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  • Shehbaz Sharif was the best administrator ever: Shahid Afridi

    Shehbaz Sharif was the best administrator ever: Shahid Afridi

    Former cricketing star Shahid Afridi has said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Shehbaz Sharif was the “best administrator ever”.

    Speaking to a private media outlet, Afridi said that “no one could beat Shehbaz when it came to administrative capabilities”, when asked if incumbent Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar was better than his predecessor.

    Last week, the hashtag “#PunjabMissesShehbazSharif” was among the ones trending on Twitter as several users praised the former Punjab chief executive for the actions he took during his tenure.

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    One user even tweeted that Punjab had “betrayed Shehbaz Sharif”.

    Shehbaz was appointed Punjab CM for a second term after the PML-N’s victory in the province in the 2008 general elections. He was elected CM for a second consecutive term in 2013.

    The PML-N chief was succeeded by Usman Buzdar of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) after the 2018 general election.

  • Shaan is upset with President Alvi for ‘not doing anything’

    Shaan is upset with President Alvi for ‘not doing anything’

    President Arif Alvi’s recent comments calling for the revival of arts and preserving of culture in Pakistan have upset Shaan Shahid. As of recent, the actor has regularly been tweeting to the Government of Pakistan and Prime Minister Imran Khan to improve and promote the field of art and cinema in the country.

    When President Arif Alvi called for promoting arts and preserving culture, Shaan responded, “Saying only…not doing anything about it.”

    According to the media report to which Shaan had responded, President Alvi had laid stress on the promotion of arts and crafts through adequate preservation of the rich diversity of Pakistani culture and assured his support in this regard. Referring to the Islamic and European Renaissance, the president observed that civilizations could only prosper by promoting arts, crafts and architecture.

    Meanwhile, here’s a look at Shaan’s efforts to work on the revival of arts and culture.

  • VIDEO: Sheikh Rasheed egged in London

    Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed, who is currently in London to attend Pakistan Achievement Awards, has been egged on the street by an unidentified person.

    According to reports, the incident took place when the minister arrived at the awards venue where a person, wearing a black suit, started throwing eggs at him from within the crowd.

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    The culprit then fled the scene and Rasheed has decided to not press any charges for now, reports said.

    The motive behind the incident has not yet been determined.

  • Vloggers’ silence on the Kashmir issue irks Pakistanis

    Vloggers’ silence on the Kashmir issue irks Pakistanis

    There is no doubt that vloggers like Irfan Junejo, Mooroo and Zaid Ali T have a massive following and are watched by Pakistanis around the world. Which is why their silence on the ongoing issue in Kashmir is irking people.

    The Indian government revoked Article 370 which gave Kashmir a special status as a result of which the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir has worsened for all the Muslims living there.

    When a Twitter user called out Irfan Junejo for not raising his voice for the Kashmiris, Irfan strongly replied, “Please cancel me.”

    Soon after, the hashtag, Irfan Junejo began to trend on Twitter and people started calling out Junejo, and other vloggers, for not raising their voice because they did not want to lose their “Indian” followers.

    Among those who lashed out was, Nasir Khan Jan.

    Following NKJ’s tweet, Shahveer Jaffery tweeted condemning the current situation in IoK.

    Irfan later released a video in which he said that he will not be making a video on the Kashmir situation because he doesn’t want to use it as content to generate money. Irfan’s explanation did not please anyone and they were not ready to buy his ideas. They said that Irfan stayed away from talking about Kashmir because he knew that videos will be demonetized if he talked in support of Kashmir.

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  • Zardari’s sister seeks iPod, mosquito killer and maid in jail

    Zardari’s sister seeks iPod, mosquito killer and maid in jail

    Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari’s sister Faryal Talpur has pleaded with the accountability court for the provision of facilities in her prison cell.

    According to reports, Talpur, who is currently in the custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the money laundering case against her and Zardari, has sought facilities including an air-conditioner, television, microwave oven, mosquito killer lamp, torch, iPod and a maid.

    The incarcerated Sindh Assembly lawmaker has sought an iPod for ‘listening to the Quran’, the application filed by her legal team said.

    The PPP MPA was last week shifted to Adiala Jail from Polyclinic. She was under house arrest since June 14 after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) rejected her bail in connection with a case pertaining to alleged money laundering through fake accounts.

    The PPP leader was shifted to the Polyclinic after her condition had deteriorated earlier this month.

    Meanwhile, the court has extended both Faryal and Zardari’s judicial remand till September 5.

  • Pakistan should threaten Saudi Arabia of destroying Ambani’s oil refinery: Zaid Hamid

    Pakistan should threaten Saudi Arabia of destroying Ambani’s oil refinery: Zaid Hamid

    Self-proclaimed defence and security analyst Zaid Hamid has
    suggested the Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan-led government to “threaten
    Saudi Arabia of destroying Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s oil
    refinery” to secure the Kingdom’s support.

    The world is divided as Pakistan and India face-off over
    Kashmir ever since New Delhi abrogated Article 370 of its constitution, robbing
    the disputed territory of its autonomy.

    Hamid’s advice to the government comes after Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the Kingdom might not be standing up in Pakistan’s support since it has hefty investments planned in India.

    Earlier this month, Ambani had announced that his Reliance Industries’ plan to sell 20% stake in its refining and petrochemicals business for $15 billion to Saudi Aramco. The oil refinery has an enterprise value of $75 billion.

    Speaking to a private media outlet, Hamid criticised FM Qureshi
    for “making Pakistan’s position weaker in the diplomatic war against India” and
    suggested the government to threaten the Kingdom of destroying the refinery to
    garner its support.

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    He further said that Pakistan should threaten Israel of a nuclear
    attack to put India on a short leash.

    “India took Israel and the United States (US) into
    confidence before moving to annex held Kashmir,” he claimed and added that therefore
    Pakistan should target Israel instead of talking to India.

  • Eid Films – Preview

    Eid Films – Preview

  • The Current Life with Hareem Farooq & Ali Rehman Khan

    The Current Life with Hareem Farooq & Ali Rehman Khan

  • #TheCurrentWala reviews Koonda Chaari

    #TheCurrentWala reviews Koonda Chaari

  • Fawad Chaudhry raises voice for Kashmir in Oslo

    Fawad Chaudhry raises voice for Kashmir in Oslo

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