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  • VIDEO: Indian rapper Raftaar criticizes Citizenship Amendment Act during his concert

    VIDEO: Indian rapper Raftaar criticizes Citizenship Amendment Act during his concert

    After the citizenship amendment bill, protests broke out in many cities in India. Police tried to stop the protestors and the brutality of police towards protestors was condemned by major names in India including Mahesh Bhatt and now Indian rapper’s Raftaar criticism over Citizenship Law has won many hearts.

    During one of his concerts in Mumbai, he heavily criticized the law. Giving the example of his loyal Muslim bodyguard and a friend Arshad, he said, ‘He takes care of me to the extent that nobody can even push me. If anyone asks him to leave this country, I am ready to take a bullet for it’

    https://twitter.com/TheDeshBhakt/status/1209405643825676288

    However, Raftaar also apologized for abusing on stage. He took to twitter and wrote ‘Before everyone starts jumping in and fighting on who agrees or disagrees with me. I want to apologize for abusing you on stage. That is something I shouldn’t have done.’

  • Another ‘leaked’ video is here and this time it involves Wasim Akram

    Another ‘leaked’ video is here and this time it involves Wasim Akram

    Looks liked ‘leaked videos’ are the latest marketing trend in town.

    Late Thursday night, a video of Wasim Akram speaking about change and ragra went viral on social media and became the number one trend in Pakistan.

    In the video, the former captain can be heard saying ‘’Soch badalne k liay tareekay badalne partay hain. Thori soch badalni parti hai.”

    When the other person in the video commented, “Yeh ragray khatay rahen gay“, Wasim remarked, “Samajh nahi aati, baatein bari bari aur performance zero.”

    Wasim’s words become inaudible following that and when the other person asks him to explain further, he chuckles, “Abhi bataoon ga, abhi dekhtay hain na kya hota hai.”

    Things took a turn when Shoaib Akhtar tweeted in support of the leaked video.

    People had questions.

    https://twitter.com/Shujaatsays/status/1210251528923156486?s=20

    Some people thought he was referring to the current situation of Pakistan’s cricket team.

    While others thought it was an advertisement for the washing powder Akram endorses.

    But most people were of the consensus that the acting was not very convincing.

    https://twitter.com/ablmir2/status/1210255294070218757?s=20

    While netizens were debating over what exactly the deal was, Wasim took to social media to request his fans to not share the video and that he will hold a press conference tomorrow at 8:50 pm to answer all questions.

    https://www.facebook.com/wasimakramliveofficial/posts/2766331500076957?__xts__[0]=68.ARCIu-wqwQdhW9Hkuq6pzVG4dXSWG3pvvnnoiDgBx899vu1-wUApBiv7B0Nx5FHHWvxIpBcQypp8xImRs6lFUySyFKcEIWLPlFjarj8tP_XzIPNfAXV56tIuOPuktHh4FO8dSeh1AJbHOdUqEjgu5o-MRVhl1yRe7ZhYjdAHMeOxTuqXLdMpDy7si6P3nwCK02HKg-Pm1ywhQy1ZQLlpjNAImc26Rq6FIZynC-_KK-FXpnYDqAWNfn_fXVYyx18oHn661mbOx0896pbW3pw37W0C261oaKsy7xi_Y_sXYe9iHBvQotY_Lr5AGX_t33ZCK-kr7jtcnLCeZ9NunSuvBQ&__tn__=-R

  • Weekend events in your city

    Weekend events in your city

    Lahore:

    Soul Food Fest

    Date and Time: Dec 27 at 1 PM – Dec 29 at 11 PM

    Venue: Lake City Lahore13-KM, Main Raiwind Road, Lahore.

    The Rythm Circle

    Date: 28th Dec

    Time: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM

    Venue: Faiz Ghar126-F, Model Town, Lahore.

    Islamabad:

    Winter Fest

    Date and Time: Dec 27 at 12 PM – Dec 29 at 11 PM

    Venue: Arts and Craft Village, ShakarparianLok Virsa, Garden Avenue, Shakar Parian National Park.

    Comedy Night

    Date: 28th Dec.

    Time: 6:30 PM – 9 PMTomorrow

    Venue: 33 – Buland Markaz, Jinnah Avenue, Blue Area, Islamabad

    Karachi

    Karachi Tum Say Hay

    Date: 28th Dec

    Time: 6 PM – 12 AM

    Venue: Sports Club – Moin Khan Cricket Academy, DHA Phase 8.

    Fries Festival

    Date: 27th Dec

    Time: 6 PM – 11:55 PM

    Venue: Koyla ChaiD2, Block 2, Clifton Next to Shell Pump, Bilawal Chowrangi.

  • Can you go to Seaview this new year?

    The Sindh government has imposed a ban on aerial firing, fireworks, one-wheeling and riding motorcycles without silencers on the New Year’s eve.

    Each year, hundreds of thousands of rounds of bullets are shot up into the air by celebrators to celebrate the beginning of New Year, which has taken many lives in the past year. Many citizens have also been injured from stray bullets after aerial firing.

    Sea View and Five Star Chowrangi in North Nazimabad are the two popular spots for the youth to celebrate the new year in Karachi. Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shalwani appealed to the citizens to celebrate the occasion with decency and keeping in view their civic duties. K-Electric (KE) has also been advised to refrain from unnecessary power outages on the occasion.

  • Egg-standing test goes viral as eclipse crosses Asia

    Egg-standing test goes viral as eclipse crosses Asia

    According to a popular scientific theory, an egg will support itself that way when the moon obscures the sun and during the spring equinox, due to increased gravity.

    While the theory has been debunked, Reuters reported that this did not stop Malaysian and Indonesian social media users from putting it to the test on Thursday, as thousands of sky watchers gathered across parts of Asia to witness a rare annular solar eclipse.

    Videos shared online showed dozens of users succeeding in getting eggs to balance on different surfaces including on gravel, a window pane, and a plate during the ‘ring-of-fire’ eclipse.

    IN PICTURES: ‘Ring of Fire’ eclipse enthralls observers in Asia

    However, Dr Chong Hon Yew, a retired physicist from the Malaysian Science University, said there was no evidence to back up the theory.

    “You can do the same experiment tomorrow, before or after eclipse – it’s easy to do it,” Chong said. “But it’s a fun trick to do (during an eclipse) to get young kids interested in science and astronomy.”

    Thursday’s annular eclipse – which occurs when the moon covers the sun’s center but leaves its outer edges visible to form a ring – was also visible in Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

    In most years, two solar eclipses are visible from somewhere on Earth. The maximum number per year is five.

  • Is marriage easier or running the government? Here’s what Asad Umar has to say

    Is marriage easier or running the government? Here’s what Asad Umar has to say

    Minister for Planning and Development and PTI stalwart Asad Umar recently set the dance floor on his son’s wedding and internet on fire with his bhangra on Abrarul Haq’s Billo. The clip of him dancing was widely shared and people absolutely loved his swag.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B6fUzrxh72z/

    In a recent interview, when the minister was asked if compromising in marriage was easier or when in government with “razor-thin” majority, Asad said, “There is a actually strong analogous behaviour in both.”

    “Just like in a marriage, if you’ve married the person for who he or she is and what they stand for, then you’ll go through the highs and lows, the ups and downs, the difficulties which will come – you’ll make compromises because you’re clear of why you are with that particular person in this big wide universe and not with somebody else.”

    He continued, “The same is true with being in government. If you have clarity, if you have conviction of what you want, what you stand for, what you want to achieve, then you know where you want to compromise and where compromise is actually taking you away from what you stand for and why you’re in that government. It also helps you give clarity of when you should stay to continue to be in government and when you should say there are options which are better.”

  • IN PICTURES: ‘Ring of Fire’ eclipse enthralls observers in Asia

    IN PICTURES: ‘Ring of Fire’ eclipse enthralls observers in Asia

    Skywatchers from Saudi Arabia and Oman to Pakistan and Singapore were treated to a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse on Thursday.

    Annular eclipses occur when the Moon is not close enough to the Earth to completely obscure the Sun, leaving a thin ring of the solar disc visible.

    While these types of eclipses occur every year or two, they are only visible from a narrow band of Earth each time and it can be decades before the same pattern is repeated.

    Depending on weather conditions, this year’s astronomical phenomenon was set to be visible from the Middle East across southern India and Southeast Asia before ending over the northern Pacific.

    Hundreds of amateur astronomers, photographers and set up by Singapore’s harbour for what some described as a “once in a lifetime” event.

    Bahrain
    Dindigul in Tamil Nadu, India
    Singapore
    Bangkok, Thailand
    Sanaa, Yemen
    Bangkok, Thailand

    Meanwhile, in Pakistan due to the dense fog, smog and cloudy skies, the eclipse wasn’t very visible.

    The next annual eclipse in June 2020 will be visible to a narrow band from Africa to northern Asia.

    The following one in June 2021 will only be seen in the Arctic and parts of Canada, Greenland and the remote Russian far east.

  • Malala declared decade’s most famous teenager by UN

    Malala declared decade’s most famous teenager by UN

    The United Nations (UN) has declared Pakistani education activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai as “the most famous teenager in the world” in the second decade of the 21st century, Pakistan Today reported.

    According to the details, the UN in part one of its review series has taken into account the events that happened between 2010 and the end of 2013 and highlighted the devastating Haiti earthquake in 2010, the beginning of the ongoing Syrian conflict for 2011 and Malala’s work in favour of girls’ education for the year 2012.

    Malala became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 in recognition of her efforts for children’s rights. She was shot in the head at point-blank range by the Taliban in October 2012 as she was returning home from her school in Swat valley.

    UN in its report wrote, “The attack made waves around the world, and was widely condemned: on Human Rights Day that year, a special tribute to Malala Yousafzai was held at the Paris headquarters of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), pushing for action to ensure every girl’s right to go to school, and to advance girls’ education as an urgent priority”.

    “Malala’s activism and profile have only grown since the assassination attempt. She became a UN Messenger of Peace in 2017, with a special focus on girls’ education,” the report noted, adding that she was known for speaking out in favor of the educating girls and highlighting the atrocities of the Taliban from a young age.

    The 22-year-old was also recently chosen by Teen Vogue — a United States (US) print magazine — as its cover person for its last issue of the decade.

  • Astrologers blame Pakistan’s woes on eclipse

    Astrologers blame Pakistan’s woes on eclipse

    As Pakistan prepares to witness a magnificent annular solar eclipse, after almost 20 years, astrologers are of the view that the eclipse has brought with it plenty of problems for the country. The last annular solar eclipse was witnessed back in 1999.

    The annular solar eclipse is also called the ‘Ring of Fire’ because only the boundaries of the sun will be observable from behind the moon.

    According to a report in The Express Tribune, astrologists say the eclipse’s negative effects are experienced 15 days before and after the event. The eclipse affects both domestic and societal lives.

    Astrology expert Sayed Musaddiq Zanjani said that “the eclipse even has effects on newborns, and pregnant women must stay inside their homes while it takes place, so as to stay safe.”

    Zanjani also claimed that the worsening situation in Pakistan was due to the eclipse and that the PIC tragedy in Lahore and the death penalty awarded to former military dictator Pervez Musharraf were all caused due to the eclipse.

    Read more: Here’s when and how you can observe rare solar eclipse

    Meanwhile, scientists and religious scholars have struck down the superstition.

    A religious scholar said that “the Sun and Moon are signs of Allah and that eclipses can do no harm to humans.”

    According to Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the annular solar eclipse will begin at 7:00 AM on December 26 and will end at 1:00 PM and will be visible in Karachi, Quetta, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, and Gilgit.

  • Indian Muslim student rejects gold medal to protest against citizenship law

    Indian Muslim student rejects gold medal to protest against citizenship law

    An Indian Muslim student refused to accept the gold medal at the Pondicherry University to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which has caused uproar in India and sparked protests across the country.

    Rabeeha Abdurehim, who secured the first position in the post-graduate department of Mass Communication, said she was asked to come out of the hall where the convocation was taking place. The special superintendent of police wanted to speak to the student.

    Rabeeha remarked that the police were worried about her viewpoint on the controversial citizenship law.

    “When I asked the police officers why was I not being allowed to take part in the event, they said they were not sure but the SSP wanted it this way,” she claimed.

    Taking to social media Rabeeha wrote that while she often dreamt about the moment she would receive a gold medal, “never did I imagine it would end up being in a way in which I could send a strong peaceful message across India.”

    “As a woman, as a student, as an Indian, today in my graduation I reject the Gold medal that is awarded to me in solidarity with all the students and public of India who are fighting against CAA and NRC in India,” she wrote further.

    Under the CAA 2019, religious minorities that have taken refuge in India till 2014 are eligible for citizenship. However, the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB 2019) makes it a point to exclude Muslims. The law requires Indian Muslims to prove their origins in India otherwise they stand to lose their citizenship.