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  • Pakistan denied US the chance to demand air bases: Moeed Yusuf

    Pakistan denied US the chance to demand air bases: Moeed Yusuf

    National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf has said that Pakistan has not given a chance to the United States (US) to demand airbases after withdrawal from Afghanistan, reports The News.

    In an interview with a private news channel, Moeed Yusuf said it was quite understandable that the US would be in search of airbases after leaving Afghanistan.

    He said an article appeared in New York Times about the issue at hand and Pakistan had to clarify its position.

    Yusuf said Pakistan’s position is that it cannot provide airbases to the US.

    In an interview with Jonathan Swan of HBO Axios, Prime Minister Imran Khan reiterated Pakistan’s stance on the use of military bases and categorically stated that Pakistan will “absolutely not” allow the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to use bases on its soil for cross-border counter-terrorism missions after American forces withdraw from Afghanistan.

    Moeed said the New York Times story was not a coincidence as it created an atmosphere and Pakistan had to clarify its position on the issue.

    The NSA said the world should not consider Pakistan ‘free for all’.

    However, earlier this week, a senior western diplomat said that the US has “at no stage or at any level even asked” Pakistan for military bases, as its forces depart from Afghanistan.

    “Nobody in the entire US administration asked for bases, and yet there is so much focus on the issue in Pakistan,” said the official.

  • Abdul Razzaq faces backlash over sexist remarks about a female cricketer

    Former cricketer and all-rounder Abdul Razzaq recently appeared in a TV show hosted by Nauman Ijaz with Pakistan women’s cricket team’s Nida Dar, where he passed sexist comments about her.

    During the show, one of the members interrupted Dar while she was talking about her profession and said that women cricketers leave their profession and get married.

    Abdul Razzaq was quick to jump in, saying, “Oh, they don’t get married.”

    “Their field is as such. When they become cricketers, they strive to be as equal as their male counterparts, if not better than them. They want to prove that not only men, but they can also do it as well. The feeling [to get married] is gone [by the time they excel].”

    “Aap inko hath mila kay dekh lein, yeh larki to nahi lagtein,” said Razzaq. (If you shake her [Dar’s] hand, she is anything but feminine).

    https://twitter.com/emclub77/status/1415197775998951428

    People on social media are calling out Razzaq over his sexist comments.

    https://twitter.com/talkingcurves/status/1415549722450874372

  • Omair Rana blames ‘system’ for ‘DNUTN’ getting lower ratings than ‘Khuda Aur Mohabbat 3’

    Pyar Ke Saqday fame Omair Rana replied to a netizen who expressed her disappointment on drama serial Dil Na Umeed To Nahi getting lower ratings than Khuda Aur Mohabbat 3 in an Instagram story.

    The Aangan star said our current system is unable to differentiate between the ‘Quality and Grade’ of dramas. He wrote, “Because there is a difference between Quality and Grade and our current system is incapable of measuring it.”

    The first episode of Khuda Aur Mohabbat 3 headlined by Iqra Aziz, Feroze Khan and Junaid Khan in lead roles aired on February 12, 2021 and broke all the previous records, including those set by Humayun Saeed’s Meray Paas Tum Ho.

    Featuring Yumna Zaidi, Yasra Rizvi, Wahaj Ali, Nadia Afgan, Naumaan Ijaz, Samiya Mumtaz, and Omair Rana in the lead, Dil Na Umeed Toh Nahi is a harrowing tale of child abuse and human trafficking in Pakistan. Although drama is critically acclaimed, it’s television ratings are considerably low.

    Directed by Kashif Nisar, the script is written by Amna Mufti of Jahez fame.

  • Mahnoor Baloch is set to make her television comeback opposite Faysal Qureshi and Aijaz Aslam

    Mahnoor Baloch is set to make her television comeback opposite Faysal Qureshi and Aijaz Aslam

    Aijaz Aslam and Faysal Qureshi’s duo is set to entertain the audiences in a telefilm together this Eid. Producer Aijaz Aslam has roped in Main Hoon Shahid Afridi diva Mahnoor Baloch.

    The telefilm is titled Ghan Chakkr and will be aired on ARY Digital.

    The stars even shared some quirky BTS moments on social media:

    Written by Misbah Ali Syed, the forthcoming telefilm will release on Eid-ul-Azha. Mahnoor was last seen in Apni Apni Love Story co-starring Aijaz Aslam, Azfar Rehman and Sadaf Kanwal.

  • Did Meghan Markle’s friend Priyanka Chopra snub the royals at Wimbledon?

    Did Meghan Markle’s friend Priyanka Chopra snub the royals at Wimbledon?

    Meghan Markle’s friend and Indian actress Priyanka Chopra royally snubbed Kate Middleton and Prince Willian upon their entry at the Wimbledon. She didn’t even clap for them like the rest of the crowd.

    Read More – Tom Cruise, Priyanka Chopra and Royals spotted at the star-studded Wimbledon finals

    In a newly emerged clip shared by the U.K’s DailyMail on Wednesday, the Baywatch actress appeared to ignore the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as they took their seats to a roaring applause from the crowd for the Women’s Singles Final on Saturday.

    Instead of joining in, the desi girl seemingly fiddled with her scarf. At one point, the Quantico star appeared to look away as the couple mingled with those in attendance.

    The alleged snub made its way to Twitter, where many believed the star was supporting her friend Meghan Markle Indirectly. In March, the Duchess of Sussex, 39, told Oprah Winfrey that the Duchess of Cambridge, 39, made her cry days before she married William’s younger brother Prince Harry in May 2018.

    Some pointed out that the clip is similar to the unearthed video footage from 2018 that showed William, 39, suddenly preoccupied with his own scarf while ignoring Markle, who attempted to speak with her brother-in-law. In that clip, the duke repeatedly fiddled with his attire, ignoring Markle altogether.

    “She got him!” one person tweeted about Chopra. “The revenge of a BFF.”

    https://twitter.com/selg_simp/status/1414966549731893253?s=20

  • Jeweller makes necklaces, rings from teeth of dead loved ones

    Jeweller makes necklaces, rings from teeth of dead loved ones

    A jeweller in Australia is using the remains of dead people including teeth and hair to make rings and necklaces for their grieving families. 

    The 29,-year-old Jacqui Williams, owns Grave Metallum Jewellery which sells handcrafted commemorative pieces to help people deal with the loss of loved ones. 

    As per reports, all pieces are created in her Melbourne studio. Williams, who said she had always been drawn to the ‘morbid’ side of life even as a child, shared some of the stranger requests her customers had made. 

    ‘I [was asked to use] an IUD (intrauterine device) in a piece of jewellery which I did decline due to it being plastic, and turning the bullet casing, from the bullet that a client’s grandfather shot himself with into a piece of jewellery,’ Williams said.

    Jacqui Williams

    The jeweller started taking interest in the grieving process when she lost her best friend a few years ago.

    Williams is a strong believer that loss is easier to deal with when shared.

    ‘I do this work because I want to help people deal with their grief and loss as it’s something that is guaranteed for every living thing,’ Williams said. 

    The custom pieces are made in almost eight weeks and prices range from $350(Rs 55,657) to more than $10,000 (Rs 1,590,201).

  • Pakistan’s Covid positivity rate crosses 5 per cent

    Pakistan’s Covid positivity rate crossed 5 per cent for the first time after nearly two months.

    The current infection rate stands at 5.2 per cent with a continuous spike in the cases.

    National Command and Operation Centre’s (NCOC) data from Thursday shows that 48,910 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours and 2,545 of them came back positive for coronavirus.

    With 47 new fatalities from the virus, the national death tally soared to 22,689.

    NCOC chief Asad Umar warned: “Indian variant has caused devastation in countries in the region.”

    Umar asked everyone to follow the directives necessary in relevance to Covid protocol and said, “Do not risk your own and others lives.”

  • Former President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain passes away at 80

    Former President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain passed away in Karachi on Wednesday. His son, Arsalan Mamnoon, confirmed the news while talking to Geo News.

    Mamnoon Hussain was hospitalised for the last two weeks and was battling cancer.

    He served as the 12th President of Pakistan between September 2013 and September 2018.

    PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz expressed her condolences over the demise of Hussain.

  • US Never Asked For Military Bases In Pak

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  • ‘Time will teach them’: Rabia Butt on skin show of fellow actresses

    Aangan actress Rabia Butt has shared her stance on the controversy regarding women’s choice of clothing. During the interview Rabia commented on the controversy surrounding the choice of clothes of the female celebrities at the Hum Style Awards, said, “How can I say that one should not wear revealing clothes? When I myself in past has done the same thing?”

    She continued by adding that maybe she was naive at that time and now rather than preaching, she tries to implement it in her actions. The model turned actress also talked against the unnecessary criticism of celebrities for their choice of clothing, adding that she is not in the favor of nudity adding that if she cannot watch or do something in front of her family then that conduct is problematic.

    The Pehli Si Mohabat diva concluded her answer by saying that she understood the ‘wrongs’ after a certain amount of time and believes that the ones who are into skin show will avoid doing that once they also get an understanding of the entire spectrum.

    The diva believes that time will teach her contemporaries like it did to her. On the work front, she will be seen next in Kashif Nisar’s directorial.