Current Final

Tag: social media

  • Prankster arrested for harassing women for not wearing dupatta

    Prankster arrested for harassing women for not wearing dupatta

    A Gujranwala YouTuber, Khan Ali, has been arrested after posting videos of pulling a prank on women by giving them money and asking them to buy dupatta for themselves.

    A social media user, Sadaf Alvi, shared a video of the YouTuber requesting police officer Amna Baig to take action against him.

    https://twitter.com/TheGrumpyDoctor/status/1405117974156087297?s=20
    https://twitter.com/TheGrumpyDoctor/status/1405117978027380737?s=20

    Amna Baig tagged CPO Gujranwala to look into the matter after which he was arrested by the Gujranwala Police.

    According to CPO Gujranwala, Sarfaraz Ahmed Falki, the YouTube prankster was arrested by a team of Gakhar Mandi police led by SP Saddar Abdul Wahab for harassing and humiliating women in the name of prank videos.

    He said that an FIR has been filed against Khan Ali under relevant laws and an inquiry is underway, adding that protecting the dignity of citizens is the top priority of Gujranwala Police.

    The YouTuber apologised for his actions in a video message.

    The prankster runs a YouTube channel, ‘Velle Loog Khan Ali’, with 323,000 subscribers.

  • Web designer names his son HTML

    Web designer names his son HTML

    A newborn in Philippines was given a very unique name by his father who is a web designer by profession.

    A Facebook post that has gone viral announced the birth of a newborn who is introduced to the world with his name Hypertext Mark-up Language Rayo Pascual or HTML for short.

    The newborn’s aunt has reportedly introduced her nephew as ‘HTML’ through a Facebook post.

    As per reports, the child’s web developer father Mac Pascual has chosen the unusual name to honour his profession.

    Pascual told a local news site Inquirer.net that unusual names run in his family, explaining that his own name is short for Macaroni 85.

    He told that one of his sisters’ official names was Spaghetti 88 and her two children are called Cheese Pimiento and Parmesan Cheese, though they go by Chippy and Peewee for short.

    Read More: Student names Emraan Hashmi, Sunny Leone as parents in admit card

    HTML was born healthy, weighing 4.9 pounds. The infant’s mother said that she is pleased to welcome her child and said relatives were happy with the choice of name.

    HTML’s aunt shared a picture of the newborn on Facebook with the caption ‘Welcome to the world HTML.’

  • VIDEO: Men climb up pipe to save kids from fire

    VIDEO: Men climb up pipe to save kids from fire

    Three men in Russia climbed up a drainpipe outside a three-storey building to save two children after they got stuck inside a burning apartment.

    The video that did rounds on social media shows a man climbing a drainpipe outside a building while a child is trying to escape through a window on the third floor.

    Two other men climed up the pipe to form a chain and joined the rescue efforts.

    The video recorded by the residents across the street showed the man around 30 metres above the ground holds the child with one hand while holding on to the drainpipe with the other.

    Once he gets hold of the child, he passes him to the other man right below him clinging to the pipe. The second person then passes the child to the third and then a woman on the ground hold the child.

     Later, fire extinguishers arrived and drenched the fire. The men who saved the children have been nominated for bravery awards for their heroic efforts.

  • WATCH: Netizens go berserk over this resurfaced hilarious interview of Saif Ali Khan

    Clips from an old interview of Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan are making the rounds on social media. In the interview, the Race actor was asked about his favourite film, his favourite actress and his hobbies amongst other topics.

    One particular clip in which the actor was asked about his favourite poets has gone viral on social media with people appreciating Saif for his honest answer.

    “Faiz and Ghalib… I am talking totally rubbish. Meri dadi padti thi, mere abba padte the. Ye koi umar hai in cheezon ko padne ka (My grandmother and my dad used to read them. Is this my age to read such things)?” replied Saif when asked about his favourite poets.

    Netizens has turned his interview into a meme fest. Take a look:

    Have a look at some of the memes:

    https://twitter.com/khoonsurat_/status/1403785448993005572
    https://twitter.com/prrekshaaa/status/1403802914875854848
    https://twitter.com/aru___95/status/1403125885142802434
    https://twitter.com/alishbaziz/status/1403073256102506496
    https://twitter.com/Eustacebaaaang/status/1403068883389456384
  • VIDEO: Irked elephant destroys wedding, forces groom to run away

    VIDEO: Irked elephant destroys wedding, forces groom to run away

    An elephant has damaged the venue and four cars at a wedding ceremony after getting irked by the sound of crackers in India’s Uttar Pradesh.

    As per reports, the incident happened on Friday night when the groom named Anand Tripathi reached the wedding venue with an elephant.

    A video from the wedding recently went viral on social media that shows the groom arriving at his wedding venue, sitting in a carriage decorated with neon lights. The barat also included an elephant and some horses. The elephant then started destroying the venue and everything that came in its way because it was irked by the sound of the crackers.

    Read More: Bride refuses to marry as groom chewed ‘gutka’

    The groom fled away from the scene after the destruction made by the elephant.

    Later, a team comprising officials from the forest department and police was called for help who then managed to control the elephant.

  • PM Khan remembers his past in unseen photos

    PM Khan remembers his past in unseen photos

    Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday shared a picture from 1992 on his Instagram account using the hashtag # #MemoriesFromPast.

    The picture shows PM Khan standing at Shaukat Khanam Memorial Trust Hospital with a few other people. The caption reads, “Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust Hospital, Lahore 1992 #MemoriesFromPast“

     This is not the first time PM Khan has shared a picture from his archives. Earlier, he posted a picture from 1971 while he was on a tour in England. 

    Read More: #100MostHandsomeMen2021: Twitter nominates Imran Khan, Shafqat Mahmood and Fawad Khan

    A week earlier, PM Khan shared a video of his cricket debut. The video is posted with the caption, “Cricket Debut exactly 50 years ago..”

    The Current asked Prime Minister’s Focal Person on Digital Media Dr Arslan Khalid if the prime minister would be sharing more pictures from the past. Dr Khalid said, “PM will try to share such pictures with the hashtag #MemoriesFromPast every now and then on his Instagram.”

    The premier is very active on social media platforms with 5.1m followers on Instagram and 13.8 m followers on Twitter.

  • Dubai Police arrest man for ‘indecent’ dance in Metro without mask

    Dubai Police arrest man for ‘indecent’ dance in Metro without mask

     Dubai Police have arrested a man for an ‘ indecent’ dance in a Dubai Metro train without wearing a mask.

    A video doing the rounds on social media show a man dancing on a Bollywood song, ‘Laal Ghagra’, without a mask while the passengers film him.

    Director of Transportation Security Department at Dubai Police, Obaid Al Hathboor,  said that the man caused inconvenience  to other passengers as well as broke the Covid-19 rules. “A video for an Asian man circulated on social media while he was performing indecent acts inside a train. He caused disturbance to others without respecting their privacy,” said the official.

    Also Read: Farmers take cow to police station as a ‘witness’

    “He was additionally arrested for not wearing a mask inside the train while all commuters around him were wearing masks and following precautionary measures,” he added.

    According to Article 358 of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) penal code, the suspect will face a jail term of six months and/or a fine of Dh5,000 for violating public morals and creating a ruckus.

  • 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.

    Read More: Police arrest Faisalabad man for drowning 3-year-old daughter in lake for ‘disturbing his sleep’

    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.

  • Man proposes to girlfriend with ring hidden in Gol Gappay

    Man proposes to girlfriend with ring hidden in Gol Gappay

    Everybody wants their marriage proposal to be extra special. Over the years, several food proposals did rounds on social media. People have hidden the rings in drinks, burgers, and even in fruits.

    Recently, a man proposed to his girlfriend by hiding a ring in Gol Gappay.  A Ph.D. student, Hanan shared the pictures from the proposal on Twitter expressing that she could not say no to Gol Gappay.

    She shared the photos with the caption, “I mean,, can’t say no to pani puri.”

    https://twitter.com/hanani0/status/1399560355672694786?s=20

    Read More: Bride marries wedding guest after groom-to-be ‘disappears’

     The photos are doing rounds on social media and the netizens are praising the guy for the thoughtful proposal.

    https://twitter.com/JazbatiJalebii/status/1399721800481845255?s=20

    While many thought they would have swallowed the ring with the Gol Gappa.

    https://twitter.com/HereMariya/status/1399678304165273607?s=20

  • Mathira, Veena strongly disagree with Malala on her views about marriage

    Pakistan’s Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai has made it to British Vogue‘s July cover. The interview covered her life after academic graduation from Oxford University, her big plans for her future, love and marriage.

    During the interview, Malala raised her concerns about the institution of marriage saying, “I still don’t understand why people have to get married. If you want to have a person in your life, why do you have to sign marriage papers, why can’t it just be a partnership?”

    Veena Malik and Mathira have took to social media to express their opinion on Malala’s comments.

    Mathira shared a news story about Malala’s comments on marriage and wrote, ” If you think having someone as a partner in your life is great then [it is also great] getting your future blessed in a halal way wonderful.”

    In another Instagram story Mathira said, “My vote is for nikkah”.

    “No matter how modern I am, I will always teach my kids to go for nikkah,” she wrote.

    She continued further by stating that despite being divorced she still believes in the institution of marriage.