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.
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!”
Absolutely sickening and gut wrenching the madness, brutality and monstrosity humans unleash in the name of Gods and religion.. HORRENDOUS ! #Sialkothttps://t.co/VgkmDKKZeo
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.
A few years ago, Pakistani television was considered to be superior to the country’s film industry. The reason for the edge was the meaningful and relatable content often churned out by PTV, STN, and then later, some cable and satellite networks.
However, in recent years, dramas based upon ‘unrealistic’ and ‘unpleasant’ themes are becoming common. One such theme includes showing two sisters fighting each other for a ‘man’.
Some dramas pertaining to this theme became famous, Maat, Khamoshi, Kashf and Jalan. Producing dramas in which sisters happen to be interested in the same man are being normalized by directors for the sake of ratings and attention.
Be it Saba Qamar and Amna Sheikh in Maat, Iqra Aziz and Zara Noor Abbas in Khamoshi, or Hira Mani and Sabeena Farooq in Kashf, drama producers are normalizing love triangles with two sisters and a mutual love interest.
Nisha in ARY’s Jalan, played by Minal Khan risked everything to destroy the life and marriage of her sister Misha but also to grab the man she thought was just perfect and had everything that she ever dreamt of. This drama was a clear-cut case of producers bent on grabbing the ratings, without even thinking about what they were showing in the drama. Nisha’s character tried her best to put up a fight but she had no idea the evil she was faced with in the form of her younger sister.
It is alarming to see the rise in sister rivalry again in Pakistani drama, that too where sisters are pit against each other only because they want to be with the same man.
In Junaid Khan’s latest Ek Jhoota Lafz Mohabbat, the younger sister played by Aiza Awan threatens her brother-in-law of suicide and even cuts her wrist in front of her demanding a divorce for her elder sister. This is the extreme of emotional blackmailing.
More such projects are set to be released in the near future including Yasir Hussain’s directorial debut, Koel starring Mansha Pasha, Fahad Sheikh and Maham Aamir.
This is highly problematic as such stories create a toxic impact on the audience. Television serials are actively viewed by their target audience i.e. the women, and are seen as having some similarity to real-life situations by many. Thus targeting sibling relationships will just add to the negativity and conflict being paraded as entertainment.
Such dramas also show sisters wishing death upon each other such as Iqra’s character in Khamoshi, or creating trouble for their sibling, such as Sabeena’s character in Kashf.
The more disturbing factor is that in most cases the male love interest is either committed or married to one of the sisters while the other one sets her eyes on him. This also violates the values and norms attached to the brother in law-sister in law relationship in our culture.
In the Ayeza Khan starrer Meherposh, the younger sister plans to poison her elder sister and murder her as she doubts that her husband is in love with her elder sister.
TV dramas hardly show two brothers fighting over a mutual love interest.
Actor Saba Qamar recently called out this wave of content in an interview stating that she is tired of reading scripts where two sisters are falling in love with the same guy and that then entire drama revolves around the problem.
She cited the example of Maat and said that she has also done a play like that but she wouldn’t want to repeat it in her career.
Television producers should stop churning out regressive content and should also be mindful of their social responsibilities about portraying family ethos on TV screens.
Pakistan celebrated Eid Milad-un-Nabi on October 19 and Pakistani celebrities also took to their social media to wish their fans on this auspicious occasion.
Check out some of the posts of Pakistani celebrities:
“May Allah give us the courage, strength and ability to follow in the footsteps of our beloved prophet Muhammad ﷺ,” wrote Humayun Saeed on his Twitter account.
#EidMiladunNabiMubarak – may the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H), the virtues of empathy and compassion and desire for universal peace always guide our way.💗
Actor Saba Qamar recently announced her forthcoming project, Serial Killer with an exclusive first look of her character in the drama.The Baaghi diva will be donning the avatar of a cop in the play.
October five marks the birthday of Prime Minister Imran Khan, one of the most loved former cricketer in the history.
Imran Khan has fans around the world, as his stardom isn’t limited to Pakistan alone. Cricketing legends admire him for the skipper he was, leading Pakistan to its first and only ‘World Cup’ victory back in 1992.
Imran Khan was born in Lahore in 1952, October 5, 2021 marks his 69th birthday. Pakistan has been avidly wishing its leader, while celebrities also wished their PM.
Mama jee, one of the most crucial figures of my cricketing journey. His no compromise on punctuality actually made me a better cricketer and taught me things which will accompany me all my life. Respect your teachers, as they define your future. #WorldTeachersDaypic.twitter.com/9tKoSSXkvt
Happy birthday to our honourable Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI 🎂 May Allah fulfill all your dreams that you've for the prosperity of Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/aKN76lvDBC
In August 2020 superstar Saba Qamar and Bilal Saeed found themselves in hot water after they released the teaser of their upcoming music video Qubool Hai.
Part of the music video, which has been directed by Saba herself, has been shot inside Wazir Khan Mosque upsetting the public. Akbari Gate police have registered the case of dancing in the mosque.
Now in September 2021 Judicial Magistrate Javeria Bhatti issued the arrest warrants for both the artistes for not following the court orders for appearance.
The court has summoned the Qubool Hai duo as their challan was presented but both of them chose not to appear. The warrants have been issued for October 6.
Actor Alizeh Shah is currently amongst the most sought after actresses of Pakistan. A clip featuring the Ehad-e-Wafa star has resurfaced on the internet in which she is expressing her feelings for superstar Fawad Khan and contemporary Hareem Farooq.
Actor Saba Qamar took to Instagram to wish her Indian Singer Guru Randhawa on his birthday. The Hindi Medium star shared an unseen picture with him and wrote, “Happy Birthday, Dost. Sada Khush Raho.”
The Patola singer re-shared the story with heart emojis.
Guru recently revealed in an interview that he made the song Lagdi Lahore Di for a Pakistani model and netizens expressed that it is actually for Saba.
The Baaghi diva also posted another story in which she shared their song together Suit Suit with a special caption.
On the work front, Saba will be soon seen in Tumhare Husn Ke Naam, along with Imran Abbas. The series is being shot currently in Lahore, followed by a schedule in Karachi. Penned by Sara Qayyum, it is being helmed by Saqib Khan, who has the feature film Ghabrana Nahi Hai under his belt. It also features Chupke Chupke fame, Sidra Niazi and Asad Siddiqui in significant roles.
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