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  • Don’t use force against protesting lawyers in Lahore, Maryam Nawaz directs IG Punjab

    Don’t use force against protesting lawyers in Lahore, Maryam Nawaz directs IG Punjab

    The police clashed with lawyers on Wednesday at Lahore’s GPO Chowk, as the black coats organised a protest rally and tried to enter the Lahore High Court (LHC).

    The lawyers are protesting against the division of civil courts and terrorism cases against their colleagues.

    Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz said that she directed Inspector General (IG) Dr Usman to avoid using force against protesting lawyers.

    “Lawyers must also resolve their matters with LHC amicably. For the safety of the citizens of Lahore, confrontation should be avoided,” she said in a post on X.

    However, Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) president Asad Butt said while talking to Dawn News that the lawyers will continue to protest until their demands are met.

  • Controversy around Bushra Ansari’s dialogue in punjabi web series, sparks gender debate

    Controversy around Bushra Ansari’s dialogue in punjabi web series, sparks gender debate


    Veteran actor Bushra Ansari is facing social media backlash for her dialogue in an international Web Series “Our Big Punjabi Family”.
    Although the web series was released last year, recently, a social media clip from the web series featuring Ansari’s dialogue has gone viral. In the clip, Ansari refers to a transgender girl, who is in the kitchen when another character in the show asks Ansari why she is being so nice to the girl. Ansari says, “call her “they”or “them,” referring to pronouns that people can select for themselves.

    . The dialogue sparked a debate among fans, with some criticising Ansari for ‘clearly promoting an LGBTQ agenda by working in LGBTQ pro-content’. Some Pakistani fans are expressing their anger while others are applauding Ansari for taking on the role and promoting tolerance, with some fans saying ‘Love this and its about time’.

  • Security guard shot outside rapper Drake’s home

    Security guard shot outside rapper Drake’s home

    Canadian police on Tuesday were investigating a pre-dawn shooting at the home of superstar rapper Drake, whose sprawling property in a tony Toronto neighbourhood remained cordoned off.

    Police inspector Paul Krawczyk said a security guard at the mansion on The Bridle Path road was taken to hospital with serious injuries sustained from an apparent gunshot wound after suspects in a vehicle opened fire.

    The shooting, captured on grainy security camera footage that has not been released to the public, happened at 2:09am. The guard was standing outside the gates in front of the residence when the shooting occurred, Krawczyk told reporters.

    “I cannot confirm if Drake was home at the time the incident occurred, but I can tell you that we are in contact with his team and they are cooperating,” the inspector added. He said the suspects fled in the vehicle, but no descriptions were offered.

    Police taped off most of the area. Several small orange markers, believed to indicate locations of shell casings, could be seen scattered on the road’s edge in front of the mansion.

  • The Crown is coming to Pakistan, Dar confirms

    The Crown is coming to Pakistan, Dar confirms

    The deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, said on Wednesday that Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman is likely to visit Pakistan soon. Dar confirmed that the date of the Saudi Prince’s visit will be finalised this month.

    “InshaAllah, the visit is due [and] I believe we may receive final dates [of the visit from Saudi Arabia] anytime in May,” Dar said while addressing the media at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad on Tuesday.

    The Saudi crown prince, also known as MBS, will visit Pakistan for the first time in five years. His last visit to the country was in February 2019, when Imran Khan was prime minister.

    The deputy prime minister mentioned that during a recent meeting in Makkah, Pakistan’s delegation met with the Saudi crown prince. He assured Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that he will visit Pakistan soon.

  • Swifties kay liye aik aur treat: Taylor’s boyfriend Travis Kelce is making his acting debut

    Swifties kay liye aik aur treat: Taylor’s boyfriend Travis Kelce is making his acting debut

    Travis Kelce, a famous football player in the NFL, and a bigger claim to fame being boyfriend of Taylor Swift, has landed a big TV role. He’ll be on Ryan Murphy’s new horror show called ‘Grotesquerie’.


    Travis plays for the Kansas City Chiefs and has been in the news a lot lately because of his relationship with Swift.
    Another actor in the show, Niecy Nash posted a video on her Instagram account on Tuesday to share the news. She showed herself on camera and asked her followers to guess who she was working with on the show ‘Grotesquerie’. Then she turned the camera around to reveal Travis Kelce, confirming that he’s part of the show too.

    Nash shared the video on her Instagram account and wrote, “This is what happens when Winners link up!! @killatrav Welcome to Grotesquerie!”
    Kelce shared the video again on his own social media and wrote, “Stepping into a new world with one of the legends! @niecynash1.” Besides Kelce and Nash, the FX horror series also stars Courtney B. Vance and Lesley Manville. ‘Grotesquerie’ will be shown for the first time in fall 2024.

  • Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: Pakistan defeats Canada by 5-4 to qualify for final

    Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: Pakistan defeats Canada by 5-4 to qualify for final

    In the 30th Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup, Pakistan defeated Canada by 5-4 to qualify for the final.

    In the ongoing 30th Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, Pakistan has been unbeaten so far in the event and are leading the table with 10 points after four matches. Canada took a 2-0 lead in the first 17 minutes and put Pakistan on the back foot.

    However, the Green Shirts made a brilliant comeback and won the match 5-4.

    Abubakar Mahmood scored the first two goals for Pakistan to bring his team back into the game. For Pakistan, Arshad Liaquat, Rana Waheed Ashraf and Ghazanfar Ali also scored one goal each.

    For Canada, Shaun Davies scored two while Harbir Sindhu and Ujoot Buttar scored one each.

    If Japan defeats Malaysia later today, both Pakistan and Japan will qualify for the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2024.

  • Khala Mawra Hocane shares adorable nickname for niece Jahan Aara

    Khala Mawra Hocane shares adorable nickname for niece Jahan Aara

    Mawra Hocane, a top actor and loving aunt, recently revealed that she has a really cute nickname for her sister Urwa Hocane’s daughter, Jahan Aara Saeed.

    In a recent interview with a digital magazine, Mawra talked about her joy of being an aunt for the first time. She spoke warmly about her niece, who is the daughter of celebrity couple Urwa Hocane and Farhan Saeed.

    When asked about her relationship with her neice, Mawra responded, “Oh, it’s wonderful, the best feeling ever. I’ve never felt like this before. She has brought so much happiness into our lives.”

    The actress remembered the first time she held Jahan Aara. She said, “It was so overwhelming. I couldn’t believe it, so I kept looking at her, then at Urwa, and then back at her.”

    “Urwa and I keep saying that we have our third girlfriend now,” she added, saying that even though she loves her niece a lot, her sister still holds a special place in her heart.

    The celebrity also shared that she calls her niece ‘Aaru Paru’. She’s also excited to see what her niece will call her when she starts talking.

  • Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, Faisal Vawda decide to remain single in Senate

    Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, Faisal Vawda decide to remain single in Senate

    Former caretaker prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar and former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Faisal Vawda announced on Tuesday that they will not join either the government nor opposition sides in the Senate. 

    The Senate Secretariat released a notification about the six independent senators in the senate and their decision to join a party.
    According to the issued notification, two out of the six senators, Kakar and Vawda, decided to not join any side in the Senate.

    Similarly, Senator Mohsin Naqvi, who is also a federal interior minister, was not sure about joining a side in the upper house.

    However, Naqvi’s name was mentioned as a senator on the treasury bench with an additional note of “(Federal Minister, however, not yet opted)”.

    Senator Abdul Qadir joined the government benches after winning the senate polls. The senator was initially part of PTI and then left the party after May 9.

  • ‘Kabhi apne baap se maafi nai mangi, kisi aur se kya mangni’ Asad Qaiser replies to DG ISPR

    ‘Kabhi apne baap se maafi nai mangi, kisi aur se kya mangni’ Asad Qaiser replies to DG ISPR

    Former speaker of the National Assembly and a senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Asad Qaiser, appeared on a talk show ‘Khabar’ with Meher Bokhari on ARY News and said that he refuses to apologise for the May 9 events.“We don’t even apologise to our fathers, why would we ask for forgiveness from anyone else,” he said.

    On May 7, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said that the people involved in the May 9 riots must be punished as per the law.

    The military spokesperson also said, “There can be no dialogue with an anarchist group,” he said firmly, adding that the “only way forward for the anarchists [group] is to apologise sincerely [for their acts], abandon the politics of hate and indulge in constructive politics [instead]”.

    Asad Qaiser stated that PTI wants the constitution and law to prevail in the country saying, “We want all citizens to have equal rights, for that all the institutions have to work within their constitutional limits.”

  • Pulitzer Prize awarded to The New York Times raises questions about journalism standards

    Pulitzer Prize awarded to The New York Times raises questions about journalism standards

    Winners of the Pulitzer Prizes, arguably the biggest prize in journalism, for 2023 were announced on Monday.

    While these awards have been conferred since decades now, people have now questioned the credibility of the standard by which winners are selected.

    Among the award receipts is The New York Times.

    It won for its “wide-ranging and revelatory coverage of Hamas’s lethal attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7,” as well as reporting on “the Israeli military’s sweeping, deadly response.”

    Critics of the award are saying that the past seven months has revealed the biased coverage of the platform, including the factually incorrect report claiming that Hamas members had raped Israelis on October 7 — an account which was later debunked.

    Reuters meanwhile won the award for breaking news photography for its “raw and urgent” coverage of the October 7 attack and Israeli response, while a special citation recognized “journalists and media workers covering the war in Gaza.”

    “This war has also claimed the lives of poets and writers,” the committee said. “As the Pulitzer Prizes honor categories of journalism, arts and letters, we mark the loss of invaluable records of the human experience.”

    Ironically, the award ceremony took place at Columbia University, amidst the backlash that resulted after the Uni called in police to clear out pro-Palestinian protesters. The police largely blocked media from the scene and allegedly threatened student journalists covering the events with arrest.