Fahad Mustafa recently celebrated his son Musa’s 5th birthday with a cricket-themed birthday party.
The star’s wife Sana Fahad shared pictures from the celebrations on social media. Check them out below:
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I have always been a ‘Churail’, says Sarwat Gilani
Sarwat Gilani says that she has always been a churail.
In a recent interview Sarwat candidly talked about her character in Churails and her definition of feminism.
Responding to a question about who her favourite character, Sarwat said: “Sara in Churails. Undoubtedly.”
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When asked how the web series changed her, Sarwat said: “I was a very Churail-like person myself, I have always tried to carry women along.”
“I have travelled in all kinds of public transport during my university days to save money, so I have always been a Churail,” she continued. “But Churails taught me how to take ownership of your own problems.”
Later while talking about her thoughts on feminism, Sarwat said: “I would not say I am a feminist.”
She continued: “I feel a man has his own place. I feel that a certain time a woman needs a man, no matter how independent she is. I am an independent woman, but at the end of the day I feel like I need somebody, who would say that I will take care of you and who I can depend on.”
“But at the same time, especially in Pakistan when we talk about feminism, people think that men have nothing to do with it but there are so many men who help to promote feminism because they support their women to come forward, so I feel feminism is a very balance sort of idea where you say everything belongs to whoever earns it,” she added.
When the host questioned if Sarwat why she is hesitating to call herself a feminist, the actor said: “A lot of people think that feminism is all about women. I feel it has to do with men also. If a man is making changes in himself we can also call that feminism.”
“We misunderstand feminism, that is why I don’t call myself a feminist,” said Sarwat. “But yes I talk about equal rights.”
“I’m feminist but I also talk about the problems faced by men,” she added.
Read more – Who banned ‘Churails’?
Meanwhile, in a recent interview with The Current, Sarwat talked about her experience of working in Churails and how she felt when the series received backlash in Pakistan.
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Why are The Current’s followers not with the one they love?
The Current recently asked its followers some hard-hitting questions and the answers left us quite sad. This was done via a ‘This or That’ poll that goes up in the morning every day in Instagram stories.
We asked people if they think our society is easy to live in? 71% voted that the society is ‘so suffocating’ and we totally agree with your answer.
We also asked why is our society is so suffocating. Here is what our followers thought:
Society is more judgemental about ‘Aurat ghar main rahay’ or ‘Ye kesi naukri hai?’. This one was pretty close.
We also asked for the solution to this problem. 62% of our followers thought that education could help in making our society less judgmental.
Nobody can disagree with that the food is the ultimate catharsis.
This actually made us sad to know that most of the people are not with the one they love.
And the sadder part is that the family is the reason behind it.
41% of our followers are of the opinion that their parents do not know them and the percentage should not be this high.
Do you have your group of friends that is ‘your squad’? 40% of people replied that they do not have enough friends and The Current wishes that they find true and good friends in their life ahead.
This one was quite tough but we are glad most of our followers love what they do.
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UK govt praises Pakistan on 10 Billion Tree Tsunami project
The UK government has appreciated Pakistan for showing global leadership in dealing with climate change with its 10 Billion Tree Tsunami project. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government introduced the Billion Tree Tsunami Afforestation Project in 2014 that was monitored by WWF-Pakistan.
As per details, about 1.6 million native tree species were planted in different cities of Pakistan by WWF in 2019 and about 1.002 million native plants were planted with the provincial forest department, academic institutions, and civil society in 2020.
UK House of Lords member Lord Aamer Sarfraz, during a session of the House of Lords on January 25, said that the project is an effort that all Pakistanis can be proud of.
“There is no doubt that 2021 is the year of planet Earth, and by the COP26 due to be held later this year, we hope to celebrate more successes from Pakistan,” said Lord Sarfraz.
UK Environment Minister Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park also appreciated the initiative and called it a great achievement, which the world can learn from and emulate.
He called it “one of the most ambitious tree planting initiatives in the world”.
“I absolutely, enthusiastically, commend and celebrate Pakistan’s 10 Billion Tree Tsunami initiative and the tens of thousands of jobs that have been created due to the project. It goes to show what is possible and what can be achieved,” said Lord Goldsmith.
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VIDEO: Sindh governor’s dog enjoying police protocol in Karachi?
It seems even pets of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and Sindh Governor Imran Ismail enjoy police protocol in Karachi.
According to a video that went viral on social media, a dog can be seen enjoying a ride in a government SUV on the roads of the provincial capital, with its head hanging out of the window.
A police vehicle is also seen tailing the Prado as a part of its security protocol. No one can be seen accompanying the dog in the video, but the governor says that his family members were travelling in the vehicle when the video was shot.
The video was posted by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Taimoor Talpur. Talpur said that he filmed the video after he came out of the Chief Minister House following a meeting, as per a report in Geo News.
Subsequently, a clarification was issued by the governor on Twitter. Ismail clarified the police mobile was accompanying the vehicle to protect his family that was also travelling in it. “The police van was not there for protocol but to protect the family,” he said, adding that it is a “frivolous move” to make such videos.
“The person [Talpur] who made the video is part of a corrupt government,” he alleged.
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PTI’s Pakistan more corrupt than PML-N’s Pakistan for second consecutive year: Transparency International
Transparency International (TI) — a Berlin-based international non-governmental organisation combating global corruption — on Thursday released a new report, according to which, the country under the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, for the second consecutive year, has witnessed more corruption than it did in the outgoing year of the former ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
According to TI’s global report on the 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), while Pakistan’s ranking and CPI score in 2019 dropped from 117 to 120 and from 33 to 32, respectively, the ranking has now fallen down to 123 and CPI score to 31 in 2020.
The report comes at a time when the Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan-led government boasts of the success of its promised accountability drive against opposition lawmakers and government officials. The same has time and again been termed as “political victimisation” by those on the radar of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Before the second consecutive drop, Pakistan witnessed a slight improvement in the 2018 CPI, scoring a point higher than in 2017 but remaining unchanged in the rankings. The country scored 33 out of 100 on the index — one point better than its score of 32 in 2017 and 2016. Its ranking, however, remained unchanged at 117 out of 180 countries, in 2018.
TI’s annual report on CPI is formulated on the basis of input from 13 international agencies. In the case of Pakistan, however, the assessment of eight agencies is taken into account. These include the World Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey; the World Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessment; the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index; the Bertelsmann Stiftung Transformation Index; the Economist Intelligence Unit Country Risk Service; the Global Insight Country Risk Ratings; the IMD World Competitiveness Center World Competitiveness Yearbook Executive Opinion Survey; and the Varieties of Democracy project’s findings.
Pakistan in the last 11 years had improved its index score from 23 in 2010 to 33 in 2018. However, never in the said time period had Pakistan been assessed to have performed negatively when compared to the previous year, which has now happened twice.
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Newsletter- 27th January 2021, Wednesday
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‘Saudi crown prince desperate for patch up with Pakistan while Imran, Gen Bajwa may have moved on,’ claims journalist
Hamaare aik senior sahafi Usama Ghazi ka kehna hai ke Saudi Arabia is desperate to improve ties with Pakistan as it needs to get closer to the new Biden administration in the US. Iske ilaawa unhon ne aur bhi bohot kuch claim kia hai. To learn more, checkout the story below.
Read on Fazl not invited to Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari’s wedding: report
Bakhwtawar Bhutto is getting married this week and reportedly Maulana Fazlur Rehman is not invited to the wedding.
Read Hussain Nawaz challenges govt to trace Sharifs’ alleged $1 billion
Mian sahab ke baitay Hussain Nawaz has challenged that the government can keep 90 per cent of the amount if it can trace the $1 billion allegedly stashed by the Sharif family in offshore accounts.
Read on Ayeza Khan says she always wanted a husband ‘jis per saari larkian marti hon’
In a recent interview with Ahsan Khan, Ayeza Khan and Dainsh Taimoor opened about their relationship, and interview mein Ayeza Khan said ke she always wanted a husband jis per saari larkian marti hon. Danish Taimoor said ke one should not disclose their relationship before marriage.
Read Faysal Quraishi urges society to support rape survivors
Faysal Quarishi in a tweet has said that rape is a stigma for the perpetrators, not the victims. He is right, isn’t he?
Read On CDA bans shooting stray dogs
Good news is that CDA has decided to impose a complete ban on shooting stray dogs in Islamabad. We hope a similar ban is imposed in other cities too because we should not be cruel to animalsRead On Current Baba’s prediction
Today you may face a loss in your past investments, as your ex will ask you to return all the gifts they have given you.
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VIDEO: Visibly annoyed info minister stops Shahbaz Gill from speaking to media after PTI meeting
Federal Information Minister Shibli Faraz was on Wednesday caught visibly annoyed on camera when he expressed displeasure over his colleague and Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s special assistant, Dr Shahbaz Gill, having an informal conversation with media persons.
As per the details, PM Imran chaired the parliamentary party meeting of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) following which Gill was seen speaking to journalists before the information minister could hold his scheduled press conference.
In videos of the episode doing the rounds on social media, Faraz was seen asking Gill as to what he was doing.
“I was just giving them [journalists] economy-related points,” PM’s aide tells the government spokesperson over which the latter tells him that he was headed for the scheduled post-meeting presser.
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“If you want to talk to journalists, join me for the press conference,” the information minister can be heard as adding after saying that it was his job but Gill had been doing so for quite some time.
“I won’t join you [for the presser],” Gill says after continuing to explain for a while that he was only updating journalists on facts and figures regarding the country’s debts.
“Then don’t,” the information minister says and storms out, leaving Gill rather embarrassed in front of media persons.
It may be noted that Faraz is the third information minister after Fawad Chaudhry and Firdous Ashiq Awan, who discharged her duties as the pemier’s special assistant on information in the absence of a minister.
Gill, on the other hand, was called to centre after spending some time in Punjab as Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar’s spokesperson.
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Hadiqa Kiani’s ‘Jaanay Iss Dil’ is Indo-Pak’s first female qawwali
After a powerful acting debut in Hum TV’s Raqeeb Se, Hadiqa Kiani has enthralled fans with her first qawaali Jaanay Iss Dil.
In an exclusive interview with The Current, Hadiqa revealed that Jaanay Iss Dil is Indo-Pak’s “first-ever female qawwali“.
The composition is nothing like anything has Kiani has ever done before. The award-winning singer collaborated with the legendary qawaali icon, late Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s patent Tabla player, Ustad Dildar Hussain for Jaanay Iss Dil.
“Qawaali is indeed the purest form of music. Having had the opportunity to jump into a genre that is somewhat outside my comfort zone, I have an even greater appreciation for the art that is Qawaali,” said Kiani while talking about her latest venture. “The opportunity to work with Ustad Dildar Hussain, someone who has been an important part of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s entourage was nothing short of extraordinary.”
Later, while celebrating the qawwali’s success and the response it got, Hadiqa said that “this was a project of love”, adding that she is grateful that her audiences “were able to connect to our message through the power of pure music.”
“No auto-tuners, no heavy machines, just the beauty of our regional music, our language, our instruments,” she added.
Meanwhile, the poetry of the qawwali has been selected by Abrar Hussain and verses of numerous classic poets have been incorporated to enrich it with Girah Bundi.
The qawwali has been musically arranged and recorded live by one of Pakistan’s leading music producers and Hadiqa’s long-time collaborator and brother, Irfan Kiani, without the use of click track or auto-tuners. Kiani also incorporated the all-elusive Sarangi instrument to add to the beauty of this qawaali. The sound has been mixed and mastered by Eva Kiani.
Read more – Hadiqa Kiani pays a rich tribute to Ertuğrul with a song in Turkish
The qawaali has been produced by Mian Yousaf Salahuddin for Sufiscore and has been visually captured by director Abdullah Haris. Mohsin Naveed Ranjha did the wardrobe while Shahama Sajid designed the set.
Listen to it here:
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Here’s how you can register for COVID-19 vaccine in Pakistan
The National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) has finalized the COVID-19 vaccination strategy as the country expects the first batch of a Chinese vaccine by January 31.
The government has approved three COVID-19 vaccines including Russia’s Sputnik-V, China’s Sinopharm and UK’s Oxford-AstraZeneca so far.
Here is a step-by-step guide to get coronavirus vaccine:
Step 1: Citizens including frontline healthcare workers will send CNIC number to 1166 through SMS or use NIMS website for registration.
Step 2: After necessary verification, designated AVC (Adult Vaccine Centre) (based on “Present Address” and PIN Code will be sent to the citizen through SMS)
Step 3: If the designated AVC is outside the current tehsil of the citizen, he/ she can change the designated health facility by visiting NIMS web portal or by calling 1166 helpline within 5 days of receipt of the first SMS.
Step 4: Upon availability of vaccine at the Designated Vaccination Centre, SMS will be sent to the citizen to intimate appointment date for vaccine administration.
Step 5: After successful registration, the citizen will visit AVC on date of appointment along with original CNIC and received PIB Code (mandatory).
Step 6: Vaccination staff will verify the CNIC and PIN code.
Step 7: After successful verification, the citizen will be vaccinated. Upon vaccine administration, vaccination staff will enter the details in NIMS and confirmation message will be sent to the citizen through SMS. Citizen will stay in AVC for 30 min for the post-inoculation monitoring.
Step 8: Real-time dashboard for the federal, provincial and district health department will be generated automatically.
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