Superstar Mahira Khan hosted the engagement bash for her brother Hissan in Karachi. The Humsafar diva’s brother got engaged to Lyla Saifi.
The event was attended by celebrities like Ayesha Omar, Momal Sheikh and Adnan Malik.
The Raees star welcomed her to-be sister in law to the family on Instagram stories.
Actor and Model Ayesha Omar has recently revealed who is her favourite cricketer in Pakistan. She also mentioned that which cricketer used to take modelling tips from her.
In a candid interview on the Geo News programme ‘Jashan-e-Cricket’, Omar said star all-rounder Shoaib Malik is her favourite.
The Karachi Se Lahore diva added that Malik is not only her favourite cricketer but is also her old friend.
The actor also shed light on the photoshoot that the two friends did, which went viral on social media for all the wrong reasons.
Omar, however, said that she enjoyed the shoot with Malik and that he used to take modelling tips from her during the time they worked on that shoot.
Actor Ayesha Omar has opened up about her horrific road accident with celebrity friend Azfar Rehman.
In 2016, Omar was in a car accident with fellow actor Azfar Rehman and their driver on the Karachi to Hyderabad highway. Reflecting on the incident, she explained, “When I got into an accident, I faced my greatest fear of getting into an accident and that someone would come and kidnap and sexually abuse me, which felt worse than death. When it happened, the fear amalgamated.”
She continued, “I was on the highway at the time, and I was in the middle of the road lying there, and a car stopped. A group of six to seven men got out… I have three to four broken bones so I couldn’t move, but I wasn’t bleeding. I was conscious and in shock and was screaming in pain. They came towards me to help but I was scared that they were going to come and sexually assault me. It happened recently with another woman. I had that fear six years ago… I remember bracing for the worst and praying to God to just kill me.”
Sharing how the situation was not what she had feared, the actor asserted the importance of believing in the goodness in people. She said, “But, they were just trying to help… that’s when I realised you cannot let your fears take over your life. Prepare for the worst but you have to believe in a positive outcome.”
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Actor Ayesha Omar has opened up about being sexually abused and her struggle as a child of a single parent in a recent interview.
The Karachi Se Lahore star mentioned about childhood, she revealed, “My father passed away when I was less than two-years-old. My mother was a single parent, so I felt the bumps in the road early on in life. I was fortunate enough to get a scholarship to Lahore Grammar School, which is the most prestigious school for girls in the city, and be admitted there. We couldn’t have afforded that education otherwise because we weren’t very stable during my childhood. There was no help from the family either. I was studying in a school with very rich kids, while I came from a family focused on necessities.”
Explaining how her lack of financial resources led to her excelling in other facets of her life, Omar shared, “I wanted to prove that you don’t need to be coming from a home filled with luxuries to be doing well. I was on top of my class, I’d be part of every school activity. I did theatre, puppets, dance, everything. So, I had that drive in me, which I guess came from the trauma I faced. Maybe it was a way of getting acceptance and approval.”
On how, after stepping into her career, she was faced with many difficult situations, the Bulbulay star reflected, “The biggest bumps came during my professional life. The people who I respected and considered my seniors, the kind I expected to offer me protection in times of need, were the ones who turned their backs and hurt me. I was sexually harassed at a very young age. It happened early on in my childhood, and then later in my career as well. People would delay my payments. I had no one to back me up. I’d go and collect my payments on my own. Back then, social media wasn’t a thing so no one was worried about getting exposed. There are so many people who still haven’t paid me my fair share.”
She added, “It wasn’t a one-off incident. It was at a workplace of mine where I was a salaried employee. This was when I was a fresh graduate. When it happened, I was like, ‘What?’ It was a shock. I asked myself what was happening, what was that person doing, how was that acceptable? You wonder if it’s happening to other people. At the time, there was a lot of shame attached to these things, and also a lot of fear.”
The Rehbara diva continued, “If you were to expose a person in a position of authority and who was much older, you fear that they would harm you in other ways. That person can be vindictive. We’ve seen recently the amount of social ostracisation, backlash and trauma a victim has to face if they choose to speak up. I will always give the victims the benefit of the doubt, whether men, women or children.”
Narrating another incident where she made it a point to get her disapproval across, Ayesha said, “There’s a person who has been in this industry for a very long time, who was been a director as well as actor, he met me somewhere and said something very condescending about me in public. I called him later on and told him that I couldn’t speak to him earlier, but that I didn’t like what he said and that it was very disrespectful. He asked, ‘Is this why you called me?’ and when I said yes, he shut the phone. I had to state my boundaries.”
Four well-known Pakistani artists have been finalised to feature in upcoming Pak-Turk joint drama series based on the life of Salahuddin Ayubi. The series will focus on the life of the great Muslim leader better known in the West as Saladin.
As per media reports the four celebrities who have been selected include, Ayesha Omar, Ushna Shah, Farhan Ali Agha and Adnan Jilani. Over 6,000 professional and budding actors had applied for the tryouts, but only 62 were short-listed for the Islamic warrior series, to be screened in Pakistan and Turkey simultaneously.
In an interview with BBC Asian Network, renowned Pakistani actor Adnan Siddiqui, who was named executive producer alongside Humayun Saeed, Dr. Kashif Ansari, and Dr. Junaid Ali Shah, remarked, “I am excited, I can feel it in my bones that this particular series would do wonders for Pakistanis.”
The much-anticipated drama series will be shot in Turkey on sets custom-built for the project.
Turkish producer Emre Konuk, owner of Akli Film in a tweet said, “A contract has been reached between Akli Films and Ansari & Shah Films regarding the upcoming Pak-Turk joint series.”
“The upcoming show had already garnered a large amount of attention even before its release as was evident from the registered numbers of applicants, willing to play a role in the series,” Konuk remarked.
Konuk further informed that they were in Pakistan to discuss the yet-to-released collaboration. He said they had exchanged views with Prime Minister Imran Khan and other high-level personalities associated with Pakistan’s cinema industry and the world of culture.
The Turkish producer further noted that PM Imran was an admirer of Salahudddin. Quoting the premiere, he said, “Prime Minister Khan believes that this project will resonate in the world and that it will also be very valuable for the younger generations.”
Actor Ayesha Omar attended a friend’s wedding recently on which she performed on multiple songs including Bollywood chartbusters like Munni Badnaam Hui from Dabbang.
The Bulbulay diva was accompanied by other celebrities including Azfar Rehman and Ali Rehman Khan.
The clips from the Mehendi ceremony have gone viral across social media platforms.
Earlier Ayesha commented on the alledged violence on four women in Faisalabad.
As per reports, no one stopped people from beating the women and many were making videos from their phones. After the video went viral, the police took action against the accused people and arrested five people.
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Bollywood superstar Katrina Kaif and actor Vicky Kaushal officially tied the knot on Thursday. The star couple got married in a traditional Indian wedding ceremony in Rajasthan and shared the official pictures on their social media handles.
Apart from a plethora of Indian celebrities, Pakistani stars were quick to express their joy and excitement on the VicKat wedding by dropping comments and liking their posts.
The list is headlined by leading ladies such as Saba Qamar, Maya Ali, Ayeza Khan, Saboor Aly, Areeba Habib, Komal Aziz, Nadia Hussain, Sana Javed, Aiman Khan, Minal Khan, Ayesha Omar, singer Aima Baig and actor Azfar Rehman.
As per the Indian media, Katrina and Vicky will move into a sea-facing apartment in Mumbai’s Juhu, and the newlyweds will have another celebrity couple Anushka and Virat Kohli as their neighbours.
The couple tied the knot in a traditional Indian wedding ceremony and took their seven pheras on Thursday afternoon.
Four women in Faisalabad were stripped naked and were beaten by locals on the accusation of theft. The incident took place on Monday, in Bawa Chak Market where dozens of people locked the women inside an electric shop. The women came there to drink water.
A first information report (FIR) was registered and the suspects have been charged under sections 354-A (assault or use of criminal force against a woman and stripping her), 509 (insulting modesty or causing sexual harassment), 147 (punishment for rioting) and 149 (unlawful assembly guilty of an offence committed in prosecution of common object) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
“They continued to beat us for around an hour and made our videos in naked condition,” the complainant said in FIR, as reported by Dawn.
“The suspects committed gross injustice by stripping us, dragging us through the market and torturing us and strict action should be taken against them,” the complaint’s statement read in the FIR.
As per reports, no one stopped people from beating the women and many were making videos from their phones. After the video went viral, the police took action against the accused people and arrested five people.
Popular actress Ayesha Omar has responded to the incident on her social media handle.
Earlier the Bulbulay diva expressed her grief and shock at the shocking Sialkot incident when a Sri Lankan factory manager has been tortured to death on the charges of blasphemy.
Indian actress, Swara Bhasker took to Twitter to share her views on the tragic mob lynching incident of the Sri Lankan national in Sialkot over alleged blasphemy charges.
She tweeted, “Absolutely sickening and gut-wrenching the madness, brutality, and monstrosity humans unleash in the name of Gods and religion. Horrendous!”
Swara Bhasker is also working as an activist who raises her voice against Hindu extremists’ atrocities on minorities and lower castes.
Priyantha Diyawadana, a Sri Lankan national was working as a manager since 2010 in a factory located at Sialkot. He allegedly tore posters off a wall in the factory, which had religious text written on it. After taking down the poster, hundreds of people gathered, dragged him outside, killed him, and then burnt his body on Friday.
In the video shared on social media, it can be seen that the man’s body was burnt publicly after he was murdered.
Several Pakistani celebrities including Mahira Khan, Ayesha Omar, and Saba Qamar also expressed their grief and condemned the mob lynching incident on their social media.
A Sri Lankan factory manager has been tortured to death on the charges of blasphemy. As per social media reports, he was working as a manager at a private sportswear manufacturing factory.
As per District Police Officer (DPO) Umar Saeed Malik, the man was murdered by factory employees. According to the DPO, the police have arrived at the place of incident.
In the video shared on social media, it can be seen that the man’s body was burnt publicly after he was murdered.
According to sources, the Sri Lankan national allegedly tore posters off a wall in the factory, which had religious text written on it. He removed it from the wall as the wall was not a place where posters were allowed. After taking down the poster, hundreds of people gathered, dragged him outside, killed him and then burnt his body.
His name was Priyantha Diyawadana. He joined the factory in 2010 and has been here since.
According to journalist Rabia Mehmood, “Factory workers Talha, Furhan complained and decided on the spot to kill the SriLankan national.”
She shared a picture of the two men who claimed to be part of the lynch mob and complained against the manager and then “dragged him out to burn him to death, and are using Tehreek Labbaik’s violence inciting narrative to justify why they did it”.
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar have termed the incident as “horrific”. Buzdar has also instructed IG Police to investigate the incident.
A-list actresses Saba Qamar and Ayesha Omar expressed their grief and shock at the shocking incident on social media. Earlier the Raees diva Mahira Khan tagged PM Imran Khan and asked him to provide an answer for this.
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