Fiancées Ahsan Mohsin Ikram and Minal Khan were spotted romancing on the streets of Northern Pakistan.
The duo is set to get married on September 10 in Karachi.
The pair made sure that they capture all the moments.
The groom to be is on a shopping spree.
On the work front, Minal is currently featuring in Ishq Hai opposite Danish Taimoor.
Ator Sidharth Shukla passed away on Thursday, an official at the Cooper Hospital revealed that he suffered a massive heart attack early in the morning. He is survived by his mother and two sisters.
As per Pinkvilla, Shehnaaz Gill’s father Santokh Singh told the media, “Shehnaaz ka ro rokar bura haal hai, usne mujhse kaha “usne mere haathon mein dum toda hai. Mere haathon mein woh is duniya ko chhodkar gaya. Ab main kya karungi kaise jeeyungi?”
As per other media reports her father said, “I spoke to her. She is not fine. My son Shehbaaz has left for Mumbai to be with her and I will be going later.” Shehbaaz was later seen visiting Sidharth’s home to meet his family.
“I am not in the condition to talk right now. I cannot believe whatever has happened,” Santokh added.
Last month, Sidharth Shukla and Shehnaaz Gill made back-to-back appearances on TV reality shows Dance Deewane 3 and Bigg Boss OTT. They performed together on the dance reality show judged by Madhuri Dixit.
Asim Riaz, co-contestant of Sidharth in Bigg Boss visited Mumbai’s Cooper Hospital before others while the post-mortem of the Broken But Beautiful star’s body was being done.
Paralympian Haider Ali made the country proud by winning the first-ever gold medal for Pakistan in Paralympics discus throw competition, with a top podium finish in the discus throw event at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics on Friday.
Haider threw a 55.26 metres throw in his fifth attempt out of the total six he made to score the best distance.
The silver medal was bagged by Ukraine’s Zhabnyak with a 52.43 metres throw, while Brazilian Teixeira de Souza won bronze with a 51.86 throw.
Earlier, Haider had won two medals, a silver in Beijing and a Bronze in Rio in the long jump event for Pakistan.
While talking to a local news publication, Ali said that having the uncertainty in training was tough, but then the second set of problems arose with having no support from the government of Pakistan in helping the para-athletes’ travel to Tokyo.
Earlier the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) Media Director Huma Beg had shared that the tickets for the athletes were also bought just a few days before their scheduled arrival in Tokyo. The committee did not have any backing from the government in sending the athletes to the Games, but then the Government of Punjab helped in the end in facilitating the tickets, and most of the preparation was done on self-help basis.
Ali is acutely aware of the fact that Pakistan Government has not played the part that it should have.
Along with Government of Pakistan and Paralympic Pakistan, many congratulated the athlete for his accomplishment.
Soon after his win, Congratulations Pakistan started trending on Twitter and thousands of fans started congratulating him on Pakistani Twitter. Paralympics Pakistan shared a video of Pakistani Hero Ali thanking the people for their wishes.
Actor Sidharth Shukla passed away on Thursday, an official at the Cooper Hospital revealed that he suffered a massive heart attack early in the morning. He is survived by his mother and two sisters.
He was 41, and recently won the thirteen season of Bigg Boss. Hospital Authorities said that he took some medicine before sleeping and didn’t wake up. Later, the hospital confirmed that he passed away due to a heart attack. According to the sources, he was brought dead to the hospital.
He began his career in showbiz as a model and made his acting debut with a lead role in the television show Babul Ka Aangann Chootey Na.
Pakistani actresses took to their Instagram handles to mourn the untimely death of the Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya star.
The Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice, chaired by Senator Syed Ali Zafar, on Wednesday approved the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trail) Bill, 2021 stipulating the formation of special courts to hear rape cases.
The National Assembly passed the bill on June 10 after that it was moved by Law Minister Dr Farogh Naseem on June 15. It will now be tabled in the Senate for approval, as per DAWN.
The bill has the following clauses:
The provision of the virginity test has been removed.
If one is proven guilty, they could face a death sentence, life imprisonment, or undergo chemical castration.
Investigation officials could also face a penalty if they tried to mislead case proceedings in any capacity.
The suspects will be provided facilities to prove their innocence.
Instead of retired ones, serving judges will be appointed to the special courts.
Opposition reaction
PPP’s Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar suggested that the parliament must monitor the performance of special courts means that the legislature could make changes to the law if issues continue to transpire.
His party mate Raza Rabbani said he didn’t believe that constitution of special courts was required for hearing rape cases.
Furthermore, Azam Nazeer Tarar of the PML-N said similar courts were also established in the past, but they didn’t very helpful.
Prior to this last year after the motorway incident, President Arif Alvi approved the anti-rape ordinance and had said that special courts would be established throughout the country for speedy trials of sexual assault suspects. The courts would have to wrap up the cases within four months.
PML-N Vice President, Maryam Nawaz and Captain (R) Muhammad Safdar’s son Junaid Safdar, in an exclusive conversation with The Current has revealed that his remaining marriage ceremonies will take place in Pakistan. The dates have not been finalised yet but it is expected that the wedding festivities will take place in December.
“Rukhsati and Valima will be in Islamabad/Lahore once dates are finalised,” he said. Junaid did not reveal his honeymoon plans, saying, “I think we will decide post December once all other marriage ceremonies take place in Pakistan.”
A meme has been doing the rounds on social media comparing Junaid Safdar’s transformation with Hrithik Roshan’s character Rohan, from Karan Johar’s Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham.
The Current asked its followers whose transformation they like more, Hritikh’s or Safdar’s? 56 percent voted for Junaid.
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The Current reached out to Junaid Safdar to find out how he feeling about all the memes comparing him to Hrithik, to which Junaid replied, ” I love it, gives us all of us something to celebrate…Ayesha and I had a good laugh Alhumdullilah”.
Junaid further added that his favorite movie is Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and he enjoys Farhan Akhtar’s films.
Singer Asim Azhar is celebrating eight years in the music industry with a special montage video and the hashtag #8YearsOfAsimAzhar on social media.
The Jo Tu Na Mila Muje singer took to Instagram late on Wednesday to share a montage with clips from his music videos and several other performances, saying “Wow. 8 years??? I swear it feels like yesterday.”
He went on to pen a long, heartfelt note marking the feat, sharing that the passage of time and his fans’ love through the years has left him “speechless”.
“Shukriya aap sab ka meri zindagi ka hissa banne ke liye (Thank you all for being a part of my life). I can’t thank my fans enough for doing all of this,” he added.
Asim also thanked his fans for the trends on social media.
Meanwhile, actors Fahad Mustafa and Sami Khan congratulated the Tum Tum singer for completing eight years.
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry accused Dawn media group of being part of an international conspiracy against Pakistan.
When anchorperson Absa Komal asked Fawad about media freedom in Pakistan and for an update on the investigation related to recent attacks on journalists in Islamabad, Fawad dodged the question and said, “Your institution [Dawn] is an active participant of an international conspiracy theory which works against Pakistan.” Fawad appeared on ‘News Eye with Absa Komal’ on Dawn News.
“Your institution propagates an environment that works against the country, trying to take things out of context.”
“Human Rights Watch (HRW) has written an entire article on PMDA and it says that there is five-year prosecution. When we inquired about it from HRW, they said it was entirely based on [Dawn’s] editorial,” said Fawad.
Twitter reacted to the minister’s statement against Dawn.
Journalist Benazir Shah tweeted, “The Info. Minister accuses Dawn of being part of an ‘international conspiracy’ to defame Pakistan, without presenting a shred of evidence to support his claim. On the other hand, there is enough evidence of increasing censorship against media.”
Lawyer Aftab Alam questioned, “If govt is serious about media regulatory reforms, why is it keeping the process secret? Why not putting ‘Bill’ on the official page of @GovtofPakistan and sharing with stakeholders?”
Another Twitter user wrote, “A journalist has a genuine concern? – Instead of addressing it just accuse them of being anti-state and dodge the question. This way you save yourself the embarrassment of giving a proper clarification which you clearly don’t have.”
Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari, while presenting a report on the Minar-e-Pakistan incident to the Senate Standing Committee on Human Rights, has said that there should be a specific time slot for women to visit parks and men should not be allowed in during that time.
“Why are restrictions being imposed on women?” questioned Mazari.
“It has been observed that most of the problems are caused by the youth. Curbs should be imposed on them to teach the youth a lesson,” she added.
In an update on the case, three suspects have confessed to assaulting Ayesha Akram at Minar-e-Pakistan. In addition, a total of five suspects have been identified by Ayesha Akram, Geo News has reported.
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Ayesha Akram was attacked by 400 men on August 14 when she was trying to record a video with four friends to celebrate Independence Day.
Actor Ayesha Omar has posted a lengthy note on Instagram, shedding light on a throwback moment from her 2020’s Dubai trip.
“My heart was heavy and my mind was a mess, while posing for these. Instagram is never a reflection of reality. You can never tell what’s actually going on in someone’s head or life by what you see in a photo. Sanya and I both were going through terrible times, but we made it through, and came out stronger and softer,” wrote the Zindagi Gulzar Hai star.
“Today, I’m grateful for so much. The list is endless. But especially for all the love and support I get from all of you.. through my good times and bad, through my highs and lows… thank you, all of you. I’m just so grateful. Everyday,” Ayesha concluded.
Paris Hilton was quick to extend her support to Ayesha.
The lead vocalist of Romanian popstar band Akcent Adrian Claudiu Sînă also left a heart emoji under the Bulbulay diva’s post.
