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  • Is Imran Khan coming back to National Assembly to take PM Shehbaz out?

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has hinted at the possibility that his party may return to the National Assembly (NA) to table a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif.

    The PTI fears that its dissenting member Raja Riaz who is holding the parliamentary party leader’s position in the NA may decide to vote in favour of PM Shehbaz if President Dr Arif Alvi asks Shehbaz Sharif to take the trust vote.

    Talking to the media at his Lahore residence, Khan said planning and consultations with party leaders and legal experts are going on to strategise how PTI’s turncoats can be stopped from siding with the ruling coalition of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM).

    “He [Shehbaz Sharif] will have sleepless nights in the days to come”, Khan reportedly said to journalists.

    He claimed that some Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNAs want to join the PTI.

    “Some PML-N members of the National Assembly are in contact with the PTI and they have expressed their interest in joining our camp. We will test them before giving them party membership,” Imran said, adding that he saw elections taking place in March or April.

    The former ruling party is considering “testing” PM Sharif’s strength in the house sensing that cracks are appearing in PDM’s ranks.

    PTI’s senior leader Fawad Chaud­hry has said that the party’s return to the National Assembly was linked with its plan to oust PM Sharif, reports Dawn.

    He said PTI was seeking legal opinion on how it could bind its MNAs to vote in line with the party policy in case of a no-trust move, and if that can be achieved without joining the assembly.

  • No decision yet: CM Elahi addresses PTI and PML-Q merger reports

    No decision yet: CM Elahi addresses PTI and PML-Q merger reports

    Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Pervaiz Elahi on Monday clarified that no final decision has been taken yet on a merger between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q).

    Clarifying that consultations are still underway, Pervaiz Elahi said that Imran Khan first offered Moonis the invitation to merge the two parties and then asked to be the president of the party.

    However, he added that yesterday a meeting between the two parties took place in which all 10 PML-Q Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) were present. “It was mutually decided that we will ask the people in our constituents first,” he said.

    Reacting to the show-cause notice sent to him by PML-Q, he said “Nothing as such has happened yet and they already have a problem,” he retorted.

    Earlier, PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain suspended Elahi’s party membership after he hinted at a merger between his party and ally PTI.

    The PML-Q issued show-cause notices to Elahi as well as Moonis Elahi, Hussain Elahi and Senator Kamil Ali Agha.

    The notice gave Elahi seven days to provide an explanation for his comments, otherwise, proceedings would be initiated against him.

    PML-Q electoral college office-bearers authorised Elahi, the party’s provincial president, to make decisions on behalf of the party with regard to its merger into the PTI.

    However, Express Tribune has reported that according to sources within the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the PML-Q could not be merged with the PTI on Elahi’s wish as the party is registered in Shujaat’s name.

    PML-Q ready to merge with PTI, decision expected today

    On Monday, it was reported that PML-Q is ready to merge with PTI.

    According to news reports, the majority of PML-Q is in favour of the merger. Elahi summoned a meeting to discuss the matter with his party.

    PML-Q leader Moonis Elahi, son of Pervaiz Elahi, was reportedly ready to merge with PTI and a formal announcement was expected on Monday.

    Earlier, PTI Chairman Imran Khan had proposed that PML-Q should merge with it.

    The PTI chief praised the Elahis and said they stood by the PTI despite pressure from powerful quarters.

  • Miss USA R’Bonney Gabriel wins the Miss Universe pageant

    Miss USA R’Bonney Gabriel wins the Miss Universe pageant

    The Miss Universe pagaent officially wrapped up on Saturday night, with Miss R’Bonney Gabriel from USA being crowned as the winner.
    Gabriel marks the first time a Filipino-American has won the pagaent.
    At the Q&A stage of competition for the finalists, Gabriel was asked what would she do to show that Miss Universe is an ’empowering and progressive organization’ if she were to win. Miss USA responded by saying that she would use her work as a fashion designer to teach sewing to survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking.

    “I teach sewing classes to women that have survived from human trafficking and domestic violence. And I say that because it is so important to invest in others, invest in our community, and use your unique talent to make a difference. We all have something special, and when we plant those seeds to other people in our life, we transform them, and we use that as a vehicle for change.”

  • Sarwat Gillani gushes about meeting Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar

    Sarwat Gillani gushes about meeting Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar

    Pakistani and Indian celebrities had a wholesome interaction at a party held on Monday night.
    Pakistani actresses attended a party where Bollywood screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar and his daughter filmmaker Zoya Akhtar were also in attendance.
    Sarwat Gillani posted pictures of the interaction, thanking Fauzai Kehar for hosting the event.

    “Had the pleasure to meet the Master, Javed Akhtar Sahab and his brilliant filmmaker daughter Zoya Akhtar.

    Thank you @fauzia_kehar for opening your heart and home to us, you’re a wonderful host to say the least.”

    Among the attendees included actresses Ayesha Omar, artist Rashid Rana, Kiran Malik and Rao Ali Khan.

  • UN rights experts urge Pakistani authorities to end forced child marriage

    UN rights experts urge Pakistani authorities to end forced child marriage

    On Monday the United Nations’ rights experts condemned an increase in forced marriages, conversions, and kidnappings of girls from Pakistan’s religious minority and urged the government to immediately put an end to such practices.

    “The group of around a dozen independent United Nations rights experts includes the UN special rapporteurs on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, contemporary forms of slavery, violence against women, and minority issues,” the statement read.

    “We are deeply troubled to hear that girls as young as 13 are being kidnapped from their families, trafficked to locations far from their homes, made to marry men sometimes twice their age, and coerced to convert to Islam,” the experts said. They pointed out that abductors often “force their victims to sign documents which falsely attest to their being of legal age for marriage as well as marrying and converting of free will”.

    The experts demanded that the Pakistani government act right away to stop and fully examine these activities.

  • Srha Asghar makes revelations about her brother’s demise, gets emotional

    Srha Asghar makes revelations about her brother’s demise, gets emotional

    Actor Srha Asghar recently spoke about her brother’s untimely death for the first time in an interview with Nadir Ali.

    Srha Asghar told about her military brother who was stationed in Afghanistan. Srha said this about him in Nadir Ali’s podcast: “I think that I feel sad about the time when my brother died in the USA, I could not even go to his funeral, even if I could go I can’t tell about my feelings, I think I can’t attend funerals, and at that time I had my exams and my other brother was with me, I know it’s important to be at the funeral of brother but I could not go and even when I visited his grave , I didn’t react.”

    Srha Asghar discussed her brother's tragic death for the first time

    The Pyaar Ke Sadqay star added, “I remember that I cried after two three days, my brother died in 2012, he was 31’yeard old, he used to serve in US Army and he got a bullet in Afghanistan. a troop hit his camp. I talked to him on skype before his death. He talked to everyone, it was difficult for me but I think how difficult would it be for my mother”.

  • ‘Weeks later the film is still with me’: Rupi Kaur on Joyland

    ‘Weeks later the film is still with me’: Rupi Kaur on Joyland

    After Riz Ahmed and Malala, poet Rupi Kaur has joined in on the rising tide of praise for the Pakistani film Joyland.

    In an Instagram post, Kaur gushed about the brilliance of the Saim Sadiq film, and also congratulated team Joyland for its progress towards the Academy Awards. The full statement is below:

    “JOYLAND. shortlisted for Best International Film at this years Oscars @TheAcademy. When I first watched @joylandmovie I was transfixed by the storytelling and visuals. The script!!! And how delicious the words were. Weeks later the film is still with me ❤️ If chosen, JOYLAND will make Oscar history as the first Pakistani film to ever be nominated.”

    Previously, actor and rapper Riz Ahmed announced that his production house Left Handed Films was officially becoming a part of team Joyland. In his Instagram stories, Ahmed staunchly shared the two reasons why he was prepared to support the film as it progresses to the Oscars.

    ‘You know it’s an important movie when:

    1. the film gets banned
    2. when Malala is one of your producers”
  • PSL-like first women’s league to be held in September

    PSL-like first women’s league to be held in September

    The Women’s League will no longer be a part of the 2019 Pakistan Super League, according to the management committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), which is chaired by Najam Sethi.

    The first Women’s Super League, which will be conducted as a distinct event from the PSL, has been scheduled for September this year by the PCB.
    There will be separate bids for each of the five franchise teams in the women’s league.

    World-class female cricketers have already expressed interest in taking part in the PCBs tournament.

    Earlier, In October Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had announced the launch of a women’s T20 league modelled along the lines of Pakistan Super League (PSL). The inaugural edition was expected to run alongside PSL 2023.

  • Prince Harry breaks silence about the deleted content from his tell-all memoir

    Prince Harry breaks silence about the deleted content from his tell-all memoir

    On Tuesday, 10 January 2023 Prince Harry finally released his much-talked-about tell-all memoir titled Spare. The memoir not only offers details about the Duke of Sussex’s childhood, but it also includes vivid and controversial details about his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales and her death, his relationship with his brother, Prince William, and his father, King Charles III. In fact, the memoir also makes serious revelations about his controversial courtship and marriage to the American actress Meghan Markle and inside details on how and why the royal couple stepped back from their royal roles.

    In a recent interview with Telegraph, Prince Harry made the revelation that while the released version of his book is just 416 pages long, he along with his ghost-writer J. R. Moehringer penned an initial draft for Spare that was 800 pages long. Prince Harry revealed that he cut plenty of content from his recently released memoir Spare that he could have easily released as a whole other book. 

    In the interview, the royal actually disclosed that while he could have shared so much more, plenty of stories in the first draft were actually to provide a backstory for the writer and not intended for publication. In fact, Prince Harry went ahead and said that he made the cuts according to “the scale of things (he) I could include for (his) family members.”

    Wildest Things Prince Harry Said About Prince William in 'Spare'

    He explained, “Look, anything I’m going to include about any of my family members, I’m going to get trashed for. I knew that walking into it. But it’s impossible to tell my story without them in it, because they play such a crucial part in it.” 

    Prince Harry added, “But there are some things that have happened, especially between me and my brother, and to some extent between me and my father, that I just don’t want the world to know. Because I don’t think they would ever forgive me.”

    Kate Middleton Responds to Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Documentary | StyleCaster

    The Duke of Sussex explained, “Now you could argue that some of the stuff I’ve put in there, well, they will never forgive me anyway. But the way I see it is, I’m willing to forgive you for everything you’ve done, and I wish you’d actually sat down with me, properly, and instead of saying I’m delusional and paranoid, actually sit down and have a proper conversation about this, because what I’d really like is some accountability and an apology to my wife.”

    French publisher of Harry memoir prints 130,000 new copies

    However, regardless of plenty of cuts, the book holds all the major details about the British royal family from Prince Harry’s own point of view which will definitely be a new perspective. Reportedly, the book spills details on how Prince Harry admits he actually experimented with cocaine, cannabis, and magic mushrooms. Other revelations in the book include, how he lost his virginity, how he killed over 20 people, how he discovered Queen Elizabeth’s demise from the BBC, and how he was pretty uncomfortable when he saw one of Meghan’s “love-making scenes” among several other things. Harry’s memoir titled Spare was officially released on January 10th, 2023, and has been in the tabloids ever since. 

  • ‘Us ne hmein test kiya, ab us ki bari’: Khan says vote of confidence will be tabled against PM Shehbaz

    ‘Us ne hmein test kiya, ab us ki bari’: Khan says vote of confidence will be tabled against PM Shehbaz

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, in an exclusive interview on Saturday, said that Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif will be tested through a no-confidence motion.

    Speaking on Hum News’ programme Hum Meher Bokhari Kay Sath, Khan said, “Uss ne humein test keeya, abb uski baari” (He tested us, now it is his turn).

    He said the party would hash out the details of the move in a meeting on Sunday (today) and carry out planning for not only the trust vote but also “other plans to fully thrust them in a testing situation now”.

    When asked about the late-night voting on a confidence vote in Punjab Assembly, Khan said not many people knew this would happen at night, his party kept it secret. According to him, the party completed the numbers first without any bribes and horsetrading and then took the vote of confidence.

    The PTI chief also praised the way Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) stood behind the PTI and supported it. “The way Elahi is standing with us, there was immense appreciation in the party. He was the chief minister and made a real sacrifice. We are recommending he merges the party with ours.”

    About the KP assembly, he said that it will be dissolved within a week.

    During the interview, Khan mentioned that he spent his three and a half years in power in difficulty because his government was a coalition. He said that’s why his party has insisted on a merger between PTI and PML-Q.

    The former prime minister said that PM Shehbaz’s conference in Geneva was equivalent to making fun of Pakistan. He warned that there will be consequences to it in the future.

    Opening up about the extension given to former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa, he termed it his “mistake”. He revealed that at the time Bajwa himself sent a message that if he doesn’t get an extension, it will be difficult for him [Bajwa].

    He said that after securing the extension Bajwa changed as he begun asking Khan to give NROs to the Opposition.