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  • ‘They need to hold their tongue’, Saad Rafique demands action over Azam Swati’s ‘threats’ against ECP

    ‘They need to hold their tongue’, Saad Rafique demands action over Azam Swati’s ‘threats’ against ECP

    Addressing a press conference in Lahore, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) leader Saad Rafique, said while referring to Federal Minister for Railways Azam Khan Swati’s accusation on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) of taking bribes and being on the payroll of ‘someone’ said: “They need to hold their tongue.”

    “If the government is making such threats, it is the responsibility of Pakistan’s civil society and political parties to fulfill their responsibility and their voice [against such verbal attacks],” he reiterated.

    PML-N leader further added that the relevant institutions, whose responsibility was to serve justice, should take notice of action over threats made against the ECP.

    A day earlier, Swati said that the ECP was responsible for destroying Pakistan’s democracy and for rigging all elections. Swati added that such institutions should be “set on fire”. This happened when the Senate Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs met today to vote on two key election bills.

  • Mahira, Ayesha impressed by Meesha Shafi’s latest chartbuster

    Mahira, Ayesha impressed by Meesha Shafi’s latest chartbuster

    Singer Meesha Shafi has launched her latest single Hot Mango Chutney Sauce with a experimental treatment. Several A-list celebrities from the entertainment and fashion industry have praised the song.

    As per the song’s description on YouTube, it features Meesha Shafi, Swineryy, Zara Peerzada, Eman Suleman, Baemissal, Rubab Ali, Abdullah Siddiqui and Hashim Ali. The video is directed by Awais Gohar and produced by Abdullah Siddiqui.

  • Video: Sarah Khan ranks contemporaries Mahira, Mehwish and Maya in terms of acting talent

    Video: Sarah Khan ranks contemporaries Mahira, Mehwish and Maya in terms of acting talent

    A clip from an interview of Sarah Khan has resurfaced on social media. The Sabaat star appeared on Yasir Hussain’s The Aftermoon Show in 2018 and was asked to rank her fellow arch rivals, Mahira Khan, Mehwish Hayat and Maya Ali on the basis of acting talent.

    The Alvida diva ranked Mehwish at number one, followed by Mahira at number two and Maya at third position.

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    Sarah’s co-guest Aagha Ali seems to disagree with her ranking.

  • Banned by govt, TLP actively takes part in Cantonment Board polls

    Banned by govt, TLP actively takes part in Cantonment Board polls

    Months after being banned by the government, the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) fields 84 candidates in 17 of the 41 cantonments, reports Dawn.

    Polling will be held on Sunday (tomorrow) to elect general members of the Cantonment Boards.

    A list of candidates of all the 219 wards shows that the ultra-rightwing TLP has fielded the largest number of 57 candidates in nine cantonments of Punjab, followed by 24 in six cantonments of Sindh and three candidates in two cantonments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

    The party, however, has not fielded any candidate in any of the nine wards of the three cantonments in Balochistan.

    Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry, while speaking to Dawn, said that only the Supreme Court had the authority to disqualify a political party from contesting the elections.

    He was of the opinion that the ban placed on the TLP was an administrative step. “There are two phases — one is administrative and the other is judicial. Until the judicial phase is not complete, the party cannot be stopped from participating in the elections,” explained Fawad.

    However, the minister criticised the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for not holding any investigations to find TLP’s source of funding when the commission was swift enough to check the accounts of ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the two major Opposition parties.

  • ‘Don’t worry’, Zakir Jaffer tells his son after Zahir beheads Noor

    The investigation report of Islamabad police submitted to the trial court in Noor Mukadam case has revealed that Noor Mukadam missed six life-saving possibilities due to Zahir Jaffer’s accomplices’ active connivance, Dawn has reported.

    “Her life could have been saved had the accomplices acted otherwise,” the challan stated.

    Noor’s attempt to escape twice was failed due to the connivance of the security guard and a gardener.

    The challan further stated that Zahir contacted his father 4 times on July 20, and Zakir Jaffer knew about the illegal detention and the situation at their home.

    “You need not worry, I can handle this, I am sending people to rescue you and to dispose of the dead body,” Zakir said to Zahir after he beheaded Noor. Zahir was scheduled to fly to the US on July 19. The police today also submitted the list of 18 witnesses in the case.

    The challan also stated that Zahir had confessed to killing Noor and a DNA report confirmed she was raped.

    Referring to prime accused Zahir’s statement, the challan states: Noor came to Zahir’s house on July 18, and on July 20 they both got into a fight after Noor refused to marry Zahir, and Zahir then detained her in a room, and Noor warned him of consequences.

    On the day of the murder, Zahir made calls to his parents at 2:21pm, 3pm, 6:35pm and 7:29pm.

    Noor’s family was informed about her murder on July 20 at 10:00pm by Kohsar police.

  • Six-year-old child raped, murdered in Chiniot

    A six-year-old girl child was raped and then murdered in Punjab’s Chiniot, Samaa News reported

    According to the victim’s family, the child was abducted on her way to her grandmother’s house. “After looking for her for almost 12 hours, we found her body from the nearby fields,” her father told the police.

    The post-mortem report of the child has confirmed the rape.

    An FIR has been filed against unidentified men under sections of rape and murder.

    The police have arrested a number of suspects and have sent their DNA samples to the laboratory. “We have begun questioning people in the neighbourhood as well,” the investigation officer said.

    Earlier, a girl in Gujrat died after three men allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped her.

    Three men abducted a girl from Chak Ghazi in Gujrat district on September 1. The accused gave a tranquilliser to the girl and then raped her, leaving the victim in a critical condition.

  • Video: Minal, Ahsan tie the knot in a magnum-opus ceremony, Aiman Khan breaks down

    Video: Minal, Ahsan tie the knot in a magnum-opus ceremony, Aiman Khan breaks down

    Actors Minal Khan and Ahsan Mohsin Ikram have tied the knot in a lavish ceremony in Karachi. The duo made a stunning pair together in designer attires.

    Minal’s twin sister Aiman Khan broke down on the wedding, netizens assume she was missing their father on this auspicious occasion.

  • ‘Next 24 hours critical’: Nausheen, Ayesha and Aima raise voice for Umer Sharif’s treatment

    ‘Next 24 hours critical’: Nausheen, Ayesha and Aima raise voice for Umer Sharif’s treatment

    Leading Pakistani celebrities have taken to their social media to raise voice for veteran comedian Umer Sharif’s treatment.

    Taking to Instagram stories, Nausheen Shah requested Prime Minister Imran Khan to “remember the times when he (Umer Sharif) stood by you.” and requested him to help the Zameen Aasman star.

    Similarly, singer Aima Baig, actors Ayesha Omar and Areeba Habib took to their social media handles to express concern for Umer Sharif.

    Umer’s wife, Zareen posted a status which read: : “24 hours are crucial for Umer please pray as much as you can.”

    While, anchor Waseem Badami took to Twitter and shared that he received a call from the Prime Minister’s Office and it said that all possible work would be done to ensure Umer Sharif’s early trip abroad.

  • Video: Imran Abbas sings Aamir Khan’s superhit song, Urwa Hocane and Saboor Aly perform

    Video: Imran Abbas sings Aamir Khan’s superhit song, Urwa Hocane and Saboor Aly perform

    A-list actresses Saboor Aly and Urwa Hocane seems to be having fun on the sets of their upcoming drama serial Amanat. The Fitrat star shared the video of drama’s hero Imran Abbas singing a superhit Bollywood song on which the two leading ladies perform.

    The song Naam-e-Wafa is from Aamir Khan’s Bollywood movie Ghulam.

    Written by Rukhsana Nigar and directed by Shahid Shafaat, Amanat will go on air later this month.

    Amanat - Teaser 1 - Coming Soon - ARY Digital - YouTube

    Director Shahid  has roped in names like Imran Abbas, Urwa Hocane, Saboor Aly, Haroon Shahid, Asad Siddiqui, Salman Saeed and Babar Ali in his directorial project.

  • Ayesha Malik Will Not Be The First Female Supreme Justice Of Pakistan

    Ayesha Malik Will Not Be The First Female Supreme Justice Of Pakistan









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    Good morning, *|MERGE1|*. It’s September 10. Have a blessed Friday! 

    Hey, I am Sajjal and have recently joined The Current and will be working on the newsletter with Laila.  I’ll share my millennial life happenings with you on alternate days. Now let’s get down to business. 

    Today, I did a story about Murad Raas’ warning to Aitchison for not implementing the Single National Curriculum and seriously I feel that instead of advancing further, our government is clearly pulling us back. If you want more information, check out the story.

    Rain is expected today in Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar, it will be cloudy in Karachi and sunny in Quetta.

     
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    It’s a dark day: Justice Ayesha not elevated to the Supreme Court

    The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has not approved the nomination of Justice Ayesha Malik as a Supreme Court (SC) judge.

    “It is a dark day because first-time nominee of a woman judge’s elevation to the Supreme Court could not be approved,” senior journalist Hasnaat Malik told The Current.

    He also added that if Justice Ayesha is not elevated to the SC, then she will become Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court. “Justice Ayesha’s name can be initiated anytime for the SC,” said Hasnaat.

    What happened? Lawyers across the country recorded their protest today, their main concern being that Supreme Court judges should be appointed on the basis of seniority. 

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    ‘Puppet PM will lose the govt if we get rid of puppet Buzdar in Punjab’: Bilawal

    Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said that Prime Minister Imran Khan himself will lose the government if the Opposition de-seats puppet Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar in Punjab.

    Accusation against PML-N We need to save Punjab together,” said Bilawal reminding the PML-N that if they are not ready, the people will not forgive them.

    “It is not possible that you [PML-N] talk about respecting the vote and then you boycott the by-elections and the Senate elections. Because of you, people are angry with us as well. If you talk about respecting the power of the vote, then you need to start practising that power yourself as well,” he added. 

    Fazl-ur-Rehman’s reply On the other hand, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazl-ur-Rehman accused Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari of making a deal with the establishment.

    Fazl, blaming Bilawal for the failure of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), claimed: “The deal was previously offered to us but we didn’t agree to it.”

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    ‘I apologise to the Afghan people’: Ashraf Ghani

    Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, in a statement posted on Twitter, said: “It is with deep and profound regret that my own chapter ended in similar tragedy to my predecessors — without ensuring stability and prosperity. I apologise to the Afghan people that I could not make it end differently.”

    Addressing rumours that he fled the country with four cars and a helicopter full of cash, he said, “These charges are completely and categorically false.”

    “Corruption is a plague that has crippled our country for decades, and fighting corruption has been a central focus of my efforts as president,” he said, adding that he and his wife were “scrupulous in our personal finances”.

    He appreciated the sacrifices the Afghans had made over the past 40 years of war in their country.

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    After years of shying away from the question, Germany’s Angela Merkel declares ‘yes, I am a feminist’

    Merkel is now taking a clear stance on feminism in her last days in office.

    “Essentially, it’s about the fact that men and women are equal, in the sense of participation in society and in life in general. And in that sense I can say: Yes, I’m a feminist,” she stated. 
    At the event, Germany’s first female chancellor was more candid and admitted her reticent approach from the past.

    “I was a bit shyer when I said it. But it’s more thought-out now. And in that sense, I can say that we should all be feminists,” she added. 

    About the upcoming elections: 

    Germany will head to the polls on September 26 to elect a new parliament that will pick Merkel’s successor as chancellor.

    In recent weeks, Merkel has emphatically endorsed Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate Armin Laschet to succeed her.

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    Observed every year to raise awareness and prevent cases of suicide, the day is organised by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and is co-sponsored by the World Health Organisation (WHO). If your friend is finding excuses to not turn up for social get-togethers or limiting interactions with you, find out what’s wrong.

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