote Ushna. “Now please, let me get back to work.”

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    While Ushna has received praise for her performances in dramas such as Balaa and Bewafa, her unfiltered thoughts on various topics have made headlines more than her work.

  • Sadaf Kanwal says she always wanted an intimate wedding

    Sadaf Kanwal says she always wanted an intimate wedding

    Sadaf Kanwal and Shahroz Sabzwari’s wedding was the talk of the town when it happened back in May. While the couple did not share many details from the wedding, Sadaf in a recent interview said that she was very happy with the way everything turned out, adding that she always wanted an intimate and simple wedding.

    “What’s the point of feeding so many people only to have them complain later,” laughed the model, when asked how she felt about her wedding given that it happened during a pandemic, without the regular festivities.

    Adding to her comments, Sabzwari said: “We tied the knot in a minimal setting, as have other several renowned personalities across the world, with a presence of 70 to 80 people only. It had nothing to do with the lockdown.”

    Shahroz also revealed that the food at their wedding was lavish because his mother is very particular about food and rakh rakhao.

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    When asked how they dealt with the hate that came their way, the couple said that the trolling never really bothered them.

    “Our elders shared some very wise words with us,” said Shahroz. “Woh qafla kabhi apni manzil nahi pohancha, jis nay ruk ruk kay har bhonkay kuttay ko pathar maara ho (A procession which stops and throws stones at every barking dog, never makes it to its destination).”

    Read more – Shahroz Sabzwari lashes out, challenges those pointing fingers to prove his infidelity

    “We laugh at all the hatred; it had no impact on us,” said Sadaf. “Do you think, now that you are looking at me, that I have been affected? I have a loving husband so these things do not affect me. I really don’t care about the backlash that we received on our wedding since such incidents have also happened in the past. And with a lot of people.”

    Sadaf added: “Maybe they should send more hate my way so that all my sins are washed away.”

    In the same interview, Sadaf said that she will not be doing any more item songs in the future because she now has a big family to consider.

    “I have a big family and thus I want to be vigilant,” said the model.

    Meanwhile, the couple is excited about their first project together – a telefilm titled Na Ghar Ka Na Ghaat Ka scheduled to air on Eid ul Azha.

  • Bushra Ansari apologises for lashing out at fan

    Bushra Ansari apologises for lashing out at fan

    Late last week, Bushra Ansari had come under fire for lashing out and wishing death upon a fan who criticised her on-going drama Zebaish.

    Though Ansari later deleted her comments, she continued to receive criticism. Following the backlash, Bushra released an official statement in which she apologised to the person in question and other fans for her comments and outrage.

    “Artists, writers, directors and producers are creative people who put a lot of heart and soul into their work. In a way, their project becomes like a child for them that they create with love for their audience,” wrote Bushra. “They work night and day, in heat and in sickness to make these productions for the screen. I am sure you can understand if someone ridicules your work, it can hurt your feelings. I believe that everyone has a right to like or dislike our work, but language is important.”

    She continued, “I realise that last week, I overreacted and wrote harsh words on Instagram. In a moment, I realised my mistake and deleted it, but in the time of social media, it became a tamasha and sadly spread like fire.”

    “The fact is my words were too harsh and I did not handle my anger well,” said the actor.

    Concluding her statement, Bushra said: “In my performances and words, I have always tried to uphold our values. And in the same manner, I want to show my fans and younger generation that I am accepting my mistake. We have to be good role models for our youth so our society and values continue to improve.”

    Bushra had lashed out at Lubna Faryad, who has gained acclaim as the Amma who reviews dramas on the digital media platform Galaxy Lollywood. In a review Amma had criticised Zebaish following which Bushra lashed out at Amma, referring to her as “cheap low-class person”.

    Bushra had used very harsh words against Amma, remarking “They are the coronas in our lives. Allah will finish them InshaAllah.”