Actor Sarwat Gillani is on the receiving end of criticism after her pictures from the sets of Time out with Ahsan Khan went viral on social media. Many netizens trolled her for wearing a ‘supposed’ revealing Saree.
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On the work front, Sarwat will be seen next in ace director Mehreen Jabbar’s web project co-starring Zahid Ahmed.
Activist Omaid Sharifi took to Twitter to share how the Taliban have started painting over murals in Afghanistan.
He tweeted, “And it begun. The Taliban have started painting over our murals.”
They started with the historic one that marked the signing of #DohaDeal. #BaradarKhalilzadMural is no more. Instead, the black and white message says don’t trust the enemy’s propaganda, quoting Mullah Haibatullah,” read the tweet.
Twitter reacted when Omaid shared the pictures on the platform.
Journalist Magda Gad tweeted, “Staden förändras varje dag [The city changes every day].”
Journalist Amie Ferris-Rotman tweeted, “First they whitewashed images of women. Now they’re going for the art.”
A Twitter user wrote, “These Taliban terrorists are intent on destroying joy. They want to extinguish everything that makes us human.”
Journalist Lyse Doucet tweeted, “The face of the city is changing .. the colour and character of #Kabul erased #Afghanistan.”
Prior to this, images of women were covered up or vandalised on storefronts around Kabul. One of the salons in Kabul was whitewashed to cover up advertisements pasted on its outdoor walls, showing the faces of smiling women in bridal regalia.
Politician Sharmila Faruqi has commented under Iqra Aziz’s post featuring Yasir Hussain and their son Kabir.
“I’m so glad your husband is hands on but it’s nothing to be proud of or anything special, all good, involved fathers do this for their kids. My husband bathes, changes diapers, feeds and takes our son for his pre-school if I’m at work or unwell. And he loves it,” said Sharmila.
Taking to Instagram Stories, the Khamoshi star shared a picture of Yasir in which he was changing Kabir’s diaper.
“A pamper and clothing change session before leaving for work,” wrote Iqra.
The Khuda Aur Mohabbat 3 actor went on to say, “P.S. he changed kabir’s clothes for the first time, I am so proud of you @yasir.hussain131 you’ve helped me so much in this new phase of my motherhood from pamper changes to holding him while i rest for a bit, and making me breakfasts.’
Commenting under the picture, the Baandhi actor wrote: “Pata hota toh koi acha pose banata.”
While actor Sadia Ghaffar wrote: “MASHAA ALLAH! Only a good son can be a good husband and father for Kabir.”
The wedding festivities of Minal Khan and Ahsan Mohsin Ikram are on full swing The actor has started the wedding festivities with a Payjama themed Bridal shower. Jalan star’s sister Aiman Khan, Kinza Hashmi and Saboor Aly were present at the event among other friends.
The pictures from the Bridal shower have gone viral on social media.
On the work front, Minal is currently featuring in Ishq Hai opposite Danish Taimoor.
The United States (US) State Department distances itself from former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s claim that 10-15,000 Pakistanis had joined the Taliban attack on Kabul, reported Dawn.
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price, when asked to comment on Ghani’s claim, said, “I’m just not in a position to comment on that, to confirm those reports.”
“If we have anything more, we’ll provide it,” said Price when asked if he would comment on another claim that the Taliban forces now in Kabul include foreign troops.
“We’re enormously grateful to the huge network of countries that have provided critical assistance for our evacuation efforts,” said Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland.
Praising the countries, she named Pakistan, Kuwait, Qatar, Turkey, and the UAE among the countries that supported the evacuation. She also named America’s key European allies – Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and others – “who have helped transit Americans and others to safety”.
“Our close coordination with our allies and partners remains critical both on evacuation and relocation, but also as we begin to scope our ongoing relationship with the Afghan people and with the Taliban,” she said.
Pakistani actor Feroze Khan has finally addressed the social media speculations about his ‘Sheikh’ or spiritual scholar.
The host, Tabish Hashmi jokingly said that he wants Feroze to be his Sheikh after knowing that he is such a nice person. The Chup Raho star was quick to stop him and warned the host to not joke about it.
The Ishqiya star appeared on Tabish Hashmi’s show, To Be Honest and said, “Ye bhi Sheikh ne bola wo bhi Sheikh ne bola. This is not a joke. This is my personal thing and it was stupid of me to share it on media. You don’t direct someone like that. I respect that person.”
“This is sensitive and very personal to me,” he added.
Earlier, the Khaani actor in an interview with Something Haute, said, “My Sheikh ordered me not to quit showbiz.” Elaborating further, he explained how his mentor believed the industry was a medium to spread the message of religion.
On the work front, Feroze can currently be seen in Geo TV’s Khuda Aur Mohabbat 3 opposite Iqra Aziz.
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said in an official statement that at least six people were hurt in a knife incident at a supermarket in Auckland, Al Jazeera has reported. The attacker was killed within 60 seconds after beginning the attack, she said. Ardern further added that the had been inspired by the ISIS group.
“It was hateful, it was wrong. It was carried out by an individual, not a faith,” Ardern said. She described the attacker as a Sri Lankan national who arrived in New Zealand in 2011. “He alone carries the responsibility for these acts.”
Police Commissioner Andrew Coster said the man was acting alone and police were confident there was no further threat to the public, Reuters has reported.
“We were doing absolutely everything possible to monitor him and indeed the fact that we were able to intervene so quickly, in roughly 60 seconds, shows just how closely we were watching him,” Coster said.
Videos of panicked people in the shopping mall after the attack has gone viral on social media.
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry faced a hard time in the committee as members demanded to see the draft law of the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA), reported Kalbe Ali for Dawn.
Spokesperson of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Marriyum Aurangzeb, demanded that the draft of the law should be presented for the establishment of the authority instead of a verbal briefing by the minister.
Adding to her point, Aurangzeb said, “The attitude of the information minister was dictatorial.”
Fawad Chaudhry said that some people did not want to have any regulations in the media industry, adding that Pakistan cannot turn a blind eye to conspiracies being formulated against it.
“It is important to regulate the media,” the minister said, adding: “We have studied the laws of the United Kingdom (UK), India, Australia, Singapore, and European nations before formulating the draft PMDA law.”
“But most of all, there will be no compromise over the rights of media workers and against floating of fake news and there was a severe pressure against the Authority regarding these two things,” said Fawad.
After reflection on the proposed PMDA, the chairman of the committee PML-N’s Mian Javed Latif decided to form a subcommittee, which will be headed by Aurangzeb with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Kanwal Shauzab and Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Nafisa Shah as its members.
Senior Journalist and Talk Show Host Saleem Safi, while speaking to The Current, revealed that he has a banned list for his show ‘Jirga’ on Geo News.
“I have a ‘banned list’ on my show and I am very particular who I call on my show,” said Safi.
The banned list includes Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) Dr Shahbaz Gill, Chairman Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Shehryar Afridi, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan and Minister for Prisons, Punjab, as Official Spokesperson for the Government of Punjab, Fayaz-ul-Hassan Chohan. From Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, the list includes (PML-N) Talal Chaudhry and MNA Javed Latif.
“I do not shake hands with SAPM Dr Shahbaz Gill and Minister of Science and Technology, Shibli Faraz,” added Safi.
“Provide me with proof that my team or I contacted or called any of these people on my show, and I am ready to face the consequences,” said Safi.
Clarifying his stance, Safi informed The Current, “I did not call Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on my show till he became a minister. It became a necessity to call him then.”
Safi’s comments come after Fawad Chaudhry commented on the former’s program, saying that, “Meray elawa apka koi phone nahi uthata [No one attends your call except for me]”
To which Safi replied, “Meiny kisi aur ko phone kiya hi nahi hai kabi [ I have not called any one before].”
Newly hired medical superintendent of the Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH) Dr Muhammad Younus Warraich has banned jeans in the hospital and made dupatta or scarf mandatory for the women medical officers (WMOs) and paramedics, Majeed Gill reported for Dawn.
The new dress code has been introduced reportedly by the new head of the hospital to ‘preach Islam and reform the society’.
A notification signed by Mr Warraich, titled as, DRESS CODE RULES IN B.V. HOSPITAL BAHAWALPUR PREMISES consisted of two categories of ‘ALLOWED’ and ‘NOT ALLOWED’.
The letter gives the list of the dresses, which are not permitted in the hospital. It includes “jeans/tights (but only with knee-length shirt), high-up trousers/capri above ankle, tight fitted clothes, see-through clothes, heavy/tacky bangles or rings, sleeveless/half sleeves clothes, heavy make-up (especially dark lipsticks), untied long hair, high heels (making loud sounds and turning heads of everyone), extreme hairstyles (especially high buns like the hump of camels), low neckline (front and back), nail paint on long nails, slippers and anklets (Pazaib)”.
The “ALLOWED” category includes, “shalwar kameez or trousers with long shirts, dupatta/scarf, minimal jewelry like studs/tops, simple ring, or a chain with locket, sleeves below the elbow, lab coat (compulsory in hospital premises), maternity gowns/suitable dresses (during antenatal period) and scrubs with long sleeves that can be folded for females”.
It is notable that the code looks to be mostly women-centric.
Talking to Dawn, Mr Warraich confirmed that lab coats and maternity gowns during operations are now necessary on the hospital premises along with dupatta/scarf with minimum jewellery for women medical officers. Explaining the move, he said the step had been taken to preach Islam, promote religious values and reform society.