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  • Meera says she wants to die in her own country, appeals to PM Imran for help

    Meera says she wants to die in her own country, appeals to PM Imran for help

    Meera, who is currently stranded in New York, has appealed to Prime Minister Imran Khan to help her get back to Pakistan.

    In a video message sent to Geo News, Meera said that she had gone to the United States to shoot for her upcoming film Long Distance. She shared that while the rest of her colleagues including Humayun Saeed had managed to get back home, she was stranded in New York.

    “It is 2:00 am in New York City and I am stuck in my room and addressing you (PM Imran). I had come to New York with several artists including Humayun Saeed for the shooting of a film and show. My colleagues have gone back to Pakistan but I am stuck in New York,” Meera said in the video adding that she had no savings and was running out of resources.

    Meera elaborated that New York has become one big graveyard and that recently her Chinese cameraman had also passed away. She said that she did not want to die in a foreign country. New York has reported more than 10,000 deaths from COVID-19.

    “Dear prime minister, you have always supported artists. All countries are bringing back their citizens to their homelands. I request you to please make arrangements for my repatriation to Pakistan as I wish to die in my country,” she urged.

    Speaking to this correspondent over the phone, Meera said that all actors have returned but only she and actor Saud, who is currently in Dallas, remain in the United States.

    She appealed to PM Khan and the Government of Pakistan to help her as soon as possible.

    Meanwhile, the cast and crew of Ishrat Made in China who were stranded in Thailand for almost two weeks recently returned on a special flight arranged by the government.

    Read more – Team of ‘Ishrat Made in China’ tested for COVID-19

    Thousand of Pakistanis are stuck in different countries across the world after flights were cancelled due to the growing number of COVID-19 cases. Special Assistant to the PM for Overseas Pakistanis Sayed Zulfiqar Bukhari said that more than 6500 Pakistanis will be repatriated on special flights between April 20 and 28. However, there is no flight scheduled for the United States.

  • Nimra Khan ties the knot

    Nimra Khan ties the knot

    Despite coronavirus and lockdowns, the celebrity wedding season is in full swing. Right before the lockdown, we saw Ahad Raza Mir and Sajal Aly tie the knot. This was followed by a surprise wedding of veteran actors Manzar Sehbai and Samina Ahmed. And right before Ramzan starts actor Nimra Khan has tied the knot.

    Nimra took to social media to make the announcement. Sharing a cute photo of herself with her husband, Nimra thanked everyone for their wishes and asked her fans to pray for her. However, she did not share any further details. It is being reported that Nimra’s husband Raja Iftekhar Azam is a police officer in the United Kingdom and that the marriage was arranged by her parents. She also shared that is planning to settle in London after her marriage.

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    Meanwhile, the actor’s manager Waleed Nadeem and her wedding planners KhichiK Studio also shared pictures from her big day and wished her luck for her upcoming journey.

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    In an interview with Samina Peerzada last year, Nimra has opened up about her life and had revealed that she had been involved in a major car accident which left her bedridden. Doctors had told her parents that she wouldn’t make it, and even if she did, she would be in a coma. The actor further revealed how she had sustained severe injuries and was in excruciating pain because of which she had to take a high dosage of medicines which in turn caused her mental distress. Nimra shared that it was after this time that she met someone who made her feel loved and cared for. At that time, the actor had shared no further details about her love life.

    Over the years, Nimra has made a mark in the industry and has proven herself to be a talented actor. She has appeared in several hit dramas including Baaghi, Choti Si Zindagi and Alif Allah aur Insan.

  • Urdu version of ‘Diriliş: Ertuğrul’ to air on PTV in Ramazan

    Fans of the super hit Turkish historical fiction series Diriliş: Ertuğrul, popularly referred to as the Turkish Game of Thrones, can rejoice because the drama serial will be hitting our TV screens in Urdu on the first of Ramazan.

    Senator Faisal Javed Khan made the announcement on social media. According to Khan’s tweet, the drama will air in the Urdu language every day from the first of Ramazan at 9:10 pm on PTV Home.

    PTV also shared a short promo of the drama on their social media channel.

    PTV got the exclusive rights for dubbing and screening it in Pakistan after Prime Minister Imran Khan suggested that Pakistani viewers should watch the series. Reports suggest that the prime minister is a big fan of the series as it promotes true Islamic values.

    Read more – PM Imran requests PTV to air Turkish drama in Urdu

    Diriliş: Ertuğrul is set in 13th century Anatolia, before the establishment of the Ottoman Empire. It illustrates the struggle of Ertugrul Gazi, the father of Osman I – the founder of the Ottoman dynasty.

    Since its premiere on state-run Turkish TV channel TRT 1 in November 2014, the serial has been telecasted in 60 countries and has a huge fan following across the world.

  • Team of ‘Ishrat Made in China’ tested for COVID-19

    Team of ‘Ishrat Made in China’ tested for COVID-19

    After a long wait and some hitches along the way, the cast and crew of Ishrat Made in China including Sanam Saeed, Shamoon Abbasi, Mohib Mirza and Sara Loren have tested negative for COVID-19. They had returned from Thailand on April 14 on a special flight arranged by the Government of Pakistan after being stranded there for almost two weeks.

    Sanam took to social media to share the results and thank Deputy Commissioner Islamabad for his support and assistance. The actor also cleared the air regarding the issues they had faced upon their arrival back home.

    Read more – Shamoon Abbasi, Sanam Saeed face gross mismanagement as they arrive in Pakistan

    Shamoon also updated his fans about their results.

  • Shaan asks ‘born-again politician’ Jawad Ahmad to support PM Khan

    Renowned actor Shaan and singer Jawad Ahmed got into a Twitter feud which started with Shaan asking Jawad to put aside his political differences and work with Prime Minister Imran Khan in these testing times; and ended with Shaan referring to Jawad as a ‘born-again politician’ and taking a jibe at the fact that his party won no seats in the 2018 General Elections.

    It all started when Jawad criticised PM Imran Khan for playing politics with the Sindh Government and caring more about the Corona Tigers than his people. Shaan, who has always vocally supported PM Khan and his initiatives, responded, “Thank God he is not corrupt. Where were you when we had corrupt people in power?”

    Shaan further said that the PM is struggling and that everyone should play their part in helping the country rise.

    At that point, Jawad did not directly respond to the actor but instead shared an old tweet in which he had explained why he criticises PM Khan and not those before him.

    While Jawad did not responds further, Shaan continued to defend PM Khan and his policies under Jawad’s tweet.

    Later, Jawad decided to respond to Shaan’s questions in a video message.

    “I usually don’t respond to such comments and I really respect everyone from the showbiz industry, but the questions he raised require me to answer him,” Jawad said in the video. “When he asked me where I was when there was corruption, so I was exactly where you were. I was singing, I was in the industry.”

    He further said that he was offered a position in PTI in 2013 which he refused.

    “In 2018, I contested in elections. I’m a part of the said politics, therefore I can critique. Imran Khan is the Prime Minister, I have a right to criticise him.”

    In response to Jawad’s video, Shaan wrote, “Dear Jawad, it’s good to know that you are a born again politician but the 2018 elections show differently. Brother, you need to build more trust on people so they would listen, believe and vote for you. IK is PM try working with him to build Pakistan together.”

    Shaan did not end his support there. He further tweeted:

    But in the end he left his followers with some very profound words: “We have many leaders but only one hope. Pakistan – land of the pure.”

  • ‘Ishqiya’ makes no sense

    ‘Ishqiya’ makes no sense

    Pakistani dramas generally are far from reality – even though they do pretend to be realistic. But more often than not you come across dramas that are so far-fetched from reality that they begin to test your patience. And Hania Aamir, Feroze Khan, Gohar Rasheed and Ramsha Khan’s Ishqiya is one of those.

    To begin with, the plot doesn’t make any sense. Hamna (Ramsha Khan) and Romaisa (Rumi) are two sisters who have typical Pakistani drama parents: old-school and simple. While Hamna is the sober and serious one, Rumi (Hania Aamir) is the lively and playful one. Hania in this drama is no different than Daneen, her character in Anaa and from the first 10 episodes, I think it is fair to say that her fate will somewhat be the same. Rumi’s over-the-top energy is a bit annoying and her dialogues are borderline cringe.

    On the other hand, Hamna is in a relationship with her class fellow Hamza (Feroze Khan). The two love each other passionately to the point that Hamza is a bit obsessive about Hamna. In the first few episodes, Hamza gives major Kabir Singh vibes: the public possessiveness, the self-destructive nature etc. In a typical twist of fate, the girls’ father Siddiqui Sahab (as Rumi calls him) has ill health and wants to get his daughters settled (in other words married) as soon as possible. When his colleague approaches them with a rishta of his son Azeem (Gohar Rasheed) for Hamna, Siddiqui Sahab does not hesitate to say yes and Hamna is soon married to Azeem. When Hamza finds out, he throws a major tantrum and in the process ends up getting involved in a car accident. After he recovers, Hamza decides that the best way to get back at Hamna is by marrying her sister Rumi and soon the two also end up getting married with the reception of both the sisters scheduled on the same day.

    I’m pretty sure by now, after reading the plot of the drama, you must also be thinking keh yaar yeh kya drama hai? My sentiments exactly. The plot makes zero sense to me – how can a someone not tell their sister that ‘Dude the boy who is approaching you for a rishta is my ex-boyfriend and that he is only doing this to get back at me?’

    Not only that, ever since Hamna got married to Azeem, she has a long face, barely eats and is always teary-eyed. That is literally visible to everyone except her own family who are oblivious to her tears.

    After mentally torturing Hamna through four episodes and making her uncomfortable at every opportunity, the latest episode saw Hamza finally take his new bride, Roomi home. Hamna also moved to her husband Azeem’s house. It appears that now that the basic matters have been settled and the two former lovers have married other people, we’re in for a major plot twist and a whole lot of drama, which I’m thinking I will skip given how the plot of Ishqiya isn’t the most original. The Pakistani drama scene has seen plenty of such dramas before: one I can remember on top of my head is Yaariyan featuring Ayeza Khan, Moomal Sheikh, Junaid Khan and Muneeb Butt. It also had a similar premise involving two sisters.

    Written by Mohsin Ali Shah and directed by Badar Mehmood (Cheekh, Balaa), Ishqiya airs every Monday at 8pm on ARY Digital.

  • Mahira Khan opens up about her love life

    Mahira Khan, who has always been tight-lipped about her love life – even when social media married her off several times – has shared a sneak peek into her love life.

    Speaking to Samina Peerzada on her show Rewind at Home with Samina Peerzada, when Peerzada asked Mahira if she is in love with someone special, Mahira replied: “I think I am in love.”

    When Peerzada expressed her joy on this, Mahira said, “I don’t know. I’m so shy about this.”

    Mahira also shared that her love interest is not from the industry and that she doesn’t want to share any details about it.

    “This is the one thing I want to protect with my life,” said the actor, adding “I want to protect my child. Initially, I was always finding opportunities to show off my son but now I want to keep things private.”

    Mahira explained that the reason for doing this was because she doesn’t want any nazr.

    However, Mahira clarified that she is not getting married. Though she did say that her grandmother has asked her to think about it.

    This the first time Mahira has publicly spoken about having a special someone in her life. Last year, India media had reported that Mahira had gotten engaged in Turkey to a Karachi-based entrepreneur Salim Karim. However, sources close to Mahira had shut down the rumours, saying that she had gone there to attend her friend’s wedding.

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    Apart from this, Mahira also talked about how she is spending her time at home. She shared that she was spending time with her family, watching the sun rise with her son and catching up on reading. Mahira also remarked that she missed being on set and that she is looking forward to going back to work.

    Watch the full interview here:

  • Hira, Mani celebrate 12 years of marriage

    Hira, Mani celebrate 12 years of marriage

    Hira Mani and Salman Saqib Shaikh’s marriage has turned twelve.

    Hira wished her husband with an old picture of the two writing, “Mubarak hou aaj humain poorey 12 saal hogaye hain (Congratulations, we have completed twelve years together).”

    She further wrote, “Bohat shukriya mujhe itna bardasht kerne ka…aur aglay 12 sou saal aur bardasht kerne kay liye hifazati bundh achi tarha bandhlou kion kay parwaz urne main bus kuch hi dair baaki hai (Thank you for bearing me and get ready for the next 1200 years because the flight is just about to take off).”

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    In response to Hira’s post, Mani commented that it doesn’t feel like so much timed has passed adding that the anniversary will have to be celebrated without a cake this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

    Hira and Mani tied the knot in 2008. The couple has two sons together. In an interview with Samina Peerzada, Hira had revealed that she had a big crush on Mani while she was in college and met him through a friend who was dating Mani at the time.

    “I was his biggest fan in college. We met through a mutual friend, they were dating at that time and I was also engaged to my banker fiancé,” she said.

    Hira added that she stole Mani’s number from their mutual friend’s phone and got in touch with him further revealing that she started talking to him day and night cheating on her fiancé.

    Praising her husband, Hira said that he is the one who changed her entire life and fulfilled her every dream.

  • Who are Sheheryar Munawar’s ‘most special people’?

    Who are Sheheryar Munawar’s ‘most special people’?

    With everything and everyone in lockdown and quarantine, we often find ourselves scrolling through our phone galleries and reminiscing about the happy moments we spent with our loved ones.

    Sheheryar Munawar, who in his previous post made it clear that he was done with the coronavirus, in his latest post shared pictures of himself with his most special people. Among those people is director Asim Raza, Mahira Khan, Adeel Hussain, his Parey Hut Love co-stars Maya Ali, Zara Noor Abbas, Ahmed Ali Butt and Shahbaz Shigri and makeup artist Adnan Ansari.

    “In these times of the lockdown, emotional highs and lows have become part of everyday life. Whenever I’m feeling a little low, going through old pictures always puts a smile on my face,” wrote the actor.

    “I’ve always heard people say ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’, but since I’ve been missing human interaction like the deserts miss the rain (yes, being a little dramatic for effect here) I’ve discovered that ‘A picture is worth a thousand a thousand emotions a thousand memories’,” he wrote further before adding, “Sharing a few pictures of some special people. Some of whom where friends before they become colleagues and some colleagues who became friends…but all of them are now friends who are like family.”

    Check out his post and pictures below:

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  • Iman Aly clarifies her remarks about Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan

    Iman Aly clarifies her remarks about Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan

    Actor Iman Aly has clarified her remarks about head is not blowing over any time soon.

    Iman in her interview had stated that the models currently working in the industry don’t have ‘adequate general knowledge’.

    Similarly, Frieha Altaf also took to social media to criticise Iman for her comments on Mahira Khan and Fawad Khan and remarked that the model was resorting to “a cheap publicity stunt as she has a movie coming up.”

    Iman, in the interview, had claimed that Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees had first been offered to her. She further said: “90% of the movies made in Pakistan today are still offered to me first. But I only take the scripts I fall in love with. If I don’t like the lines, it feels like work, like slavery.”

    In another segment, Iman had remarked Humayun Saeed would be a “doodh dahi bechnay wala” (dairy product salesman) if he was not an actor. She also labelled Fawad Khan as a “failed standup comedian” and Mehwish Hayat a “cosmetologist’s assistant.” She also said that Mahira should have stayed a VJ.

    Watch Iman’s interview here: