A-List female celebrities Sajal Aly, Mahira Khan and Ayesha Omar took to their Instagram stories to post a statement by Saadat Hasan Manto. The quote describes the lusty behaviour of men towards women, it metaphorically terms a man as a hungry dog.
The statement endorses the idea that most men only respect the women of their house.
Blockbuster filmmaker Nadeem Baig also posted the same picture.
These posts have been shared in the light of recent crimes against women in Pakistan.
Actor Alizeh Shah got trolled on Instagram under the comment section of her latest pictorial outing.
The Ehad-e-Wafa star experimented by posting two pictures with a unique filter and herself draped in a black shawl.
She recently shared her stance on plight of women in Pakistan. The Daldal diva took to her Instagram stories to ask a few heartfelt questions on the country’s 75th Independence Day. She stated that the real independence seems to be of the rapists as they are roaming free on the roads.
On the work front, she will be seen next in Lekin opposite Ali Rehman Khan and Khushal Khan.
Women’s Action Forum (WAF) has condemned the “reprehensible attack” at Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore. The statement of condemnation came a day after FIR was registered against 400 unidentified men for assaulting a woman.
“This is yet another painful reminder that women and girls are not safe in Pakistan, and that public spaces are increasingly becoming breeding grounds for harassment, violence, and abuse inflicted upon women. We are horrified by the inhumane behaviour the men at Minar-e-Pakistan displayed and that too on Independence day, which reflects the free reign men in this country possess to behave violently without facing any form of accountability,” the press release shared by the forum stated.
The statement also shed light on the irresponsible reporting of the incident by the local media. “Interviews given by the survivor on digital media has clearly shown how trauma is also being used to create sensationalism and it is important to remember that clips of her being mass groped may continue to haunt her in years to come.”
The forum called on Chief Minister of Punjab Usman Buzdar, IGP Punjab Inam Ghani and DC Mudassir Riaz Malik “for their blatant neglect towards women’s safety in public spaces, and for failing to provide the adequate measures that should have been in place to prevent such a dreadful incident from occurring.”
WAF is a non-partisan, non-hierarchical and non-funded women’s rights group.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday said that it had welcomed President Ashraf Ghani and his family into the country on humanitarian grounds.
It still remains unclear whether Ghani flew directly to the UAE or was at another location since he left Kabul on Sunday.
Ashraf left a note for his countrymen on social media, stating, “The Taliban have made it to remove me, they are here to attack all Kabul and the people of Kabul. In order to avoid the bleeding flood, I thought it was best to get out.”
“Taliban have won the judgement of swords and guns and now they are responsible for protecting the countrymen’s honour, wealth, and self-esteem. Didn’t they win the legitimacy of hearts,” wrote Ashraf Ghani.
Initially, he did not say where he had travelled to, but leading Afghan media group Tolo News suggested he had gone to Tajikistan.
The Russian embassy in Kabul alleged on Monday that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country with four cars and a helicopter full of cash and had to leave some money behind as it would not all fit in, Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti reported.
Actor Nimra Khan has finally addressed the divorce controversy after her ex-husband passed derogatory comments about her in a live session. The Blind Love star stated in an Instagram live session that welcoming a divorced daughter is better than welcoming her dead body.
She broke down during the session and mentioned that apart from her health, she does not want to talk about anything that is being speculating about her these days.
She revealed further that she has been unwell lately as she had a stone in her urethra. The Bhool actor requested parents to encourage their daughters to stand up against atrocities and oppression.
A recently surfaced video shows a woman being sexually assaulted by a large group of men at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore on 14 August, Pakistan’s independence day. The incident has been confirmed after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered.
The FIR was registered under sections 354 A, 382, 147 and 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code against hundreds of unidentified persons for assaulting and stealing from a female TikToker and at least five other people, Dawn has reported.
The Yeh Dil Mera star took to her Instagram stories to question the mob’s attack on the innocent woman. She also wants the governement to punish the culprits in order to set an example.
On the work front, Sajal will be seen next in Nabeel Qureshi’s feature film, Khel Khel Mein co-starring Bilal Abbas Khan.
A recently surfaced video shows a woman being sexually assaulted by a large group of men at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore on 14 August, Pakistan’s independence day. The incident has been confirmed after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered.
The FIR was registered under sections 354 A, 382, 147 and 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code against hundreds of unidentified persons for assaulting and stealing from a female TikToker and at least five other people, Dawn has reported.
Actor Aagha Ali took to his Instagram stories to condemn the heinous act and expressed his disappointment on the state of affairs with an extensive note.
Senior director Mehreen Jabbar urged netizens to not use the word ‘animal’ for these molesters as that is derogatory for animals.
On the work front, Aagha’s forthcoming web film, Raat will be released soon co-starring his wife Hina Altaf.
As Pakistan joins a regional startup financing boom, Airlift Technologies Pvt. has raised the biggest single private investment round in the country’s history, ahead of plans to enter international markets.
As per details, with involvement from former Y Combinator president Sam Altman, the Lahore-based online retail delivery company received $85 million in Series B funding headed by Harry Stebbings of 20VC and Josh Buckley of Buckley Ventures Ltd. According to a data tracker from venture capitalist firm Invest2Innovate, it would be the largest-ever investment for a Pakistani company.
Pakistan is “in the very early stages, but the transformation is happening very, very quickly and we are seeing a shift in behavior,” Airlift co-founder Usman Gul said in an interview. “We have a lot of people who previously didn’t shop online.”
The investment in Pakistan, a country with a population of more than 200 million people and a nascent digital sector, parallels a surge of investment over the border in India.
According to Invest2Innovate statistics, Pakistani entrepreneurs, most of which are focused on e-commerce, raised a record $101 million in the first half of this year, compared to $66 million in all of 2020. That still pales in comparison to its neighbor, where technology companies made a record $6.3 billion in the second quarter.
The investment comes after Airlift switched to e-commerce with 30-minute shipping in September after the epidemic forced them to abandon their primary business of providing air-conditioned bus trips. It joins a very competitive market across the globe, where supermarkets and e-commerce companies like Dunzo, Gorillas, Getir, and GoPuff compete for fast deliveries in congested areas ranging from Delhi to New York and London.
The total money raised by Pakistani startups in the first half of the year is equal to the amount raised by Airlift. According to statistics collected by Bloomberg, it also surpasses the biggest initial public offering by the private sector in the United States.
It now intends to expand to 15 Pakistani cities by the end of the year, up from the existing eight. It’s also on a recruiting frenzy, with ambitions to increase its core staff to 400 people by the end of next year, according to Gul. In approximately three months, the firm plans to join a growing market abroad.
“Very quickly we realised that the distribution of consumer goods was quite broken,” he said. “I ordered groceries and had to wait six hours to get that delivery. So we wanted to change that.”
Actor Aiman Khan has endorsed Hamza Ali Abbasi’s stance on four marriages in Islam, that the Pyaray Afzal star stated in a recent interview.
Aiman shared a clip of her Mann Mayal co-star on Instagram stories in which he was talking about his views on the four marriages in Islam.
“The Ayah about four marriages in Islam has come under specific extraordinary conditions. I think the Ayah came after War of Uhad when the women and children were despondent on streets and there were no social institutions to look after them,” said Hamza in the interview while explaining his understandings of Surah e Uhud.
The Jawani Phir Nahi Aani star further said that by Allah’s command, men at that time were asked to take care of the orphans and marry their mothers.
The Alif star went on to remind the host that the scripture also mentions that doing justice to multiple wives is very unlikely so it is advisable to marry only once.