Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Saad Hussain Rizvi is set to get married this week, reports Roznama 92.
Many important personalities are expected to attend Rizvi’s wedding. Allama Abdul Sattar Saeedi is expected to officiate the nikkah.
Rizvi’s valima (wedding reception) will be held on February 6 in Lahore.
On November 18, Saad Rizvi was released from jail before the death anniversary of his father, i.e. Khadim Hussain Rizvi. On November 7, the government had revoked the ban on TLP.
The New York Times (NYT) has purchased the popular word game ‘Wordle’. The Times reported that Wordle was purchased for “in the low seven figures” from its founder, Josh Wardle. According to the company, new and existing users will be able to play the game for free at first.
Josh Wardle took to Twitter to announce the deal.
“I am incredibly pleased to announce that I’ve reached an agreement with The New York Times for them to take over running Wordle going forward. If you’ve followed along with the story of Wordle, you’ll know that NYT games play a big part in its origins and so this step feels very natural to me,” Wardle wrote on Twitter.
People are concerned whether the game will remain free for the users:
Wordle has caught the attention of Pakistani Twitter for a while now. Miftah Ismail is among the many politicians who regularly shares his Wordle score on Twitter.
More recently, former wife of Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, Jemima Goldsmith, shared her Wordle score on Twitter but the replies to her tweet were not related to the game.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi while addressing the Senate lashed out at Leader of the Opposition Yusuf Raza Gilani.
“I said it yesterday and I am saying it today, he [Gilani] said that I don’t want to be Leader of the Opposition, he was lying. He will stay, he will take back his resignation. He will stick to this chair. This was all a drama,” said Qureshi.
Qureshi said, “I am warning you, honourable members of the Senate, listen and pay attention to what I am saying. Members of the Senate, the Leader of the Opposition is a compromised leader. Don’t rely on him.”
“Don’t you see a seasoned and respected parliamentarian like Raza Rabbani? Don’t you see a respected politician like Sherry Rehman sitting in your rows? He [Gilani] is compromised and a sellout,” said Qureshi.
On Monday, Gilani announced that he had submitted his resignation as Leader of the Opposition to his party. “In the end, I will say that I have already submitted my resignation to my party that I don’t want to be the Leader of the Opposition.”
Actor Humayun Saeed reacted to Indian drama serial copying his famous scene from Meray Pass Tum Ho.
A video of the Indian drama serial which took inspiration from the scene “Do Takkay Ki Aurat”, was shared by a digital news platform.
The Indian scene has many similarities as the Pakistani drama.
Humayun left a comment under the video with sad emoji.
Meray Paas Tum Ho is the highest rated drama of recent years in Pakistan. The drama was headlined by four primary characters essayed by Humayun Saeed, Adnan Siddiqui, Ayeza Khan and Hira Mani.
Former Azad Jammu Kashmir President Masood Khan’s appointment as Pakistan’s ambassador-designate to the United States (US) is being delayed.
Khan was nominated as ambassador to the US in November. He had previously served as Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN in Geneva and New York and as ambassador to China.
Khan was to replace the outgoing ambassador of Pakistan in Washington Asad Majeed Khan.
A former foreign secretary, while speaking to Dawn, said that the State Department took four to six weeks to issue agrément for Pakistani ambassadors in the past.
Another diplomat told the news outlet, “This time they are taking unusually long.”
US President Joe Biden in October 2020 also nominated a new ambassador to Pakistan, Donald Armin Blome, who is said to be an expert on Middle East affairs.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Miftah Ismail said that half of the people in the country think that Maryam Nawaz should be the next prime minister (PM) instead of Shehbaz Sharif.
Miftah, while speaking on a Geo News programme “Jashan-e-Cricket”, said that Nawaz Sharif should not return to the country. He also claimed that PM Imran Khan is not going to complete his tenure because the establishment and the government are not on the same page.
During the show, the former finance minister revealed that nowadays Mohammad Rizwan is his favourite cricketer and that he will support every team Rizwan plays for.
Miftah was asked about the number of ‘Cocomos’ (chocolate-filled round biscuits) in one packet, as his family owns Ismail Industries Limited. The PML-N leader said if they were in power today, the number of Cocomos would have been 5 in one packet (which is currently 4).
Shahzad Iqbal asked Miftah: “Would there be 7 Cocomos if people vote for you in the next elections?”
“Then don’t vote for us,” quipped Miftah.
Miftah Ismail also revealed that former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is a miser. “Even more than me,” said Miftah.
Talking about Hammad Azhar, Miftah said that Hammad is not corrupt.
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has said that the government has launched a massive door-to-door vaccination campaign amid the fifth wave of Covid-19 in the country. Over 35 million Covid-19 shots will be administrated to the citizens during the campaign.
Speaking at a press conference alongside Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan at the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Asad Umar said that in the first phase of the campaign, 55,000 mobile teams will vaccinate people at their homes for the next two months.
The campaign’s first phase would start from today (February 1) and run for two weeks.
“It has been noticed during the current fifth wave of Covid-19 that the people in the areas with high vaccination rates have minor symptoms of the disease,” Asad Umar said.
Dr Faisal Sultan urged people to quit being “lazy” and get a booster shot if they haven’t already.
Pakistan recorded 5,327 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours with 32 people losing their lives to the deadly virus.
The Sindh High Court on Monday stopped the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from taking any action against TikTok star Hareem Shah related to an inquiry on money laundering charges till March 8.
Hareem’s counsel filed an urgent petition against the FIA’s investigation into a money laundering case on behalf of her husband, Syed Bilal Hussain Shah. After which the SHC issued a stay order.
Despite the FIA’s orders freezing the social media celebrity’s bank accounts, Hareem’s lawyer told the court that she wants to help the agency in the investigation but is afraid of being imprisoned when she returns from the United Kingdom.
Hareem would join the investigation as soon as she returns to Pakistan, according to the lawyer.
“No coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner till the next hearing,” the court remarked.
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On Jan 28, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had asked multiple banks to freeze accounts of TikToker Hareem Shah.
The TikToker landed in a legal mess after her latest snack video released on the platform in which she can be seen sitting down with two stacks of British pounds. Showing the money, the social media star said that this was the first time she had carried a “heavy amount” from Pakistan to London.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has recently wished her husband and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik on his 40th birthday. Sania also asked Shoaib to give everyone a complex by looking young.
“Happy Birthday from us to you. May you continue to age backwards and give everyone a complex including me,” wrote Sania on Instagram while sharing a selfie with Shoaib and their son Izhaan.
Shoaib Malik is the most loved cricketer of Pakistan and there is almost no role in a cricket side that Shoaib hasn’t filled. He has played international cricket in each of the last four decades.
The all-rounder has so far represented Pakistan in 446 matches, scoring 11,867 runs. He has taken 218 wickets.
Several colleagues and friends wished the 40-year-‘young’ cricketer on his birthday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) also shared a video featuring some of the best smashes by Pakistan’s star cricketer to wish him a happy birthday.
Senior journalist Saleem Khan Safi, while speaking on Geo News programme, ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath’, said that there was one man who had ruined the politics for many in Pakistan. Safi was giving his analysis on the recent Senate fiasco after the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Amendment Bill 2021 was passed on January 28.
“Zaradri, Nawaz Sharif aur Maulana sub ki siyasat ko aik banday nay fail kar diya hai [One man has led to the failure of Zardari, Nawaz Sharif, and Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman’s politics],” Safi said alluding to Chairman of Senate Sadiq Sanjrani.
Safi went on to say that what happened in Senate on January 28 was a collective failure. “This is the failure of the Opposition that they could not devise a joint strategy against the government. This Opposition does not carry the traits of the Opposition. This entire matter was part of the script. It started with Yusuf Raza Gilani becoming the Leader of the Opposition, to the passing of various bills. Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari was the mastermind behind it all and he was the one who devised this script.”
“Sanjrani is our friend and a respected man. There was a time when he was in charge of the complaint cell in Gilani’s government. Giani played a role in the script prepared by Bilawal and former president Asif Ali Zardari. I will consider Gilani’s resignation as part of the script as well,” added Safi.
Senior journalist Fahd Husain, who also was part of the panel on the show, said, “This is very obvious that the Opposition was given a clear message that they will not block the [SBP Amendment] bill.”
Agreeing with Safi, Husain said that how the events unfolded themselves makes it very obvious that everything that happened was pre-planned. “The way all this happened and the way the people went missing, they did not turn up, I will say that this was done in a rather crude manner. The Opposition should have taken advantage of this scenario and should have said that the government got the bill passed in an illegitimate manner, they [Opposition] have now got all this on themselves.”
Husain further said that what happened in the Senate cannot be fully put on Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). He said that the mistrust built between Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) and PPP over Yusuf Raza Gilani becoming the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate is still there and we are witnessing history repeating itself.
Anchorperson Shahzeb Khanzada asked Safi if the Opposition was a threat to the government. Safi said that the entire fuss of the Opposition was mainly to prove that they actually are the Opposition. Just like Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), all this suits the PPP. If early elections take place, the PPP is of the view that they might not get to rule Sindh as well. “All these marches are just tactics to prove themselves as the Opposition,” said Safi.
“They [Oppostion] have not devised a concrete methodology towards their policies. We are ignoring the role of Sadiq Sanjrani in all this. If Zardari wants to rule completely, he should make Sanjrani chairman instead of Bilawal. If PDM wants success, they should make Sanjrani their leader,” said Safi.