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  • ‘Full of lies’: Lahore School says assault video has been misinterpreted

    ‘Full of lies’: Lahore School says assault video has been misinterpreted

    Scarsdale, the private Lahore school at the center of the viral video case in which students assaulted a girl, has issued a statement saying that the incident has been misinterpreted on social media.


    “At the end of the school day on January 16, 2023 a quarrel took place between five students. Though this is not being represented in the media, the incident was broken up immediately by two separate faculty members. In response to the incident, we have appointed a committee of three senior faculty and administration members and tasked them with conducting a complete inquiry. The inquiry committee has taken several steps and its findings will be used in a decision by the school’s administrators,” read the press release.


    “As an institution, we strongly and unequivocally condemn this incident and will take strict action, in line with the school’s disciplinary policies after our internal inquiry is complete. As the careers of students are at stake, we will ensure that all decisions are just, fair and transparent,” it added.
    “At Scarsdale, our school culture is our highest priority and we uphold our core values of honour, respect, compassion and responsibility in everything we do. Over the last few days, we have been in constant communication with concerned parents, students and faculty members and all have expressed their overwhelming support and trust in the school.”


    “We want to use this opportunity to state that this incident has been misrepresented in social media and the rhetoric around this incident is full of lies and contrary to the facts stated above,” read the press release.
    “We have been delivering the highest quality education to our students for over three decades and are an integral part of the local community,” it added.

  • South Asian women most vulnerable to human trafficking: UN

    South Asian women most vulnerable to human trafficking: UN

    According to a recent UN report, women continue to make up the majority of trafficking victims in South Asia.


    However, compared to other years, more men were identified as trafficking victims in the area in 2020, according to the UN Office of Drugs and Crime study (UNODC).
    Even while pandemics and catastrophes made populations more vulnerable to trafficking, the “Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2022” also revealed a drop in the crime.
    In 2020, there were 11% fewer victims worldwide than there were in 2019.

    Over the same time period, the number of convictions for trafficking offences decreased by 27 percent as well, strengthening the downward trend that UNODC has been tracking since 2017.
    South Asia (by 56%), Central America and the Caribbean (by 54%), and South America all had declines (46pc).


    The report also stated that both men and women were trafficked in South Asia for the purposes of forced labour, sexual exploitation, and to a lesser extent, forced marriage.

  • Transgender person allegedly forced to dance in exchange for ration

    Transgender person allegedly forced to dance in exchange for ration

    In Gujranwala, a video of government workers making a transgender person dance in exchange for ration has gone viral, Geo has reported.


    After the video surfaced on social media, the Deputy Commissioner ordered an investigation into the matter.


    The transgender has claimed that government workers had made him dance in exchange for rations.


    However, government officials have rejected the claim saying that the video was old. They further claimed that volunteer workers had made the transgender person dance.

  • Canada appoints Amira Elghawaby as the first Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia

    Canada appoints Amira Elghawaby as the first Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia

    n a first for Canada, the country has appointed Amira Elghawaby as the Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the development on Thursday in a statement, stating that this was done to improve government efforts in offering advice on policy making or programs to improve the lives of Muslims living in Canada.
    “Diversity truly is one of Canada’s greatest strengths, but for many Muslims, Islamophobia is all too familiar. We need to change that. No one in our country should experience hatred because of their faith,” he said.
    Trudeau further added that Elghawaby’s position “is an important step in our fight against Islamophobia and hatred in all its forms. I look forward to working with her as we continue building a country where everyone feels safe and respected.”
    Elghawaby is a Muslim journalist who is a contributing columnist for the Toronto Star newspaper, and also works at Canadian Race Relations Foundation. She also serves as a board member for the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, a non-profit that tracks the rise of hate crimes committed towards minorities in Canada.
    On Twitter, Elghawaby thanked Trudeau and the Canadian government, promising that she would use her platform to ensure that the interests of Canadian Muslims are represented on the national platform.
    “It is my honour to serve in this role. I want to thank the Prime Minister of Canada @JustinTrudeau for working to fight Islamophobia and to ensure Canadian institutions from coast to coast to coast are inclusive of Canadian Muslims, and all people.”
    “I look forward to meeting with elected officials, policymakers, and community leaders across the country to amplify the voices of Canadian Muslims and work together to fight discrimination and hate in all its forms.”

  • Cold snap kills least 160 people in Afghanistan

    Cold snap kills least 160 people in Afghanistan

    Afghan authorities have reported on Thursday that more than 160 people have died this month from the cold, as the country goes through the most severe winter season in more than a decade.

    Villagers in the country have spoken of their inability to pay for fuel to heat their houses in well-below-freezing conditions.


    “162 people have died due to cold weather since January 10 until now,” said Shafiullah Rahimi, a spokesperson for the Minister of Disaster Management.

    Temperatures have dipped to as low as -34 degrees Celsius (-29.2 degrees Fahrenheit).

    Even in the early days of winter, medical specialists noticed a significant increase in the number of young children suffering from severe pneumonia and other respiratory ailments. The ailments are partially attributable to rising poverty, which hinders individuals from appropriately heating their houses.

  • Color me pink; Sindh launches bus service for women

    Color me pink; Sindh launches bus service for women

    The Sindh government has launched a bus service solely for women in Karachi. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Sharjeel Inam Memon took to Twitter on Thursday to announce that the Sindh Transport Department has launched the bus service in the metropolis.

    He also shared pictures of the buses, which are painted in a distinct shade of pink.

    “Transport department government of Sindh is going to start Pakistan’s First bus service only for the women and girls exclusively. Inshallah Pink buses will start their operation from 1st February in #Karachi. Peoples Bus Service, At Your Service.”

    Twitter users lauded the launch of the bus service as a step towards improving access to public transport for women in Sindh.

    “Another good initiative of the transport department, the women-only bus service will be launched very soon on the roads of Karachi from February 1 Thanks to Chairman @BBhuttoZardari, Transport Minister @sharjeelinam is changing Karachi for all of us in the journey of development.”

    https://twitter.com/SyedGhazan25/status/1618541200549769217?s=20&t=5uUZLsQazK–8yMRHq-Kyw

    Mental health blogger and therapist Maheen Ghani said that the decision would help ‘bringing safety for women.’

  • Women on Twitter roast man who claims feminists destroy marriages

    Women on Twitter roast man who claims feminists destroy marriages

    It seems like hell hath no fury like an incel scorned.
    What scares an alpha male is not soaring prices or climate change or even dictatorships, but a woman asserting her independence and saying she’s a feminist.
    This was demonstrated today when a man on Twitter openly claimed that men should not marry women who are feminists. Because obviously, a woman who refuses to recognize her humanity and independence is what a man-child like Abu Hafsa needs to clean up after him.

    But Muslim women were quick to roast the man in the comments, and remind him that no woman needs to give up herself to cater to the men around her. And definitely women can survive perfectly well without man childs like him.

    https://twitter.com/CM69851/status/1618196382720090118?s=20&t=ibLHURS1mhnVKx0NPGhpbw
    https://twitter.com/truthisrain/status/1618038388602597376?s=20&t=ibLHURS1mhnVKx0NPGhpbw

    To the ladies reading this, please remember:

    Any man threatened by your ambition or independence is not worth thinking twice about. Never worry about catering to a man’s needs when it involves dimming your own light or self worth.

  • Polio detected in Lahore’s environmental sample

    A strain of wild poliovirus has been detected in an environmental sample in Lahore, Razya Khan has reported for Express Tribune.


    The Pakistan Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health said in a statement on Tuesday that the virus discovered in Lahore’s Gulshan-e-Ravi had connections to a poliovirus discovered in Nangarhar, Afghanistan last November.


    “While the isolation of the virus is a cause of concern, it is excellent to note that it was detected promptly. This timely detection of the virus in the environment is crucial to protecting children from being paralysed by the poliovirus,” said Federal Minister for Health Abdul Qadir Patel.


    Up to 44 million children would be immunised across Pakistan as a result of anti-polio campaigns in 2023.


    Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world where polio has not yet been eradicated. To formally eradicate the disease, a nation must be polio-free for three consecutive years. Nigeria was declared free from wild polio in August 2020.

  • Twitter still can’t forget Fawad Khan’s performance in Kapoor and Sons

    Twitter still can’t forget Fawad Khan’s performance in Kapoor and Sons

    There are few performances on screen that remain etched in our minds even decades later, because of how well the actor was able to make the audience feel for the plight of his character.
    Fawad Khan has had limited roles in the entertainment industry, but with the few characters he has portrayed on screen like Maula Jatt from The Legend of Maula Jatt, Ashar from Humsafar, or even Rahul from Kapoor and Sons, his dedication and talent has always shined through.
    When this twitter user asked his followers to decide which performance by an actor is among the best, Fawad Khan was one of the few desi actors to be trending on the list. Users cited his performance in Kapoor and Sons to be one of the best one’s they’ve ever seen.

    One user explained how well this single conversation captured the dynamics of a toxic family so well
    “The way this movie captures the dynamics of a dysfunctional family, relationships, impact of past events on the present and the different ways in which people cope with loss and grief. And this scene specifically hits home with an argument escalating so quickly.”

    Another user cited this as their favorite scene because of how it demonstrated the way parents can bring up your past in any argument.
    “The way desi families can be so brutal bringing up your past at any given point and the way Kapoor & Sons displays it exactly how it is.”

    Kapoor and Sons released in 2016 to resounding reviews. The film is about a dysfunctional family where after the grandfather Amarjeet Kapoor (played by Rishi Kapoor) is admitted to hospital, his grandsons, the famous writer Rahul (played by Fawad Khan) and bartender Arjun (played by Sidharth Malhotra) decide to come back home to spend time with their parents. When the family is back home, old wounds and the appearance of a new girl threaten to rip the family apart.After Fawad Khan, the most popular male performer who was getting accolades on Twitter was Shah Rukh Khan for his performance in both “My name is Khan” and “Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Ghum”.

    Among female performances, the most popular names showing up was Deepika Padukone, for her debut film ‘Om Shanti Om’.

  • ‘Rooh Afza’; Doja Cat’s look at the Paris Fashion Week sparks meme fest

    ‘Rooh Afza’; Doja Cat’s look at the Paris Fashion Week sparks meme fest

    Rapper Doja Cat appeared at the Paris Fashion Week in an unusual outfit, covered head to toe in red paint and plastered with red swarovski crystals.
    Celebrity make up artist Pat Mcgrath, who had helped with Doja Cat’s makeup, shared the behind the scenes look on Instagram where she shared that the look took up 5 hours for hand-applied 30,000 swarovski crystals, and was inspired by Dante’s ‘Inferno”

    The singer’s look sparked a meme fest on twitter, with users coming up with some amazing memes.
    Like this user was reminded of popular drink Rooh Afza waiting for Ramzam to begin.

    https://twitter.com/shayadzohair/status/1617861466522284032?s=20&t=CAw7t03Nja1_988nLKJAng

    Cast them all in the reboot!

    https://twitter.com/notgwendalupe/status/1617580529741881345?s=20&t=NuWFLKDWvPIwy6d3l80ykg

    It keeps getting more hilarious

    https://twitter.com/itgirlenergy/status/1617478649422159872?s=20&t=NuWFLKDWvPIwy6d3l80ykg

    This one is *chef’s kiss*.

    Even Bollywood tweeps jumped in to point out someone did it first.