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  • Yasir Hussain’s Controversies

    Yasir Hussain’s Controversies

  • Spinning the #BottleCapChallenge

    Spinning the #BottleCapChallenge

    The #BottleCapChallenge has taken over the internet by storm. Celebrities across the world are taking the challenge hence making the trend viral. But what exactly is the #BottleCapChallenge?

    Though the exact origin of the challenge is not known, The New York Times reports that videos of the challenge first circulated widely in mixed martial arts circles and the trend may have been started with Farabi Davletchin, a Kazakh Taekwondo champion. But the challenge gained momentum after Jason Statham, the action-movie star known for his martial arts prowess, posted a video of himself kicking a bottle. His 23-second Instagram post has garnered more than 17.3 million views.

    The challenge involves unscrewing the cap of a bottle with a roundhouse kick without knocking the bottle over. The trick is to loosen the cap beforehand and have someone off-camera hold the bottle steady.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BzYT3WpBDfe/

    The challenge came into the spotlight in Pakistan after Mehwish Hayat posted a video of herself spinning the bottle cap with utmost precision.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BzgE9CfFZD4/

    Here are other celebrity challenges we enjoyed.

    Akshay Kumar

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BzcTHSpHHhq/?utm_source=ig_embed

    Tiger Shroff

    https://www.instagram.com/p/Bze3q9InaIN/?utm_source=ig_embed

    Ryan Reynolds

    Trust Ryan to do something like this.

    https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/1146480180946452480

    Sidharth Malhotra

    Ellie Goulding

    Who else feels this chappal?

  • Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s life partner

    Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s life partner

  • Zaira Wasim’s decision to quit Bollywood stirs debate

    Zaira Wasim’s decision to quit Bollywood stirs debate

    Bollywood actor Zaira Wasim, who gained popularity after her appearances in blockbusters Dangal and Secret Superstar, recently announced that she is quitting Bollywood because she felt it was interfering with her imaan (faith).

    The 18-year-old, who hails from Kashmir, took to social media to announce her decision. In a detailed post, in which she also quoted verses from the Quran, Zaira said that she wasn’t entirely happy with her line of work and the identity it gave her. Hence, she decided to quit the industry after working in it for 5 years to focus on her relationship with Allah.

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

    Zaira’s decision and announcement stirred a debate on social media. While many including fellow actor Raveena Tandon and journalist Barkha Dutt criticised her for using the religion card, others including Former CM J&K Omar Abdullah supported her.

    Raveena Tandon felt Zaira was being ungrateful.

    https://twitter.com/TandonRaveena/status/1145327226490982400

    But when she received backlash on her comments, she wrote:

    Journalist Barkha Dutt felt that it was the society that pressured the young actress into giving up her career.

    Actor and director Kamal R Khan felt the whole thing was just a publicity stunt.

    However, there were others who supported Zaira. They drew comparisons to Vinod Khanna, who quit the film industry at the peak of his career to follow his spiritual guru Osho Rajneesh and pointed out the film industry’s double standards.

  • UAE PM writes poem to condemn ‘runaway’ wife, Princess Haya of Jordan

    UAE PM writes poem to condemn ‘runaway’ wife, Princess Haya of Jordan

    Prime Minister (PM) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has written a furious poem criticising the “treachery and betrayal” of his wife.

    His wife and the daughter of the late King Hussein of Jordan, Princess Haya bint Al Hussein, secretly fled to Europe with their son Zayed, 7, and daughter Al Jalila, 11, last week. She is also the half-sister of King Abdullah II.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BzBI5aChdCT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

    Al-Maktoum, 69, is known for frequently marking great occasions of state and family events such as weddings, in verse.

    “You Lived and You Died” is the new poem, which appears to have been written by the prince in outrage at his wife’s decision to leave.

    “Some mistakes are known as betrayal, and you have transgressed and betrayed,” the poem begins. “You traitor, you betrayed the most precious trust, you exposed your games and nature,” he adds in the piece.

    The royal then continues to accuse his wife of lying, suggesting the claim was backed by evidence.

    “You no longer have a place within me, go to who has kept you occupied,” he wrote, ending with “I do not care whether you live or die”.

    While the subject behind the poem was not disclosed by al-Maktoum, the tone suggests it was addressed to a woman who had betrayed him.

    Princess Haya is believed to have initially sought asylum in Germany, while reports claim her application has been approved in principle.

    According to reports, she is also said to be seeking refuge in the United Kingdom (UK) as her preference is to live in London, where she is currently said to be residing at a secret location.

  • Mahira Khan, Hamza Ali Abbasi part of country’s first ever National Youth Council

    Mahira Khan, Hamza Ali Abbasi part of country’s first ever National Youth Council

    Superstars Mahira Khan and Hamza Ali Abbasi are part of the country’s first ever National Youth Council set up by Prime Minister Imran Khan.

    As per details, PM Khan will be Patron-In-Chief of the council, while Special Assistant on Youth Affairs Usman Dar will be the chairman.

    The council constitutes of famous personalities from the fields of sports, education, religion, economy, arts and culture.

    Cricketers Hassan Ali and Sana Mir, artists Hamza Ali Abbasi and Mahira Khan, K-2 climber Samina Baig and motivation speaker Muneeba Mazari are among the 33 members chosen to be part of the council.

    Apart from that, Shazia Batool, an artist hailing from Balochistan, national footballer Karishma Ali and first transgender news anchor Marvia Malik have also been selected for the youth council. Major Tanvir Shafi, the veteran soldier, who fought in Operation Zarb-e-Azb and lost his leg, has also been made a member. All provincial ministers for youth affairs will also be part of the council.

    In a video message, Dar shared that the council’s agenda will be to “uplift the youth for development and prosperity” and empower them, while the members’ task will be to work and represent the youth and advise the government on matters relating to them. They are also expected to help mobilise the youth.

    Those selected for the council took to social media to express their gratitude.

    https://twitter.com/SaminaKBaig/status/1145306098146172928
  • Sonam Kapoor reveals how Fawad Khan was cast in ‘Khoobsurat’

    Sonam Kapoor reveals how Fawad Khan was cast in ‘Khoobsurat’

    Fawad Khan’s Bollywood cross-over was possibly one of Pakistan’s most successful. The heartthrob won hearts across the border and was offered a plethora of projects before India-Pakistan border tensions cut short his flying Bollywood career.

    In a recent interview with Filmfare Magazine, Sonam Kapoor shared how Fawad Khan ended up being cast in the role. While discussing her struggles in India’s film industry, Sonam said, “Do you know how much effort it took to make Khoobsurat? No hero wanted to work with me because it was called Khoobsurat.”

    “I had to get Fawad Khan from Pakistan. And look what happened. Fawad became a huge star. He had the confidence,” she continued.

    This is not the first time Sonam has praised Fawad. She has often complemented him for his acting and professionalism and even said that she looks best with him onscreen.

    Previously, Anil Kapoor also shared that no male actor was ready to take up the lead role opposite Sonam in Khoobsurat.

    He had said, “We still kept looking for an apt actor and Rhea (Kapoor; co-producer) told me about Fawad Khan and showed me some of his work.”

    They asked Fawad to give an audition and and immediately cast him because they really liked it.

    The film was a huge success on both sides of the border and garnered positive reviews from critics and audiences alike. Late last year, producer Rhea even expressed her keenness to do a sequel of the film.

  • Yeh mera Pakistan hai ft. Momin Saqib

    Yeh mera Pakistan hai ft. Momin Saqib

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq17gkygzfA
  • Six episodes in, ‘Hassad’ is everything that’s wrong

    Six episodes in, ‘Hassad’ is everything that’s wrong

    To put it very simply, ARY’s latest drama, Hassad, starring Minal Khan and Shahroze Sabzwari, is everything typical.

    The story revolves around two brothers. The older one, Farhan (Noor Hassan), is married to his Khala’s jealous daughter Zari (Arij Fatima) while the younger, cute Armaan (Shahroze Sabzwari) is happily married to Naintara (Minal Khan). Zari detests Naintara and Armaan’s totally in love, happy relationship and tries her best to mess it up. But the happy-go-lucky Nain Tara keeps her mother-in-law happy and her husband happier (he calls her every hour because he misses her so much).

    In a tragic twist of fate, Armaan is killed in a robbery and Naintara becomes the oh-my-God banished widow, pregnant with her late husband’s child. Meanwhile, Zari fakes a pregnancy to score brownie points with her MIL and Farhan. What’s annoying is that even in the sadness of it all, Zari can’t let go of her jealousy (the title of the drama is Hassad, after all) and tries to kill Naintara with the help of her mother. Farhan catches on and tells her she’s nuts and needs to calm down. Zari then decides to make Naintara into a skank (pretty much the easiest way to get a woman shunned) and claims that she’s having affairs with men, including her brother, who by the way was caught trying to rape Naintara in the middle of the night.

    Six episodes of every-single-twist-you-can-think-of, keeps viewers hooked but once you start thinking or trying to understand it, you’re like “Wha?”

    Despite being a young and pretty girl, Naintara is cons-tant-ly forced to wear white after her husband’s death because she is now a bewa. She is constantly harassed by the evil Zari into being plain and is not allowed to go out and “sambhalo” her white dupatta. Soon enough, the MIL, being the MIL, joins in with Zari. So typical.

    In a nutshell, as the episodes progress, the MIL and SIL turn against sweet little bahu who is so beychari that she has nowhere else to turn to. She has to put her hand on the Quran to swear that she didn’t have an affair with Zari’s brother and destroy Armaan’s memory. So cliche. But then again so masalaydaar.

    Our drama directors know what sells and they’re literally selling it like no one’s business in this drama, with overdone twists in every episode. And they don’t appear to be stopping soon. While we personally don’t advocate the typical crap presented in this drama, it is stuff that will definitely sell.

  • FBR asks celebrities to declare their assets

    FBR asks celebrities to declare their assets

    The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), in its initiative to collect tax from the citizens, has also requested showbiz and media personalities to declare their assets, warning them that if they don’t they will also face disciplinary action.

    In this regard, the FBR held an amnesty scheme awareness session at Karachi’s regional tax office to brief the members of the entertainment industry about the advantages of the amnesty scheme, its procedure, the rate of tax and fines. Those in attendance included actors Farhan Saeed, Urwa Hocane and Neelum Munir and model Nadia Hussain among others. Urwa and Nadia even shared pictures of the meeting on social media.

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    The in-Land Revenue Chief Commissioner of the FBR told those present that the board has collected data of their properties and bank accounts in the country and abroad and those who hide their assists will also have to face disciplinary action, like the rest of the country. The commissioner assured the artists that details of assets declared in the amnesty scheme will remain safe and private and that no one will question the declared assets.

    Members of the entertainment industry who participated in the session said that artistes, like the public, have been paying taxes on their income and expenditures.

    They also shared their concerns with the board telling them that some lawyers claim to provide tax consultation but collude with the FBR officials to blackmail taxpayers.

    Model Nadia also said that the artists are usually paid after tax deductions but there is a great difficulty in obtaining tax challan. The artistes do not work in one city but with many institutes all over the country and that is why obtaining tax challan from every institution takes a lot of time. She asserted there was a need to make this process easy.

    Several local celebrities have been raising awareness on the government’s tax amnesty scheme and are encouraging the public to play their role in the country’s development.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/ByiYCHRFk6m/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link