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  • Govt snags big committees usually given to opposition

    Govt snags big committees usually given to opposition

    The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has bagged the chairpersonship of crucial Senate committees.

    The Opposition does not have the chairpersonship of law and justice, interior and human rights committees anymore, Hasnaat Malik reported in The Express Tribune.

    The chairpersonship of the Senate Committee on Human Rights was first offered to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). However, instead of retaining it, the PPP passed it on to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).

    “The Opposition parties, either due to internal differences among themselves or backchannel understanding, have been unable to head committees wherein they could have given a tough time to the government in the upper house,” tweeted Hasnaat.

    The PML-N nominated Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed as the chairman of the human rights committee. However, he bartered it with the government and instead became the head of the Standing Committee on Defence in return.

    Earlier, Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar from the PPP was the chairman of the Senate Committee of Human Rights. He took up several human rights issues, including attacks on journalists.

    Mustafa took to Twitter and wrote, “Top of the agenda items for the day was to clip the wings of the Human Rights Committee to turn it into a standing Committee from a funtional one.”

    The government has already modified the rules through the house and converted the functional committee on human rights into a standing committee, which has limited powers. The standing committee can only take up matters related to the human rights ministry.

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    Jumma Mubarak!  *|MERGE1|*, It’s June 4th. I really hope today’s weather remains good! 
     
    Nowadays, I am just thinking ke meri vaccine ki baari kab aayegi. Earlier this week, the government announced that from June 3, people above 18 would start getting vaccination. I really hope my turn will come this week.

    Do you know the Sindh government just announced that non-vaccinated people will not get salaries? I  think this is the right step and other provinces should do that too. 

    It is going to be sunny in several cities today, but baarish ki bhi thori possibility ha in Islamabad and Peshawar.
     

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    What’s going on between the Sharif Brothers? ?

    Another day, another twist. After PPP’s exit from the Pakistan Democratic Movement, bohat ziada sawaalaat uth rahe hain ke why Shehbaz was not in control of his party. Oh and there are also speculations as to why he is not pushing to go to London by getting his name removed from the Exit Control List (ECL).

    However, Mian Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz’s spokesperson Mohammad Zubair denied that Nawaz had anything to do with Shehbaz’s silence on going to London after anchorperson Shahzeb Khanzada asked if the older brother had told Shehbaz not to go to London.

    Some senior analysts suggest, there are serious concerns within the PML-N that the party may face a split in the future due to the differences between Maryam Nawaz and Shehbaz Sharif. Well, this is something new. Let’s see what is going to happen next. 

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    Security Guard turns assassin, injuring 9 on Sami Khan’s drama set in Karachi ?
     

    You won’t believe what happened in Karachi. A security guard opened fire on the set of a drama serial, Mohabbat Dagh Ki Surat, starring Sami Khan and Asma Abbasi. Thankfully no casualties have been reported and the police is currently investigating this case further.

    After this horrendous incident, Actor Yasir Hussain said that the guard did shoot the poor labourers who were eating food at that time and in our country, there should be proper rights for them. 

    Despite the fact that Yasir Hussain has problematic views sometimes but I think he’s right about this one. 

    Do you think privileged people often neglect non-privileged ones? 

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    LHC acquits couple sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy

    The Lahore High Court has acquitted a Christian couple who was on death row for seven years on the charges of alleged blasphemy. 

    The couple’s lawyer said that the case against the couple was always weak. “Who is responsible for taking eight years for justice to prevail?”
    The couple was arrested in 2013, on the charge of sending alleged blasphemous text messages. 

    This case makes me wonder why no one talks about the misuse of such laws. What do you think? 

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     ‘My wife didn’t know I went to Sonya Hussyn’s house for dinner’: Shoaib Malik

    Woahh!! Is this a start of something new? Sonya Hussyn and Shoaib Malik recently appeared on Ahsan Khan’s show Time Out with Ahsan Khan. 

    Soniya recalls the time when her mother met Shoaib at her house and considered him to be a good match for Sonya. 

    In a follow-up segment Shoaib said, “My wife didn’t know I went to Sonya Hussyn’s house for dinner, It was kept a secret.” This is a bold statement. 

    Shoaib and Sonya maintained their humorous banter throughout the show. God!! I am gonna watch this show now. 

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  • ‘Raiwand’s prime minister’ sent abroad despite conviction: Bilawal

    ‘Raiwand’s prime minister’ sent abroad despite conviction: Bilawal

    Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, while addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Friday, said, “Raiwand’s prime minister” Nawaz Sharif was sent abroad despite being convicted.

    Bilawal said former president Asif Ali Zardari remains in Pakistan, moving from one doctor to another, despite his children telling him to go abroad and seek treatment.

    “If the president [Zardari] is from Nawabshah, he remains on medical bail despite trumped-up charges,” said chairman PPP.

    “I want to ask the prime minister (PM) what sort of accountability and justice is being implemented in the country? I want to ask the PM what kind of rule of law is there within the country?” Bilawal asked, adding that if the premier’s friends are being alleged of a crime, no action is taken against them.

    “This is revenge and political engineering and their ministers themselves accept it has hurt the economy,” added Bilawal.

    “If the prime minister and his sister are blamed for a crime, nothing happens to them,” Bilawal lashed out.

    However, if a former president from Nawabshah’s sister is blamed for something, then she is dragged to jail from her hospital bed, he said, referring to PPP leader Faryal Talpur.

    The PPP chairman denigrated the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and questioned its standards of accountability. “This system is a mockery of the Constitution,” said Bilawal.

    “If the Leader of Opposition is from Lahore (Shehbaz Sharif), he is awarded bail, and if the leader of Opposition hails from Sukkur (Khursheed Shah), he is denied the right and treated like a ping-pong ball — back and forth from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) courts to Supreme Court,” Bilawal said.

    The PPP chairman claimed the authorities were repeatedly blackmailing Shah’s children and his wife.

    Bilawal further said that the party would support Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly on the budget despite the inappropriate behaviour of some Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) members.

    “I unconditionally say to Shehbaz Sharif in front of the media that all PPP members will be in your support with regards to parliament and this [upcoming] budget despite tantrums [of some PML-N members].”

    He said that PPP members would come and vote on the day of the budget and now it was up to Shehbaz as the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly to “do his work and stop the government’s budget.”

    Bilawal was responding to a question on whether the PPP had been contacted on the budget issue and whether it would support the Opposition. He responded that despite the “inappropriate behaviour” of the PML-N and other political parties in the Opposition, the PPP had prioritised national issues and the budget over differences between the political parties.

    “So despite their insults, the PPP went to Shehbaz Sharif’s invitation for dinner so we can rid the people of economic difficulties. Unfortunately, our host was publicly insulted after that dinner by some officeholders of the PML-N,” said Bilawal, adding that flinging statements at guests was not a part of “our tradition, values, and culture”.

    The PPP chairman also lashed out at the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), saying it should have offered resignations the same day or the next when the PPP had “supposedly” refused to listen to its demands and set out for its long march.

    “If they still want to do politics of resignations, then they should have given them by now.”

    Hitting out at the prime minister, the PPP chairman said that the statements since the past few weeks on the state of the economy showed that the “prime minister has no connection to the common man”.

    “The prime minister says Pakistan’s difficult time is over. Not sure about the common man but the IMF’s (International Monetary Fund) difficult time is over, for sure,” he said.

    Bilawal Bhutto said the government’s ministers had come around to accept the PPP’s stance on the economy and expressed the hope that Pakistan would escape the “IMF’s grip” in the budget next week.

    Bilawal similarly hit out at an ordinance for the creation of a new media body and said the PPP would continue to oppose it. He added that the recent attacks on journalists such as Asad Ali Toor or pressure being applied to media personnel such as Hamid Mir through petitions had “exposed the government’s weakness and insecurity”.

  • Huda Kattan does not want to endorse unrealistic beauty standards

    Billionaire make-up mogul Huda Kattan has urged people to stop using photoshop and look beyond unrealistic beauty standards by sharing an over-edited version of a picture from the campaign of her newly launched beauty line GloWish to show what the picture would have looked like after editing.

    “We’ve had ENOUGH of the over-editing, photoshop and not showing enough realness!!! So we thought we’d look in the mirror and start with ourselves,” she wrote in the caption of the post.

    “Here is a not so, ‘perfect’ photo from our GloWish campaign shoot and I thought it would be really interesting to show you guys what it would have looked like had we chosen to photoshop and try to sell unrealistic beauty expectations,” she added.

    Huda Kattan has launched a third beauty line entitled GloWish which consists of everyday makeup essentials.

    Earlier, this year in April she said that she has “had enough” of filters and photo editing, as they have warped modern beauty standards into something “unrealistic”.

    In 2018, Pakistani superstar Mahira Khan requested  Zara Shahjahan to not photoshop her pictures from the shoot as she endorses the idea of embracing natural beauty standards.

  • Six Dramas to look forward in the second half of 2021

    Six Dramas to look forward in the second half of 2021

    The local drama industry is going through major content crises due to the repetition of themes and lack of experimentation. This was the reason that kept megastars like Mahira Khan and Saba Qamar away from the small screen platform for the last few years. However, the scenario seems to be getting better as some key upcoming projects are based on unique stories and trailblazing screenplays with fresh star-cast. We present to you the six most exciting dramas to look forward to in the second half of the year.

    Ishq-e-Laa

    Riding high on the success of his last venture, Dushman E Jaan, Director Amin Iqbal has managed to pull off a casting coup by getting on-board a stellar cast in his upcoming biggie. Powerhouse performers Sajal Aly and Yumna Zaidi are the leading ladies of this ambitious project, penned by the veteran writer, Qaisera Hayat of Alif Allah Aur Insaan fame. It features debutant Azaan Sami Khan as the leading hero, along with Adnan Samad Khan of Ehd-e-Wafa fame.

    Hum Kahan Kay Sachay Thay

    Superstar Mahira Khan is making a comeback to the medium of television after 5 years in this Farooq Rind directorial, co-starring Kubra Khan and Usman Mukhtar. Based on Umera Ahmed’s novel of the same title, this drama is apparently based around a dysfunctional family and sheds light on the impact of flawed parenting on children.

    Actress Zainab Qayoom plays a pivotal role in the drama and also shared her excitement for the shooting spell.

    Laa Pata

    Amidst a barrage of melodramatic scripts and emotionally turbulent screenplays, this drama promises to be in the light-hearted space. Produced by Momina Duraid, Laa Pata boasts of a stellar star-cast headlined by Ayeza Khan, Sarah Khan, Ali Rehman Khan and Gohar Rasheed.

    Gohar shared an interesting BTS from the sets of this Khizer Idrees directorial on Instagram. Ayeza plays the character of a TikToker, “Geeti Princess” and asked fans to follow her character’s account on video sharing app.

    Tumharay Husn Ke Naam

    All You Need To Know About Saba Qamar's Upcoming Drama

    Imran Abbas and Saba Qamar are collaborating for the first time in this Saqib Khan directorial. After giving stellar performances in Baaghi and Cheekh, Saba Qamar took a break from television and shot for two feature films which will release post the pandemic woes. Written by Sara Qayyum, it also features Chupke Chupke fame, Sidra Niazi and Asad Siddiqui in significant roles. In his latest interview with Dawn, Imran said, “The subject is very nice and unusual, different from what is happening these days.”

    Saba makes sure through her Instagram that her fans remain curious about the project.

    Ishq Hai

    Fahad Mustafa has roped in Danish Taimoor and Minal Khan for his upcoming production venture. The serial is touted to be a love story with some major plot twists. It is being directed by Jalan fame Abiz Raza. The project has been on floors since March 2021 and is expected to release towards the end of this month. Ishq Hai‘s team shared its multiple posters today on social media platforms, giving their fans a solid tease.

    Amanat

    Urwa Hocane and Imran Abbas put their fans into frenzy when they announced their next drama for ARY Digital, Amanat. This dynamic on-screen pair has been having great fun on their sets and even shared some moments with their fans, including a video in which they are singing together. It boasts of an ensemble star-studded cast with names like, Saboor Ali, Haroon Shahid, Gohar Rasheed, Salman Saeed, Saba Pervaiz, Babar Ali, and Sheheryar Zaidi among others.

    Music composer, Naveed Nashad has worked on its OST after delivering a chartbuster with Do Bol.

  • ‘Those who call themselves democratic are demanding the military to topple the government’: PM Khan

    ‘Those who call themselves democratic are demanding the military to topple the government’: PM Khan

    Addressing a ceremony to lay the foundation for the upgradation of the Multan-Lodhran section of the N-5 Motorway, Prime Minister Imran Khan said, “Those who call themselves democratic are demanding the military to topple the government.”

    “From day one, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government faced criticism from the Opposition, which was poised to topple the government unless their leaders were given an NRO (National Reconciliation Ordinance),” said Khan.

    “These mafias are bent upon doing anything to safeguard their interests as billions of dollars stashed by them abroad through money looted in the country are being probed,” he said. PM added that rule of law changes society and ensures that there are no sugar and land mafias.

    “Change is not possible without a struggle,” Khan said adding that the Opposition raised a hue and cry regarding a change a week after they [PTI] took power.

    “My own people had to face a tough time. The media also gave an impression that Naya Pakistan can emerge by switching a button on,” he said.

    PM Khan said the country registered a growth of 4 per cent this financial year despite the challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic. He said we not only saved our people from the pandemic, but also the economy.

    The government is focusing on uplifting the agriculture sector, industries, IT, housing and tourism sectors, he said, adding that a package is being introduced for the farmers to bring a green revolution in the country.

  • Police arrest Faisalabad man for drowning 3-year-old daughter in lake for ‘disturbing his sleep’

    Police arrest Faisalabad man for drowning 3-year-old daughter in lake for ‘disturbing his sleep’

    Police arrested a man in Faisalabad who drowned his three-year-old daughter in a lake as the child used to ‘disturb his sleep’.

    As per reports, the body of the child has been recovered from the lake while the suspect has been detained.

    During an inquiry, the man identified as Asif Javed confessed to the crime, saying that he used to spend sleepless nights due to the child’s ‘mischievous’ activities.

    The accused started speculating that the child has been kidnapped to get away from his crime.

    Read More: Security Guard turns assassin, injuring 9 on Sami Khan’s drama set in Karachi

    According to police officials, the accused also sent his brother, Zulfiqar, to register a first information report (FIR) at the Sandal Bar Police Station regarding the ‘missing’ child.

    Following the news, a search for the child was initiated by the police and her body was recovered from a lake in Gojra. Further investigation and interrogation compelled Asif to confess his crime, police said.

    According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Mohammad Afzal, the accused had two daughters, the other is one-and-a-half-years old.

  • Man proposes to girlfriend with ring hidden in Gol Gappay

    Man proposes to girlfriend with ring hidden in Gol Gappay

    Everybody wants their marriage proposal to be extra special. Over the years, several food proposals did rounds on social media. People have hidden the rings in drinks, burgers, and even in fruits.

    Recently, a man proposed to his girlfriend by hiding a ring in Gol Gappay.  A Ph.D. student, Hanan shared the pictures from the proposal on Twitter expressing that she could not say no to Gol Gappay.

    She shared the photos with the caption, “I mean,, can’t say no to pani puri.”

    https://twitter.com/hanani0/status/1399560355672694786?s=20

    Read More: Bride marries wedding guest after groom-to-be ‘disappears’

     The photos are doing rounds on social media and the netizens are praising the guy for the thoughtful proposal.

    https://twitter.com/JazbatiJalebii/status/1399721800481845255?s=20

    While many thought they would have swallowed the ring with the Gol Gappa.

    https://twitter.com/HereMariya/status/1399678304165273607?s=20

  • Sarah Khan advises single girls to get a man like Falak Shabbir

    Sarah Khan has advised single girls to get a man like Falak Shabbir in their life. During a Question and Answer session on Instagram a fan asked for an advice for ‘single girls’, to which Sarah replied, “Get you a man like Falak”.

    She also shared a video clip of her favorite song sang by husband Falak.

    Earlier, this year in an interview with BBC Urdu, Sarah opened up about her personal and professional life and said that she wants more men to be like husband Falak Shabbir.

    Talking about Falak gifting her flowers every day, the actor said: “Falak has his own way of expressing love. We always highlight the negative things about men, but there are men out there like Falak who love their wives so much.”

    The couple is expecting their first child, and Falak makes sure he keeps Sarah in a good mood during this phase.

  • PTI fudging economic figures, claims PML-N

    A pre-budget seminar was organised by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on June 3 in Islamabad.

    The seminar was organised by the Economic Advisory Council of the PML-N on the direction of party president Shehbaz Sharif.

    Titled ‘Economy sinking under Imran Khan’s government’, the seminar discussed all the economic issues before the upcoming budget. The main focus was on the economic policies of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government.

    Graphs shown during the seminar entailed that Pakistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 5.8 per cent in PML-N’s last year, the highest in 16 years. In addition, GDP growth consistently remained above 4 per cent in each of PML-N’s 5 years. GDP growth has significantly declined during PTI’s tenure with 2.1 per cent growth in 2019.

    PTI is claiming 3.9 per cent growth now in 2021, but this claim is being challenged by independent economists. Whereas, GDP has significantly declined during PTI’s tenure with 2.1 per cent growth in 2019.

    Shehbaz Sharif claimed that the government was pushing out wrong statistics and misinforming the public since the start of the its tenure.

    “The government’s statistics [regarding the budget] have already become a subject of debate,” Shehbaz said while addressing the seminar virtually.

    “Their past is evident and they have been putting forth forged figures,” he said. “This comes on top of the government’s worst performance and major failures.”

    Last week, on Sunday, while addressing the nation live, Prime Minister Imran Khan said the Opposition parties were complaining about the government misleading the nation on the economy as they had not expected it to achieve a growth rate of nearly 4 per cent.

    “The economic growth rate has baffled political opponents who wanted the government to fail in meeting these challenges left behind by our predecessors,” added Khan.