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  • Malala: Pakistan’s pride

    Malala: Pakistan’s pride

    Malala Yousafzai, a name that evokes different emotions – from pride to love to respect to a need to protect her from everything that is vile. Malala is the youngest Nobel laureate and the second Pakistani to win the Nobel after Dr Abdus Salam. Unfortunately, both Pakistani Nobel laureates have been vilified by many in Pakistani society – Dr Salam for being for being an Ahmadi and Malala for just being Malala.

    Malala’s recent interview to British Vogue has created quite a controversy yet again. So much so that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has even asked Malala to explain her comments regarding partnership. This despite the fact that Malala’s father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, explained in a tweet that Malala’s comments were taken out of context by the media and social media and have been spread in a negative way.

    The 23-year-old young girl spoke about several issues – from relationships to wearing a dupatta to politics to college life. In her interview, the young Nobel Laureate defended her choice to wear a dupatta (scarf) to cover her head. “And Muslim girls or Pashtun girls or Pakistani girls, when we follow our traditional dress, we’re considered to be oppressed, or voiceless, or living under patriarchy. I want to tell everyone that you can have your own voice within your culture, and you can have equality in your culture.” She also talked about marriage and how she is unsure about getting married. She was quoted as asking why marriage “can’t just be a partnership”. Several people on social media and our very own Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly have taken this as an opposition to the concept of nikkah or marriage. It seems quite obvious that as any other young girl of the same age, Malala is unsure of what being married entails. She is asking why marriage is seen as just a contract or signed papers and not a partnership… a partnership that is more about companionship, similar values, compatibility, etc. She did not say anything about nikkah or a live-in relationship, which is how her words are being misconstrued and misinterpreted. It is quite appalling to see the way Malala is being attacked for an innocent query.

    This is of course not the first time that Malala is targeted so viciously on social media. That she barely survived a brutal assassination attempt by the Taliban is questioned by the anti-Malala brigade. They call it a ‘drama’. Well, they should be glad that none of them have had to go through this brutality. When Malala released a statement on Israel and Palestine, she was questioned for why it was not worded more strongly. Of course these Twitter warriors did not know that Malala has done far more for the children of Gaza than any one of them. Back in 2014, she gave $50,000 for the reconstruction of Gaza schools. In May this year, Malala donated $150,000 for children in Gaza. But who can argue with social media warriors and conspiracy theorists with logic?

    Let Malala live her life and give her a break. She does not owe anyone an explanation. Long Live, Malala, our pride!

  • Ahad Raza Mir confessed to having a major crush on Maya Ali

    An interview of Ahad post his breakthrough performance in Yaqeen Ka Safar has re-surfaced on social media. Ahad confessed having a huge crush on the Man Mayal star Maya Ali on the show One Take.

    On being asked about the one actress that the actor finds hot, he replied, “I have a mad crush on Maya Ali” adding that he was star-struck when he met her.

    The two worked on a Coca Cola commercial together and shared sizzling on-screen chemistry. The ad was shot by the acclaimed filmmaker, Asim Raza.

    Ahad married actress Sajal Aly in March 2020 and was last seen in HUM TV’s Yeh Dil Mera.

  • Woman finds deep-fried towel in chicken

    Woman finds deep-fried towel in chicken

    A woman in the Philippines was shocked after she allegedly found a deep-fried towel in her chicken from a fried chicken chain.

    As per details, Alique Perez had ordered food from a restaurant in the Philippines on Tuesday. When the order was delivered, she tried to cut some chicken for her son. She was shocked when she found a deep-fried towel instead of a portion of fried chicken.

    Perez posted a video on social media and wrote, “Just something that frustrated me this late. We had Jollibee delivered via grab. Ordered chicken for my son, while I was trying to get him a bite, I found it super hard to even slice. Tried opening it up with my hands and to my surprise a deep-fried towel. This is really disturbing… How the hell do you get the towel in the batter and even fry it!?!?”

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    “Now I know that it really happens. So disgusting and embarrassing… to think that you’re even branched in BGC. There’s a first for everything. And this has been the worst first! Calming myself down for this..,” she added.

    “The essence of the towel contaminated the oil and the batter from the supplier so how many chickenjoys are affected? We won’t know.”

    The restaurant stated on Wednesday that they had to close the branch in Bonifacio Global City for three days, starting from June 3 “to thoroughly review its compliance with procedures and retrain its store team” to ensure that this does not happen again.

  • David Warner’s face swap video with Tiger Shroff creating waves on social media

    David Warner’s face swap video with Tiger Shroff creating waves on social media

    Australian cricketer David Warner, who knows how to entertain his followers on social media, recently shared a face swap video in which he superimposed his face on actor Tiger Shroff’s and the clip is creating waves on the social media.

    “Back by Popular demand,” wrote Warner while sharing the clip on Instagram.

    David used a snippet from The Hook Up song from the movie Student of The Year 2, which also features actress, Alia Bhatt.

    Former Pakistan cricketer and commentator Ramiz Raja had also shared a video of himself on social media, swapping his face with Johnny Depp from his movie Pirates of the Caribbean film series.

    “Got this sent and was gobsmacked (Face without a mouth). So intriguing and amusing what an app can do. Could really have been a real me in terms of roughness if that quarantine had continued any longer,” wrote Raja while sharing the clip on Twitter.

    His comments section was filled with hilarious reactions from netizens.

  • ‘Saba Qamar came to my rescue when I was harassed at a drama shoot’: Mehar Bano

    Mehar Bano shared in her interview with Something Haute that actress Saba Qamar rescued her when she was harassed at a drama set. Saba and Mehar Bano have collaborated on multiple projects such as Bunty I Love You and Miss Fire.

    “One of my first cases when i had to experience harassment, Saba Qamar actually came to my rescue”.

    She continued: “Aik mic wala tha, you can get harassed at anytime by anyone, especially when you don’t know what’s going on and you are just a child.”

    She had to involve a senior actor as she was new in this field, “I told her because I did not know what was going on, she just went on set and got him kicked out. I think it is the only time I remember a woman taking such a strong stance for me.”

    This incident did make Mehar Bano more aware about the fact that how unpredictable work place harassments can be, “It made me realize that I should be more aware that what happens to me and what happens to other girls so that I can also stand up for them.”

    On the work front, Saba Qamar Zaman is all set to make a comeback on television with the upcoming drama serial, Tumhare Husn K Naam. Besides Saba, the drama will also feature Imran Abbas, Salman Shahid, Nayyer Ijaz and Asad Siddiqui. Meharbano is currently being seen on Geo Entertainment’s Khuda Aur Mohabbat 3.

  • Govt snags big committees usually given to opposition

    Govt snags big committees usually given to opposition

    The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has bagged the chairpersonship of crucial Senate committees.

    The Opposition does not have the chairpersonship of law and justice, interior and human rights committees anymore, Hasnaat Malik reported in The Express Tribune.

    The chairpersonship of the Senate Committee on Human Rights was first offered to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). However, instead of retaining it, the PPP passed it on to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

    “The Opposition parties, either due to internal differences among themselves or backchannel understanding, have been unable to head committees wherein they could have given a tough time to the government in the upper house,” tweeted Hasnaat.

    The PML-N nominated Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed as the chairman of the human rights committee. However, he bartered it with the government and instead became the head of the Standing Committee on Defence in return.

    Earlier, Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar from the PPP was the chairman of the Senate Committee of Human Rights. He took up several human rights issues, including attacks on journalists.

    Mustafa took to Twitter and wrote, “Top of the agenda items for the day was to clip the wings of the Human Rights Committee to turn it into a standing Committee from a funtional one.”

    The government has already modified the rules through the house and converted the functional committee on human rights into a standing committee, which has limited powers. The standing committee can only take up matters related to the human rights ministry.

  • ‘Naagin 3’ fame Pearl V Puri arrested on alleged rape charges

    ‘Naagin 3’ fame Pearl V Puri arrested on alleged rape charges

    Indian Actor Pearl V Puri, popularly known for his character in Naagin 3, has been arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for the alleged rape of a minor girl. The 31-year-old actor was arrested yesterday on June 4.

    According to details, the actor was taken into police custody on Friday at a police station (Vasai) for the allegation of rape of a minor who is also an actress. A statement has been issued by DCP of Vasai, saying: “He has been remanded to police custody and booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.”

    Soon after the news broke on the internet, Puri’s co-star from Naagin 3, Anita Hassanandani extended her support to him. She shared a picture with Pearl on Instagram and wrote: “Woke up to some nonsensical news bout Pearl Puri. I know him! It is not true. Can not be true, all lies. I’m sure there is more to it. And the truth will be out soon. Love you Pearl.”

    As per the latest updates, Puri has been granted bail post being in police custody for being falsely accused of child molestation. With actress Karishma Tanna just confirming the news of actor’s bail being granted its just about time that we will soon get to know his side of the story.

    Pearl V Puri was last seen as the main lead in Indian TV series Brahmarakshas 2, where he played the role of Angad Mehra.

  • Words ‘markup’ and ‘interest’ to be taken out of Math books

    Words ‘markup’ and ‘interest’ to be taken out of Math books

    The Textbook Publishers Association (TPA) on Thursday demanded the government to direct the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB) to issue them no objection certificate (NOC) and withdraw the “heavy fee” for publishing textbooks under the Single National Curriculum (SNC), claiming it will push the book prices up further.

    TPA President Fawaz Niaz said PCTB had imposed a heavy fee for reviewing textbooks published under the SNC that would result in increasing the books cost up to 300 per cent, according to a report published in Dawn.

    “The publishers will pay Rs45,000 to the Mutahidda Ulema Board (MUB), Rs80,000 to external review committees, and Rs15,000 to the PCTB for issuance of the NOC,” said Fawaz.

    Fawaz said the PCTB had also formed a committee of the MUB to review every book, including those of science and mathematics.

    “The members of the MUB committee have issued a direction that the words ‘interest’, ‘markup’ be eliminated from the mathematics textbooks,” Niaz said.

    Niaz also said some of the religious scholars, who were members of the committee, also directed the publishers not to print any sketches or diagrams in the biology textbooks showing human figures.

    Questioning separate mechanisms in the provinces for introduction of the new curriculum, he mentioned there would be no SNC in Sindh and Balochistan, while in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the NOC from the MUB was not required, as the job of monitoring the syllabus from Islamic perspective was assigned to subject specialists, unlike Punjab.

  • VIDEO: Cop thrashed for secretly filming woman in bathroom

    VIDEO: Cop thrashed for secretly filming woman in bathroom

    A police constable in Bahawalnagar was beaten up by the locals on Friday after they allegedly caught him secretly recording a woman in a bathroom.

    As per reports, the constable was himself filmed by a resident while recording the woman. The video shows the cop trying to make the video through a vent while suspiciously looking around. Residents caught him red-handed and beat him for his immoral act.

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    In another video, the policeman can be heard saying that his backbone had been broken while the residents can be heard telling cops to check the video in his phone as a proof of his crime.

    https://youtu.be/UUmep-I242w

    Bahawalnagar’s SP Investigations Farooq Ahmad Anwar said that the accused has been suspended. An FIR has been filed against him at the Fort Abbas Police Station and an inquiry is underway.

  • Ahsan Khan reveals his secret inspiration for Rashid’s character in ‘Qayamat’

    Ahsan Khan reveals his secret inspiration for Rashid’s character in ‘Qayamat’

    Ahsan Khan has revealed his secret inspiration for his popular character, Rashid in Geo Entertainment’s hit drama Qayamat.

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    In conversation with Hassan Choudary on his show Heart to Haute, Ahsan talked about his character, drama’s story and when it is going to end.

    “I got inspiration from one of the very famous scholar Zameer Akhtar Naqvi, who is no more with us,” said Ahsan while talking about his character.

    “His way of speaking attracted and inspired me. There were a lot of memes through which I gained inspiration”, added Ahsan.

    Ahsan has been creating waves with his performance as Rashid in the drama serial Qayamat. The Udaari actor has been winning praise for his portrayal of a spoiled and abusive husband. In fact, the actor had even received love from across the border for his role in the drama serial. Veteran Bollywood actress Zarina Wahab, in a Whatsapp message sent to the actor, praised him, writing: “As Rashid, you are too much… Excellent work.”

    Written by Sarwat Nazir and directed by Ali Faizan, Qayamat features an ensemble cast with names like Neelam Muneer, Haroon Shahid, Saba Faisal, Shabbir Jan and Amar Khan.