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  • Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy receives award from British Human Rights Organisation

    Academy Award Winner, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy is being awarded for “inspiring leadership, showing great courage for fellow human beings” through her documentary films. This award was given by The People’s Portfolio, a British Human Rights Organisation.

    The organisation is founded by Platon who is a famous British Portrait and Documentary Photographer. The main objective of this organisation is to create visual art that uses language that breaks any type of barrier, to empower dignity, raise a voice against discrimination, and join the general public to support human rights around the globe.

    This organisation arranges a fundraiser campaign to provide assistance with their future work and other human-related projects. Every year, the personality who contributes in creating exceptional work to raise a voice for human rights is awarded. This time, Pakistani
    Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid is being awarded for her efforts in directorial documentary films about women’s issues and their rights in Pakistan.

    On December 8, the organisation is holding an annual fundraiser at 6 pm EST(December 9 at 4 am as per Pakistan Standard Time, PST) where founder, Platon will celebrate Chinoy achievements and he will also screen his debut short film based on her.

    The donations which will be collected through this event, will help other human rights leaders to raise their voices against violence around the globe.

  • Video: Katrina’s six sisters, family arrive for the grand wedding, Indian media mobs

    Video: Katrina’s six sisters, family arrive for the grand wedding, Indian media mobs

    Bollywood superstar Katrina Kaif’s family has arrived in Mumbai and Jaipur, ahead of her wedding with Vicky Kaushal. Her brother Sebastien Laurent Michel was papped outside the Ek Tha Tiger diva’s house.

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    Vicky and Katrina will tie the knot on December 9 in Rajasthan.

    Katrina’s trainer posted a glimpse of his stay on social media.

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  • ‘Will not spare anyone who uses religion for committing inhuman act’: PM Khan

    ‘Will not spare anyone who uses religion for committing inhuman act’: PM Khan

    Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that from now on, no one will be spared who resorts to violence in the name of religion.

    PM Khan made these comments during an event that was being held in solidarity with Kumara’s family and the Sri Lankan nation and government.

    PM Imran had taken notice of Malik Adnan — Kumara’s colleague who had tried to save his life — and lauded Adnan for his “moral courage and bravery” on Sunday. He had also announced that Adnan would be honoured with the Tamgha-i-Shujaat.

    The ceremony was held to honour Adnan.

    Appreciating the efforts of Adnan, PM Khan said, “Role models are important in the country because people follow them,” adding that “moral power is greater than physical power”.

    “I am sure our youth will remember the way Malik Adnan stood up against those beasts.”

    The prime minister said that he established the Rehmatul-lil-Alameen Authority so that the entire nation could follow in the footsteps of Holy Prophet (PBUH).

    “But we are heading in a different direction,” he said as he called on the nation to read up on the life of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).

    “Our country is the only one that was built in the name of Islam. But this incident has brought us embarrassment,” he said, adding that he received many messages from those living abroad.

    “People who are based overseas do not know what Islam is, and they distance themselves from the religion after seeing such incidents take place.”

  • PM Khan shares Javed Ghamidi video on Instagram, public appreciates

    PM Khan shares Javed Ghamidi video on Instagram, public appreciates

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on his official Instagram account shared a video interview of Islamic scholar Javed Ghamidi.

    Javed Ghamidi is a Pakistani Muslim theologian, Quran scholar, Islamic modernist, and educationist.

    The premier shared an interview of Ghamidi where he is discussing the Sialkot incident at length.

    The general public appreciated the premier sharing the point of view of the moderate scholar.

  • Hania Amir’s Swedish doppelganger shocks her fans

    Hania Amir’s Swedish doppelganger shocks her fans

    The discovery of Actor Hania Amir’s ‘twin’ was made by a Twitter user who goes by thincrustgirl. Turning to Twitter on Monday, the netizen shared a photo from a makeup enthusiast’s account with Instagram username ‘fancymaggot.’

    “Is this realhaniahehe from a parallel universe???” the fan captioned her post.

    Hania’s fans were quick to respond to the viral photo, expressing their disbelief at the uncanny resemblance.

    “Hania is wayyyy more pretty,” wrote one fan while another added: “How do I unsee this,” with shocked emoticons.

    Meanwhile, Hania Aamir is busy promoting her upcoming drama Sang-e-Mah. The Momina Duraid Productions project also stars singer Atif Aslam.

  • Four women stripped naked, paraded, beaten on the accusation of theft

    Four women stripped naked, paraded, beaten on the accusation of theft

    Four women in Faisalabad were stripped naked and were beaten by locals on the accusation of theft. The incident took place on Monday, in Bawa Chak Market where dozens of people locked the women inside an electric shop. The women came there to drink water.

     A first information report (FIR) was registered and the suspects have been charged under sections 354-A (assault or use of criminal force against a woman and stripping her), 509 (insulting modesty or causing sexual harassment), 147 (punishment for rioting) and 149 (unlawful assembly guilty of an offence committed in prosecution of common object) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

     “They continued to beat us for around an hour and made our videos in naked condition,” the complainant said in FIR, as reported by Dawn.

    “The suspects committed gross injustice by stripping us, dragging us through the market and torturing us and strict action should be taken against them,” the complaint’s statement read in the FIR.

    As per reports, no one stopped people from beating the women and many were making videos from their phones. After the video went viral, the police took action against the accused people and arrested five people.

  • PTI trolls Maryam Nawaz’s singing at her son’s festivities, Twitterati react

    Focal person to Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Usman Buzdar shared Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz’s singing video and Twitter suggests that he mocked her for it.

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) social representative Azhar Mashwani took to Twitter and said, “The Sharif family can make a lot of success in video and sound production field. Not bad.”

    https://twitter.com/MashwaniAzhar/status/1468075682890665984?s=20

    Upon his criticism, Twitter users fired back at Mashwani. Human Rights Activist and Lawyer Jibran Nisar said, “Punjab has developed so much, milk canals are flowing, rations are being distributed free of cost, rule of law prevails, no fake encounters, no sit-ins, no violence, so the bored CM’s focal person is commenting on the marriage.”

  • Indian Swara Bhasker condemns mob lynching incident in Sialkot

    Indian Swara Bhasker condemns mob lynching incident in Sialkot

    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!”

    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.

  • ‘Thank you Malala for all that you do,’ US State Department

    ‘Thank you Malala for all that you do,’ US State Department

    Malala Yousafzai met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday.

    “Afghanistan right now is the only country where girls do not have access to secondary education. They are prohibited from learning,” said Malala, who works with female Afghan activists, while standing alongside US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

    Blinken in a tweet wrote, “We discussed the role of girls’ education and how investing in women and girls creates a brighter future. Thank you, Malala, for all that you do.”

    Malala also read a letter from an Afghan girl to US President Biden during a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The letter was written by a 15-year-old Afghan girl named Sotodah. “This is the message of Afghan girls right now: we want to see a world where all girls can have access to safe and quality education,” she said while presenting the letter.

    “We hope that the United States, together with the UN, will take immediate actions to ensure that girls are allowed to go back to their schools as soon as possible,” Yousafzai noted before a private meeting with the secretary.

  • ‘Highly irresponsible and immoral’: Sheikh Rasheed calls out PDM for holding march on Pakistan Day

    ‘Highly irresponsible and immoral’: Sheikh Rasheed calls out PDM for holding march on Pakistan Day

    Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed called out the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) for announcing a long march on March 23, Pakistan Day, as an “extremely irresponsible and immoral” move.

    PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman announced that the Opposition alliance will hold an “anti-inflation march” in Islamabad on March 23.

    “The federal capital is put on high alert for preparations of the parade. Even some roads are barricaded two to three days in advance,” added Sheikh Rasheed.