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  • PML-N’s Javed Latif arrested from courtroom in anti-state remarks case

    PML-N’s Javed Latif arrested from courtroom in anti-state remarks case

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) loyalist Javed Latif was on Tuesday arrested after a Lahore sessions court dismissed his interim bail in an anti-state remarks case, after which he was arrested.

    Latif has been accused of making anti-Pakistan comments and earlier, the court had reserved judgment on the PML-N MNA’s bail application.

    During the hearing, the public prosecutor sought a dismissal of the bail plea.

    The public prosecutor argued in court that Latif’s controversial statement was tantamount to overstepping his bounds in love for his leader.

    He said that a recording of Latif’s statement has been sent to forensics and the prosecution’s case is in accordance with all the requirements of the law.

    The prosecutor argued that the state is like a mother. “Can such language be used about one’s mother?” he asked.

    The public prosecutor also said that at the last hearing, it was reported that Latif had contracted coronavirus.

    He said agencies reported that Latif was not quarantined despite having coronavirus.

    During the hearing, Latif’s lawyer argued in court that a conspiracy was hatched to kill Maryam Nawaz and Latif made his statement in the context of this conspiracy.

    Latif was arrested from the courtroom.

  • Sarah Khan wants more men to be like husband Falak Shabbir

    Sarah Khan wants more men to be like husband Falak Shabbir

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

    Read more – ‘Don’t teach your daughters to go to Aurat March, educate your sons,’ says Sarah Khan

    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.”

    “I want to show people that men should be like that,” said Sarah, adding: “When he gives me flowers, it makes my day and my day feels incomplete without the flower.”

    Responding to a question on how the two met, Sarah shared that she met her husband at the Bridal Couture Week in Lahore. Sarah revealed that Falak proposed to her backstage.

    “My sisters Aisha and Noor were with me when Falak proposed to me backstage. I declined the proposal, but then he contacted my father, who handled everything from there on,” shared Sarah, adding that she is very happy with Falak.

    Read more – Iqra Aziz opens up on why she chose to marry Yasir Hussain

    Khan also talked about her recent illness due to which she was hospitalised.

    “When I was on the shoot of my new project, I started feeling unwell and was then admitted to hospital,” said Khan. “I had severe migraine, typhoid with two to three other things.”

    The actor added that she was touched to see the concern from her fans and friends.

    Meanwhile, talking about her dramas and characters, Sarah said that she enjoyed playing Miral in Sabaat and took inspiration from her mother for it.

    “People found Miraal cool because she wore nice clothes and said nice things,” said Sarah. “Most of the suits that you saw me wearing as Miraal belonged to my mother.”

    Revealing why she decided to play Zohra in Raqs e Bismil, Sarah said: “I wanted to do something completely different after Miraal and I wanted to work with Imran Asharaf. Also, the producers of the drama are my favourite.”

    Khan added that some scenes and dialogues in the drama were changed because she was not comfortable with them.

  • LEAKED AUDIO: ‘PIA Training Centre official’ heard convincing boy for sex to clear exams

    LEAKED AUDIO: ‘PIA Training Centre official’ heard convincing boy for sex to clear exams

    • National carrier suspends official, says is committed to upholding highest moral behaviour

    The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has suspended an official of PIA Training Centre (PTC) Karachi over a damning audio clip in which he could allegedly be heard asking a boy for sexual favours to clear exams.

    The action came after The Current reached out to PIA spokesperson Abdullah Hafeez, who said the national carrier was committed to upholding the highest moral behaviour at work.

    “On the recording that has surfaced, we have started our probe to see if the conversation is legit,” he said.

    Hafeez maintained that the PIA management had zero tolerance towards any indecent conduct, and strict action was always ensured against any violation.

    Read more – ‘Fake pilot licences’: UN staffers asked to avoid Pakistani airlines

    Later, he confirmed that the official allegedly heard in the damning audio clip had been suspended pending a detailed investigation.

    LEAKED AUDIO

    On Monday night, The Current received from its sources in the PIA the damning audio in which the official could purportedly be heard convincing a boy for sodomy to clear his exams at PTC.

    “These PTC people never pass anyone. I am telling you,” he could be heard as saying to the boy who kept telling the official that he wasn’t into that stuff.

    “Earlier, I wasn’t into it either,” the official could be heard as telling the boy.

    He then goes on to accuse a woman of giving sexual favours to another official for perks. “That’s how they got married.”

    While the conversation continues for a good four minutes with the official continuing to convince the boy, its nature does not allow for it to be shared here.

  • VIDEO: Aamir Liaquat sings ‘Laila o Laila’ on the sets of Ramzan transmission

    Aamir Liaquat strikes again. After giving us a glimpse of his dancing skills with the Nagin Dance, the television show host’s singing skills have come into the spotlight after a video of him humming Laila O Laila on the sets of his Ramzan transmission was leaked on social media.

    The behind-the-scenes video, which has gone viral on social media, shows Liaquat singing the superhit Bollywood song as the musicians play the music.

    Earlier, during this year’s transmission, Aamir also gave memers an opportunity to make new memes by competing in a race with Pakistani star Naseem Hameed, who had won a gold medal at the South Asian Federation Games in 2010.

    Liaquat became a member of National Assembly in 2018, after securing a seat from NA-245 Karachi.

  • Pakistan rushes to Turkey’s support as US declares Armenian killings of 1915 as genocide

    Pakistan rushes to Turkey’s support as US declares Armenian killings of 1915 as genocide

    Pakistan has supported Turkish thesis on the events of 1915 after American President Joe Biden’s declaration that massacre of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks in World War I was genocide.

    In a phone call with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi stressed Islamabad’s support for Ankara’s take on the events of 1915, said an official statement.

    Turkey, established in 1923 after the Ottoman empire collapsed, has always denied there was a systematic campaign to annihilate Armenians.

    It says that thousands of Turks and Armenians died in inter-ethnic violence as the empire started to fall apart and fought a Russian invasion of its eastern provinces during the war.

    “We believe that one-sided approaches and political categorisation of historical events could undermine trust and lead to polarisation between nations,” Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said in a statement.

    The statement also praised Turkey’s “constructive approach” on the subject including Ankara’s proposal for a joint historical commission to explore the facts.

    Turkish Foreign Ministry thanked Pakistan for its support.

    “Thank you brotherly Pakistan! Long live Turkey-Pakistan friendship!” read a tweet.

    Biden, in his statement, said the American people honour “all those Armenians who perished in the genocide that began 106 years ago.”

    “Over the decades, Armenian immigrants have enriched the United States (US) in countless ways, but they have never forgotten the tragic history,” Biden said.

    “We honour their story. We see that pain. We affirm the history. We do this not to cast blame but to ensure that what happened is never repeated.”

    The largely symbolic move, breaking away from decades of carefully calibrated language from the White House, comes at a time when Ankara and Washington grapple with deep policy disagreements over a host of issues.

    The Turkish government and most of the opposition showed rare unity in their rejection of Biden’s statement.

    Ankara has repeatedly proposed the creation of a joint commission of historians from Turkey and Armenia as well as international experts to tackle the issue.

  • Modi Silencing Indian Celebs?

    Modi Silencing Indian Celebs?









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     Editorial: The deadly COVID-19 third wave

    On Sunday, 5,611 people tested positive for COVID-19. The third wave of coronavirus seems to be spreading quite fast. On Saturday, 157 people died due to coronavirus in Pakistan. This was the highest number ever recorded since the pandemic broke out in the country. Last year the highest number of deaths was 153 in June. 

     On the other hand, people are not following basic SOPs like wearing masks or sanitising hands or maintaining social distancing.  
    The interior ministry has notified army deployment for the implementation of COVID-19 SOPs. Hopefully, people will now follow SOPs. 

     Read the complete editorial  

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     Current Life | Rabia Anum ?

    Ramzan Show Host Rabia Anum is Pakistan’s television sweetheart. But don’t let that sweet smile fool you. She’s a lethal business woman, owning one of the biggest salons in Karachi. In this week’s The Current life, we take a tour of her giant salon, ask her about why she chose Ramzan transmissions over political talk shows and don’t miss Waseem Badami’s makeup. 

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    Twitter censors tweets of lawmakers, filmmakers, MPs on Modi govt orders 

    At the request of the Modi government, Twitter has removed almost 50 tweets by influential people that criticised Modi for mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic. 

    According to reports, the Indian government issued an emergency order to Twitter on Friday to censor 52 tweets. 

    According to a spokesperson of Twitter, the accounts were notified in advance that their content will be withheld at the request of the Indian government.

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    Kon si Ramzan transmission ya drama chal raha hai? ?

    Every year, Ramzan shows and transmissions take over our TV screens with many celebrities stepping in to host them. Urooj asked a few people which shows are their favorite and why? 

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    In a first, Kangana thanks Pakistan for extending prayers  

    Kangana Ranaut has made headlines every now and then. Apart from her argument on nepotism, the actress has also been very vocal about her dislike of Pakistan. 

    However, as Twitter in Pakistan trends with hashtags showing solidarity to India, Kangana’s heart, too, turned soft. But she was still misinformed about one detail.  Kangana thinks ke India provided Pakistan with vaccine.  ?‍♀️
     

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    On this day: 26 AprilPAKISTAN’S ALAM CHANNA ENTERS WORLD GUINNESS RECORD 

     On this day, Alam Channa made a Guinness world record by being the tallest man in the world in 1992. Channa came from an impoverished Sindhi family, he was 7ft 8 inches when he was registered in the records.

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  • IN PICTURES: Fahad Mirza celebrates birthday sans social distancing

    While a pandemic rages across the country, our celebrities appear to live in another dimension.

    Fahad Mirza recently celebrated his 40th birthday in an extravagant party that saw several celebs including Mirza’s wife Sarwat Gilani, Zeba Bakhtiar, Sheheryar Munawar, Frieha Altaf, and Mansha Pasha in attendance. Besides the birthday celebrations, there was also a qawwali performance by Fareed Ayaz. However, what was missing was social distancing, masks, and other COVID-19 protocols.

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    Meanwhile, Frieha defended the celebrations, saying “”First of all, it was a very small gathering and it was on an open rooftop it was also Fahad’s 40th birthday. All SOPs were followed, there were masks, temperature checks at the gate and I believe most of the guests already vaccinated or had antibodies,”

    Speaking to The Express Tribune, the model-actor said: “The only time anyone took off the mask was to take a picture. I think when people see pictures and videos they end up assuming the worst.”

  • VIDEO: ‘Army to make sure people wear masks… then what good are you Mr PM?’

    VIDEO: ‘Army to make sure people wear masks… then what good are you Mr PM?’

    Senior analyst Hafeezullah Niazi has trained guns at the government, especially Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan over the decision to deploy army for ensuring COVID-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) are followed.

    “Then what good are you? What good is the police force?,” he asked addressing the premier in response to a question by the host of the talk show he was appearing on.

    The host had asked Niazi if the decision to deploy the army exposed the government’s failure in dealing with anything from natural calamities to law and order situations and enforcement of COVID-19 SOPs in this case.

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    It is pertinent to note that the government announced its decision to summon the army as the third wave of the pandemic continues to take toll on Pakistan.

    According to reports, the Interior Ministry has issued a notification allowing the provinces and federal territories to seek the help of the army to enforce SOPs for curbing the spread of the coronavirus.

    In a video message on Sunday, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said according to the notification, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir and Islamabad will avail the services of the Pakistan Army for implementation of Covid-19 SOPs “as per their need”. He said Sindh had not opted to be part of the measure for now.

    He added that this was a “big decision” taken because neighbouring India was reporting 350,000 or more Covid cases on a daily basis.

  • Saudi Arabia to introduce Hindi scripture, yoga in school curriculum

    Saudi Arabia is planning to add two Hindu scriptures Ramayana and Mahabharata to the national school curriculum.

    As per details, the objective is to revamp the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) image according to Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman’s (MBS) Vision 2030.

    Crown prince MBS wants to make Saudi Arabia culturally and religiously more dynamic and tolerant to fit in the global economy and to reduce its dependency on oil. It is an imperative initiative that is much needed to bring foreign investment to Saudi Arabia.

    The report further stated that other cultural elements like yoga and Ayurveda will also be included in the school curriculum.

    Besides literature from Hinduism, the curriculum will now involve the history and culture of other countries as well. The government has taken majors steps to overhaul the orthodoxy and bring cultural innovation after MBS took control in KSA.

    A Saudi yogi, Nouf Almarwaai even tweeted screenshots of her son’s social studies exam with questions about Hinduism, Buddhism, and Hindu epics the Ramayana and Mahabharata. She is also dubbed Saudi’s first Yogiacharya and has even been awarded a Padma Shri by India.

  • Justice Isa’s review petition against verdict on presidential reference accepted

    Justice Isa’s review petition against verdict on presidential reference accepted

    The Supreme Court has granted the review petition of Justice Qazi Faez Isa.

    A 10-member full court bench headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial was hearing Justice Isa’s case in the apex court on Monday.

    The Supreme Court judge and his wife had challenged the apex court’s order on the presidential reference seeking the removal of Justice Isa for failing to disclose foreign properties of his family members.

    After completion of the hearing, Justice Bandial, in his remarks, had said that the bench needed time for consultation.

    Justice Bandial had last week remarked that the Supreme Court would not look at a report on Justice Qazi Faez Isa and his family’s financial matters, compiled by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), and will leave it to the Supreme Judicial Council to decide what to do with it.

    The full court bench has been seized with the review petition filed by Justice Isa.

    Additional Attorney General (AAG) Amir Rehman, representing the government, told the bench in Friday that the Supreme Court had given its verdict on the case by keeping into account all the facts and the law.

    He added that the bench had also heard the judge in question.

    “This review petition can therefore not be accepted merely on the assertion that the reference was not heard properly,” Rehman had argued.