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  • Is Mohsin Abbas Haider getting married again?

    Is Mohsin Abbas Haider getting married again?

    Mohsin Abbas Haider, who was only last month accused of domestically abusing and cheating on his wife, is reportedly tying the knot with Nazish Jahangir. Nazish is the same woman with whom Mohsin’s wife, Fatima, had accused of having an affair.

    The speculations came to light when a fan page in a social media post referred to Nazish and Mohsin as the “Best couple soon.” Under the picture, Nazish commented, “Soon inshaAllah.”

    Mohsin proceeded to like Nazish’s comments fueling rise to speculations that the two may indeed be tying the knot.

    In an explosive account posted to social media on July 21, Mohsin’s wife, Fatema Sohail, had come forward with accusations of cheating and domestic abuse against the actor-singer. Fatema alleged that in November 2018, she caught Mohsin cheating on her and when she confronted him, “instead of being embarrassed he started beating” her even though she was pregnant at that time. Luckily her child survived and Fatema said that she moved past the incident for the sake of her child. She continued that her childbirth was a complicated process but Mohsin never supported her and was instead, busy having an affair with an emerging model.

    At that time, Nazish had denied all the allegations and said that was being unnecessarily dragged into the couple’s marital issues. She said that the entire episode left her mentally shattered and she has no idea why Fatema dragged into this, especially because she considered Fatema to be a friend and well-wisher.

    Mohsin and Fatema tied the knot in 2015. Their son Haider was born earlier this year in May.

  • You’ll be surprised to know who’s a fan of the Butterfly

    You’ll be surprised to know who’s a fan of the Butterfly

    The Diary of a Social Butterfly, a regular feature in The Friday Times, by Moni Mohsin gives us the comic relief we so often need. The Butterfly was such a smashing hit that Moni wrote three books – The Diary of a Social Butterfly, Tender Hooks and The Return of the Butterfly – on her adventures.

    While all of us here in Pakistan are big fans of the character and the books, it turns out that the Butterfly is winning hearts across the border as well. Wonder what she has to say on that.

    Former Bollywood actor and author Twinkle Khanna is a fan of Moni Mohsin’s Tender Hooks and she took to social media to praise the book.

    Twinkle herself has authored three bestsellers: Mrs Funnybones, The Legend Of Lakshmi Prasad and Pyjamas Are Forgiving.

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    Tender Hooks follows the Butterfly as she “schemes her way through shaadis, GTs (oho baba, Get Togethers!), and kitty parties trying to find a suitable girl from the right bagground,” for her divorced cousin Jokers.

  • Samundar Katha Lake is KP’s latest tourist hotspot

    Samundar Katha Lake is KP’s latest tourist hotspot

    The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has opened a new tourist spot in to promote tourism in the country.

    Samundar Katha Lake, near Barra Gali, has been created artificially among mountains. Tourists can enjoy speed boats, zip-lining, and horse riding there. Many tourists from all over the country have already started visiting.

    After Governor House Murree, Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced to open Governor House Nathiagali for the general public in a bid to generate revenue to help maintain these historic buildings. The eight-room historical building is spread over 76 kanals and is situated 7,922 feet above sea level. You can book a room in the building for Rs 40,000/night.

  • McDonald’s faces flak for serving halal meat in India

    McDonald’s faces flak for serving halal meat in India

    After food delivery platform Zomato, McDonald’s India is now facing a major backlash over serving Halal meat to its customers.

    A Twitter user asked McDonald’s India whether their restaurants are Halal certified, the company said it does serve Halal meat to its customers.

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    Soon after this, the hashtag #BoycottMcdonalds began to trend on Twitter.

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    Some people also came out in support of the food chain.

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    In a similar incident, Zomato faced flak after it said that food doesn’t have any religion while responding to a customer who refused to accept an order delivered by a Muslim delivery guy.

  • No corruption found in Rawalpindi-Islamabad metro project

    No corruption found in Rawalpindi-Islamabad metro project

    An audit by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) into the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus Service has failed to find any irregularities in the process of the project’s development, The Express Tribune reported Monday.

    According to reports, a team led by Punjab Works director-general (DG) conducted the audit, and PAC has so far reviewed some 53 audit papers while the Special Departmental Accounts Committee (SDAC) has reviewed around 97.

    However, the authorities have found no evidence of corruption so far.

    The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led government last year in September had ordered the audit of all the metro bus projects started by the former ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi-Islamabad.

    Jailed ex-prime minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif had laid the foundation of the 23 km project in March 2014.

    The project in twin cities initially was estimated to cost Rs44.8 billion, however, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) had revised the cost of project downwards by Rs285.4 million to Rs44.56 billion.

  • Hamza Ali Abbasi & Naimal Khawar’s simple wedding has won the internet

    Hamza Ali Abbasi & Naimal Khawar’s simple wedding has won the internet

    Pakistan’s IT bachelor (former bachelor now) Hamza Ali Abbasi tied the knot with fellow actor Naimal Khawar in a white, afternoon wedding in Islamabad on Sunday. Needless to say, pictures and videos from the event went viral within minutes and the simple, intimate wedding won everyone’s hearts.

    Have a look at some HD pictures here courtesy Maha’s Photography.

    Pakistanis on social media couldn’t help but praise the simpleness of the wedding and the fact that the bride chose to wear her mother’s bridal clothes and jewellery.

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    Meanwhile, congratulations began to pour in for the happy couple.

  • Man striving for Jinnah’s Pakistan passes away at 90

    Man striving for Jinnah’s Pakistan passes away at 90

    Lahore’s 90-year-old Ikramul Haque, who stood all alone at Liberty Roundabout with a poster stating “Humein Jinnah ka Pakistan chahiye [We want Jinnah’s Pakistan]” for the past six years, has passed away, Dawn reported.

    Known as “the old Jinnah man”, Haque stood at the roundabout every Tuesday. Passing away last Friday, his funeral prayers were held on Sunday at 5 pm at 112/5 F Model Town.

    He had been part of the Pakistan Movement as a student from 1944 to 1948 and was a member of the Muslim Students Federation of Dayal Singh College.

    Haque strongly believed in and advocated Quaide Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s vision of Pakistan that was not a theocratic state, rather it was about the Muslims, who were a minority in India, and their basic rights.

    He started standing at the Liberty Roundabout in 2013 after growing terrorism and extremism in the country.

    Starting his career as a junior clerk at the Caltex Oil Company in Karachi, he retired as managing director of National Fertiliser Marketing Limited. Haque has left behind a wife and three sons.

  • Saudi Arabia, Palestine, UAE among six Muslim states that awarded Modi with high civilian awards

    Saudi Arabia, Palestine, UAE among six Muslim states that awarded Modi with high civilian awards

    Despite the crisis in occupied Kashmir and after the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain has also conferred upon Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi its top award, “The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance”.

    While the Modi-led government paves way for a Muslim genocide in the troubled valley, India’s relations with Islamic nations are better than ever before.

    Several other Islamic nations also honoured Modi with their high civilian award in the recent past. Here’s a list of awards the Indian premier has been conferred with by Muslim-majority countries:

    The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance, Bahrain – August 2019

    Order of Zayed, UAE’s highest civilian award – August 2019

    Grand Collar of the State of Palestine – February 2018

    Amir Amanullah Khan Award, Afghanistan – June 2016

    King Abdulaziz Sash Award, Saudi Arabia – April 2016

    Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen, Maldives – June 2019

    Both recent awards have led to an uproar as a human rights crisis brews in Muslim-majority occupied Kashmir with New Delhi continuing its clampdown in the disputed territory.

  • Punjab govt removes name of Hamid Mir’s father from underpass

    Punjab govt removes name of Hamid Mir’s father from underpass

    The Punjab government has renamed the Waris Mir Underpass on the provincial capital’s Canal Bank Road near the Punjab University (PU), where the late writer and intellectual taught journalism for about 25 years.

    The name of Waris Mir, a Hilale Imtiaz recipient, was removed from the underpass on Saturday and renamed the Kashmir Underpass in a sudden and mysterious move that has been condemned by the Waris Mir Foundation.

    Senior journalist and anchorperson Hamid Mir’s father, Waris, taught for 30 years at the PU’s Mass Communication Department.

    He was not the only one to be honoured by the state in March 2013, since all newly-constructed underpasses, which tallied up to more than a dozen across the city, were named after outstanding intellectuals and prominent personalities, including Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Ashfaq Ahmed, Habib Jalib, Justice A R Cornelius, Ustad Daman, Chaudhry Rehmat Ali, Khushaal Khan Khatak, Liaqat Ali Khan, Chakare Azam Rind, Justice A R Kiyani and Patras Bokhari.

    The names had been decided through a procedure in several meetings of the City District Government, headed by a former judge of the Supreme Court (SC).

    Commenting on the move, Waris Mir Foundation spokesperson said “it was nothing but an act of aversion, not against Waris Mir alone, but a sequence of hatred and uncalled-for enmity towards the Pakistani media, in general, which seems to be a line of action of the government”.

    “This act, in general, has only been secretly carried out to hurt the sentiments of hundreds of Waris Mir’s students, readers and his posterity,” the spokesperson added.

  • Boxer Amir Khan is going to the Line of Control

    Boxer Amir Khan is going to the Line of Control

    Acclaimed British-Pakistani boxer Amir Khan has announced that he will be visiting the Line of Control to highlight the ongoing Indian aggression in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK).

    Khan in a tweet shared that Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor was giving him the opportunity to visit the LoC.

    The boxer also posted a video message calling for peace.

    “This trip to Kashmir will be for peace,” Khan said. “I see that there are a lot of problems there… a lot of innocent people are being killed and injured.”

    The boxer also praised the Pakistan Army for “doing a great job” and said he wants to go to Kashmir on behalf of the Amir Khan Foundation and express his support for the people there.

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    Ever since India revoked Article 370 which granted special status to IoK, tensions between the two neighbouring countries have reached an all-time high. Pakistan has demanded the UN take immediate notice of the deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied valley and play its role in relieving the Kashmiris from the Indian atrocities they have been facing for the last 20 days.