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  • A wedding photo shoot at King Edward Medical College divides social media

    A wedding photo shoot at King Edward Medical College divides social media

    Two days ago, a tweet criticizing a photographer for photographing a wedding shoot on the grounds of King Edward Medical College went viral on the bird app. The tweep shared a clip of Instagram photographer @naumanclicks showing the couple walking around campus. He shared in a post that students weren’t allowed to roam around grounds or visit the library after 5 pm, terming it unfair that these liberites are granted to outsiders

    In the next tweet, the user continued to criticize the wedding industry for reducing the value and sanctity of historical buildings, as well as the contributions to medical history that colleges like King Edward and Punjab University had provided to Pakistan.

    The post ended with the user sharing an update of a letter that notified students about King Edward administration being aware of the video of the wedding photoshoot, stating that a committee would look into the incident.

    However, social media users were quick to jump in, defending the photographer and the married couple, by pointing out that the blame should entirely fall on the administration for permitting the photo shoot.

    Others had pointed out that university grounds were regularly used for filming movies or wedding photo shoots, and rather than criticizing the couple, the user should have expressed criticism towards the institution for barring students from going out after 5 pm.

    So I think that the lesson we can take from this is to live and let live? Let’s not be selfish and gate keep people from celebrating a happy moment in their lives.

  • Yamaha Pakistan increases bike prices by up to Rs13,500 due to an increase in production costs

    Yamaha Pakistan increases bike prices by up to Rs13,500 due to an increase in production costs

    Yamaha Motor Pakistan on Tuesday announced an increase in the prices of its overall motorcycle lineup owing to an increase in production costs.

    According to a notification made in this respect, the Japanese bike manufacturer raised the price of its five models by up to Rs13,500, with the new rates taking effect on January 4, 2023.

    The price of the YB125 Z model has been increased by Rs12,000 to Rs305,500. The price of the YB125 Z DX model has also been increased to Rs327,000 from Rs314,500, according to Geo.

    Model Old price Retail price excluding tax Sales tax 17 per cent New price Increase
    YB 125Z Rs293,500 Rs261,111 Rs44,389 Rs305,500 Rs12,000
    YB 125Z DX Rs314,500 Rs279.487 Rs47,513 Rs327,000 Rs12,500
    YBR 125 Rs322,500 Rs287,179 Rs48,821 Rs336,000 Rs13,500
    YBR125G Rs336,000 Rs298,718 Rs50,782 Rs349,000 Rs13,500
    YBR 125G
    Matte dark grey    		 Rs339,000 Rs301,282 Rs51,218 Rs352,000 Rs13,500
  • FIA sets eye on YouTuber for allegedly leaking Aamir Liauqat’s private videos

    FIA sets eye on YouTuber for allegedly leaking Aamir Liauqat’s private videos

    The Cybercrime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has decided to call the Lahore-based YouTuber who is accused of leaking compromising footage of the late televangelist Aamir Liaquat, SAMAA has reported.

    The YouTuber will reportedly be asked about the source of the related videos.
    According to report, Fazeel, the suspect, was reportedly Liaquat’s personal secretary and the guardian of all of his video archives. The Cybercrime wing has also decided to question

    Aamir Liaquat’s widow Dania Shah, who is still in police detention in the leaked video case.

  • Stab in the back? PTI, PML-Q’s MPAs contact PML-N’s Opposition ahead of no-confidence against CM Elahi

    Stab in the back? PTI, PML-Q’s MPAs contact PML-N’s Opposition ahead of no-confidence against CM Elahi

    Several members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) have approached the Opposition in Punjab Assembly ahead of the no-confidence session against Chief Minister (CM) Pervaiz Elahi, reports ARY News.

    According to the news outlet, a total of 11 lawmakers contacted the Opposition and they reportedly planned to skip CM Elahi’s trust vote session.

    Earlier, senior Vice President of PTI, Fawad Chaudhry, announced that Elahi will get a vote of confidence from the provincial assembly before January 11.

    Punjab Assembly Speaker Sibtain Khan has already summoned a session of the assembly on Jan 11.

    The magic number required to show a majority in the assembly is 186. However, it has been claimed by PTI that the coalition government in Punjab has the support of 187 lawmakers.

    If the news is to be believed, the joint alliance of Punjab will have the support of 176 members on the day of no-confidence session.

  • ‘Baitho apni kursi par’: Bilawal advises Imran to come back to parliament

    ‘Baitho apni kursi par’: Bilawal advises Imran to come back to parliament

    Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari advised Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday to come back to the Parliament.

    In an address to mark the 15th death anniversary of his mother, former Prime Minister (PM) Benazir Bhutto Shaheed, he said, “This is your last warning. Come back to parliament and sit in your seat. If you call yourself democratic, play your role.”

    Bilawal also offered Khan a dialogue on the matter of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and elections if he comes to parliament.

    Referencing the long marches and protests by PTI, he said that the party’s actions are bad for the people of Pakistan.

    “In any other country, politics and rallies would have come to a halt after the havoc wreaked by the floods. But even in the midst of a catastrophe, the fight for Punjab kept on, and [Imran’s] long march did not stop,” he said.

    Talking about the alarming rise in terrorism, the minister slammed Imran for “bending his knees in front of the terrorists” without asking the public or the parliament.

    Moreover, he claimed that Imran is once again trying to pressurise the establishment to meddle in politics.

    At the start of the address, Bilawal talked about his mother, vowing to take Benazir Shaheed’s mission forward and achieve it within the next 15 years. He urged his supporters to join the party in this mission.

  • ‘Sushant was murdered’: Cooper hospital’s staff member reveals shocking details

    ‘Sushant was murdered’: Cooper hospital’s staff member reveals shocking details

    It’s been more than two years since Sushant Singh Rajput passed away and we continue to come across shocking revelations about this untimely death. On June 14, the actor reportedly hung himself to the ceiling of his Bandra apartment leaving his fans, family, and friends in ultimate shock.

    Ever since SSR’s death, his fans have been trending #JusticeForSSR on Twitter every single day. Not only his fans, even his sisters and close friends have been waiting for justice to be served.

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    Now after 2.5 years of his death, the Cooper hospital’s staff has made a shocking revelation about the actor’s corpse. Reportedly, the person carried out the late autopsy and opened up about what he told his seniors.

    Quoting TV9, Times Now News reported that Roopkumar Shah said, “When Sushant Singh Rajput passed away, we had received five dead bodies in the Cooper Hospital for postmortem. Out of those five bodies, one was a VIP body. When we went to perform a post-mortem, we learned he was Sushant and there were several marks on his body and two to three marks on his neck as well. The postmortem needed to be recorded but higher authorities were asked to only click pics of the body. Hence, we did that as per their order.”

    Sushant Singh Rajput's body didn't appear to be a case of suicide

    “When I saw Sushant’s body for the first time, I quickly informed my seniors that I feel it is not suicide but a murder. I even told them that we should work as per the rules. However, my seniors told me to click pictures as soon as possible and give the body to the cops. Hence, we performed the postmortem in the night only,” revealed Shah further.

    The attendant concluded it by saying, “When I saw Sushant’s body for the first time, I quickly informed my seniors that I feel it is not suicide but a murder. I even told them that we should work as per the rules. However, my seniors told me to click pictures as soon as possible and give the body to the cops. Hence, we performed the postmortem in the night only.”

    Earlier, in 2020, it was reported that All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) doctors, who studied the autopsy report of Sushant Singh Rajput, had found procedural lapses in the report prepared by Cooper Hospital doctors. The hospital’s autopsy report was earlier carried out by a five-member doctors panel.

    Hearing this traumatizing news, Rajput’s sister Shweta Singh Kirti reacted to the claims and asked the CBI to open up the case again and look into the matter.

    Taking it to her Instagram, she wrote: “If there is an ounce of truth to this evidence, we urge CBI to really look into it diligently. We have always believed that you guys will do a fair investigation and let us know the truth. Our heart aches to find no closure as yet. #justiceforsushantsinghrajput.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBe0PU9F4nQ&t=1s

  • ‘Who will wipe my tears’: Twitter reacts to column about ‘General (Bajwa) Sb ki roohani azmatein ‘

    Journalist Javed Chaudhry has written an article about his meeting with Former army chief Gen (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa. In the article he wrote that he met Bajwa on December 22.

    Describing how the former head of the military is spending his time after retirement, Chaudhary paints a very vivid description of the house. He said that General Bajwa’s wife has decorated the home with antiques that she had bought on cheap rates. He specifically remarks on the cleanliness of Bajwa’s house, seemingly impressed by it.

    We find out that the former COAS and his wife are like ordinary married couples, arguing over the AC thermostat.

    Moving on to serious matters, Chaudhary says that General Bajwa considers accepting the extension in his tenure as his biggest mistake and he feels very very sorry for it, but it is true that Imran Khan took this decision without taking him into confidence.

    “Woh chai bohot achi peete hain, cup mein cake rusk dabo kar khate hain aur apni iss saadgi ko enjoy karte hain.”

    The columnist says that he observed that General Bajwa is aggrieved over the narrative of Mir Jafar and Mir Sadiq, the accusations of treason and the narrative of conspiracy. He said that he knows such details about his critics that if he spoke up, they will find nowhere to hide but he does not want to answer them and enjoy retired life with hid twin grandsons.

    Twitter is having all kind of reactions about the column. Have a look at some of them:

  • Honey Singh makes shocking revelations on battling bipolar disorder, alcoholism, body-shaming

    Honey Singh makes shocking revelations on battling bipolar disorder, alcoholism, body-shaming

    Bollywood singer Yo Yo Honey Singh decided to take a long break from the film and music industry a few years back to deal with alcoholism and depression. Although the singer has always been open about his mental health issues. he recently went on to confess that he also faced bipolar disorder.

    In a recent interview, Singh spoke about the reactions he received after his comeback. The singer revealed that his songs were accepted by the people but he was not.

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    In an interview with Siddharth Kanan, Yo Yo Honey Singh said, “When I fell ill a lot of things were going on in life. I had the SLAM tour with Shah Rukh Khan. I had worked on a Star Plus project, I chose its name. I designed it for a year. When the show started, a lot of work was there. I was also doing a Punjabi film. A lot of things were happening. When I collapsed, when I had bipolar disorder and psychotic symptoms on set of Raw Star, maine kaha kuch problem hai mere dimaag mein, kuch hogaya hai. Mereko isko theek karne do (I said there is some problem with my brain, something has happened. I want to fix it).”

    Fat To Fit: अपने पुराने अवतार में लौटे Yo Yo Honey Singh, फोटो देख फैंस बोले- बादशाह अब तेरा क्या होगा?

    He continued, “Mujhe kuch nahi karna, mujhe isko theek karna hai (I don’t want to do anything else, I just want to work on this). It took me five years and I got better. Then, I wanted to make music. But I told my mother, ‘I’m unable to do anything’. She told me, ‘You started as a music producer, start writing beats’.

    “I was making a comeback. Then, my songs became hits but I was facing failures. Mota tha, logo ne kaha, ‘Yeh woh look nahi hai, woh comeback nahi horaha’. Gaana hit horaha tha but mujhe accept nahi karahe the log (I was fat, people said, this isn’t the look, the comeback isn’t happening’. The songs were hits but people were not accepting me),” added the singer.

  • ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ trends in Pakistan after dominating Netflix top ten movies charts

    ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ trends in Pakistan after dominating Netflix top ten movies charts

    Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ has received critical acclaim since its release, and now is trending in Pakistan.
    According to the popular blog Film Updates, the movie is set to dominate the number 1 spot on Netflix platforms across the world. The sequel to the surprise hit ‘Knives Out’, the film follows detective Benoit Blanc to a cruise trip on a private island arranged by tech billionaire Miles Bron where his friends are asked to engage in a murder mystery game.

    According to the popular blog Film Updates, the movie is set to dominate the number 1 spot on Netflix platforms across the world. The sequel to the surprise hit ‘Knives Out’, the film follows detective Benoit Blanc to a cruise trip on a private island arranged by tech billionaire Miles Bron where his friends are asked to engage in a murder mystery game.

    Pakistani users are loving the movie and did not miss out on a chance to make some hilarious memes out of some scenes.
    Like we got a chance of representation, with this user pointing out that Blanc was wearing our very own peshawari chappal in the villa

    https://twitter.com/GuruLahoriSahab/status/1606495446855196672?s=20&t=-uKsxn-I0Az2Yu-NNg4GuA

    While other users put in their own suggestions for who should be cast in Knives Out 3. This user put in Fawad Khan’s name and we will be pushing this agenda as well.

    https://twitter.com/sshireenqasim/status/1607683834929094656?s=20&t=-uKsxn-I0Az2Yu-NNg4GuA

    You can watch the movie ‘Glass Onion’ on Netflix

  • ‘Not a Banana republic’: Ahsan Iqbal hits out at people saying that Pakistan is going to default

    ‘Not a Banana republic’: Ahsan Iqbal hits out at people saying that Pakistan is going to default

    Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal has hit out at speculation that Pakistan is going to default.

    Talking to Geo News’ programme ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada kay Sath‘, he said, “Pakistan is not Africa’s banana republic. We have a large economy. Voices saying that the country is heading towards default shouldn’t come from inside of Pakistan.”

    The federal minister said that when people were saying Pakistan is going to default in two weeks, the coalition government took tough decisions to pull the country out of danger.

    He also took a jibe at the rival party— Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)— accusing the former ruling party of building the narrative that Pakistan is going to default.

    “Even India is not speculating about Pakistan’s financial crisis but PTI and Imran Khan have launched a war against the country,” he pointed out.

    The federal minister also claimed that 80 per cent of Pakistan’s total debt was taken during Imran Khan’s tenure, which the current government has to handle now.

    He reiterated his government’s commitment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme but added that the administration is trying to minimise the burden on people as inflation is already at a historic high and Pakistan has just suffered a natural disaster that caused damages worth $30 billion.