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  • Mob managed to destroy Hindu temple due to ‘cowardice’ of policemen, says KP IG

    Mob managed to destroy Hindu temple due to ‘cowardice’ of policemen, says KP IG

    Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief Sanaullah Abbasi criticised the police officials over their failure to confront the mob that demolished a Hindu temple in Karak last week, saying the extremists were able to destroy the religious site due to the “cowardice and negligence” of the policemen.

    IG Abbasi told reporters outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday that at least 92 policemen were present at the site but they failed to control the mob. “I have suspended 12 police officials,” he said after a hearing of the temple demolition case at the top court.

    According to the IG, the protestors remained peaceful until an inflammatory speech by cleric Molvi Sharif — who also led a mob in a previous demolition of the temple in 1997, reported AFP.

    During the hearing, the chief justice of Pakistan directed the KP government for the immediate reconstruction of the temple. “You have to recover money from the people who did this, from Molvi Sharif and his followers,” Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed said.

    He said the mob destroyed the temple with impunity, while ordering the authorities to submit a separate report on the attack.

    While no Hindus live in Karak, devotees often visit the temple and its shrine to pay homage to the Hindu saint Shri Paramhans Mahaaraj, who died there before the 1947 partition of the Sub-continent. It is the fourth holiest Hindu worship site in Pakistan.

  • Newsletter- 5th January 2020, Tuesday

    Newsletter- 5th January 2020, Tuesday









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    The Current Insider
    Tuesday, 5th January 2021

    You know what I really hate? Not knowing what will happen next. Take the weather for instance. Monday’s weather forecast had rain in Lahore during the day. It didn’t rain a bit and the cold lifted a bit but last night rain thundered and the cold set in my bones. Was not prepared for it. 
    Students weren’t prepared for schools opening up this month, from Jan 18 onwards and the memes of Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood ‘betraying’ students are hilarious. I interviewed him when he made the decision to shut down schools due to the increase in coronavirus cases and he told me what his favourite meme was. An unexpected video of Maryam Nawaz went viral on social media as she video-called her granddaughter, asking her which toy she wanted. A social media troll got an unexpected response from Model Ayesha Omar when he criticised her choice of clothing and actor Sarah Khan did the same with someone who criticised her over her father’s death. What has the world come to when people just won’t let other people be? And it’s not like things are great across the border. Singer Diljit Dosanjh had to share proof of his Indian citizenship because people were criticising him for supporting the farmers’ protests in India.
    The most expected and ‘better late than never’ was the news that the Lahore High Court declared that the “two finger test and hymen test carried out” to find out if a female victim of rape or sexual abuse is a virgin or not was against the constitution of Pakistan. I mean, really? The fact that this ruling is declared in the first week of 2021 is disturbing to say the least and shocking that such a law did in fact, still exist. 
    An old video of comedian Moin Akhtar surfaced recently where he interviewed Indian actor Dilip Kumar when Kumar visited Pakistan in 1998. Sometimes when you look back at Pakistan, you wonder, when did such things happen? What was it like when the Beatles visited Pakistan, or Neil Armstrong? What was it like to be that free? I wonder and although I hate not knowing what happens next, I do hope we go back to being a carefree, inclusive and perhaps, less obsessed with virginity society once again. In case you were wondering, It is SUPPOSED to rain during the day in Lahore and Islamabad, Peshawar and Karachi are cloudy and Quetta is chilly — but with plenty of sun. 

    Stay warm!
    Marium

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    Sometimes you have to do things you don’t feel like doing, jaise taking a shower in this cold and rainy weather. Sab theek hai but I’m sure you don’t want to smell bad. 

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  • Sana Mir tests positive for coronavirus

    Former Pakistan women’s cricket team captain Sana Mir has announced that she has tested positive for COVID-19.

    In a tweet, Mir shared that she only has mild symptoms for now and has isolated herself.

    Meanwhile, ESPN Cricinfo has reported that Mir was part of the commentary panel for the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and after testing positive for coronavirus she was removed from the panel and is currently isolating at the Pearl Continental Hotel, Karachi.

    Her fellow commentators, including Bazid Khan, Tariq Saeed, Ali Younis, Sikandar Bakhat and presenter Sawera Pasha also underwent coronavirus tests. A decision to isolate them will be made after their results will come.

    As per the report, Sana started showing symptoms on the day three of the final of Quaid-e-Azam trophy which started on Friday.

    Read more – PTI’s Faisal Javed Khan rubbishes Mohammad Asif’s claims of interference in players’ selection process

    Sana, who announced retirement from international cricket in April 2020, is also celebrating her birthday today. The cricketer has played 226 international matches for Pakistan, including 137 as captain from 2009 to 2017.

    https://twitter.com/TheRealPCB/status/1346333135118757891

  • Diriliş: Ertuğrul’s Ozman Sirgood has a special message for Feroze Khan

    Turkish Actor Ozman Sirgood, who plays the role of Ibn Arabi in the superhit Turkish series Diriliş: Ertuğrul has a special message for Feroze Khan.

    Thanking Feroze for sharing the words of Muslim scholar, poet and philosopher Ibn Arabi, Sirgood wrote: “Thank you, Feroze, for sharing these golden words from the great master Ibn Arabi.”

    “I heard you have left [the] show business in order to serve Islam. I believe there are many different ways to serve a higher cause,” he continued.

    The Turkish actor also offered to work with Feroze, saying: “Please let me know if there is anything I can do for you, or if you would like to work on some projects together!⁠”

    Replying to Ozman’s post, Feroze commented: “Hey Ozman! Thank you. I have continued again to serve the higher cause.”

    “Would definitely connect,” he added. “Let’s do something together.”

    In March 2020, Khan had announced that he will be quitting the showbiz industry and “will only act and provide my services for the teaching of Islam.”

    Later, the actor said that he will not be quitting after his “Sheikh” Sultan Muhammad Ali ordered him not to quit the entertainment industry.

    “He believes the industry is a source of spreading the message from one place to another,” said Feroze.

    Meanwhile, Feroze’s latest project Khuda aur Mohabbat 3, in which he will be sharing the screen with Iqra Aziz, is all set to go on-air soon.

  • Asad Khattak says Veena Malik will be responsible if anything happens to him

    Veena Malik’s ex-husband Asad Khattak has arrived in Pakistan to obtain custody of his children, who have been allegedly kidnapped by his former wife. Asad claims that he has evidence to prove that Veena has kidnapped his children from the UAE.

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    Later, addressing a press conference in Peshawar, Asad said that Veena abducted their children from Dubai and Pakistan’s consulate general in Dubai is involved in the kidnapping.

    Asad further added that Veena threatens him by claiming she has state institutions on her back.

    “Veena is defaming our state institutions, but the authorities are not taking any action against her,” alleged Khattak.

    He also stated that Veena is threatening him and if anything happens to him or his family, Veena will be responsible.

    Khattak also appealed to Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa for “justice”.

    Last month, Veena had filed a complaint with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) against her ex-husband for initiating a social media campaign that was tarnishing her reputation.

    The legal notice worth Rs 500 million was sent by the actress a few days after an audio clip started doing the rounds on the internet in which the actress allegedly threatened her former husband.

  • Another old tweet comes to haunt Imran as 11 Hazara miners killed

    Another old tweet comes to haunt Imran as 11 Hazara miners killed

    After an attack by the Islamic State in Mach, a town in Bolan district of Balochistan, left 11 Hazara coalminers dead on Sunday, another tweet from the past has come back to haunt Prime Minister Imran Khan.

    In 2013, Imran had reacted to the Hazara killings by the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi by holding the state responsible for its inability to stop these killings.

    “Tragic news from Quetta. Condemn Lashkar-e-Jhangiv for its genocidal campaign against Shias, especially Hazaras. Where is the state?” Imran had tweeted.

    However, this time, the massacre has happened during the government of Imran Khan and except a tweet, the PM has done nothing. This has also drawn flak from the opposition that has questioned the actions taken by the government to arrest the culprits.

    Senator Sherry Rehman said that despite the magnitude of this tragedy, the PM or the CM of Balochistan had not visited the families of the victims. “Our PM sat on the ground with half the cabinet members when something similar happened to the Hazaras in the past. What is PM Imran Khan waiting for?” she was quoted by The News as saying. 

    Meanwhile, protests in Quetta against the killings have continued. On Monday, protesters gathered with eight of the bodies in coffins and blocked a bypass on the outskirts of Quetta, demanding justice.

    OLD TWEETS COME TO BITE IMRAN:

    This is not the first time that old tweets of PM Imran Khan have come to haunt him.

    As PM Imran reached China amid Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) nationwide protests in 2018, a 2012 tweet of his, went viral. In the tweet, he had criticised the then premier, Yousaf Raza Gillani, for traveling abroad as the country “burned”.

    After train accident in which 24 people were killed, the PM was also reminded of his tweet, wherein he demanded the resignation of the railways minister following a train accident. However, he didn’t ask then railways minister Sheikh Rasheed to resign even though his old tweet had gone viral at the time.

  • Is Imran Abbas a TikTok fan now?

    Is Imran Abbas a TikTok fan now?

    TikTok is one of Pakistan’s most popular applications and even Imran Abbas now agrees. The actor had earlier expressed his dislike for the app.

    Responding to a question, in a recent interactive session on Instagram, Abbas said that he never said he “disliked Tiktok”.

    “Rather it’s an amazing app where people express themselves in lots of funny and creative ways and entertain others,” said Imran. “It’s just the use of anything which makes it likeable or vice versa.”

    The actor further said: “I have lots of respect for TikTokers. I just don’t like when people cross a certain limit, become obnoxious or obscene or risk their lives in order to raise followers.”

    He also added that he might make his TikTok debut soon “since I receive thousands of messages from them.”

    Concluding his answer, he requested his followers to “use TikTok in a positive, creative and productive way”.

    Read more – Imran Abbas spills it all in his latest Q&A session on Instagram

    In an earlier Q&A session on Instagram, when a fan had asked the actor if he uses TikTok, Abbas had said: “I don’t use TikTok and please don’t ask my opinion about this app.”

    Furthermore, when the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority banned TikTok in October over “immoral content”, Imran expressed his delight over the matter, saying “2020 is not so bad”.

    Meanwhile, Mikaal Zulfiqar has taken the plunge and joining the popular video sharing app.

  • Pakistan asks UN to take notice of rights violations in occupied Kashmir, fulfill plebiscite promise

    Prime Minister Imran Khan has asked the United Nations and its member states to take notice of atrocities in occupied Kashmir while reminding the world body of its promise of holding an impartial plebiscite in the region.

    The PM said Pakistan would stand with the Kashmiri people till the realisation of their right to self-determination, adding that on Jan 5, 1949, the UN “guaranteed the right to self-determination for the people of Jammu and Kashmir through an impartial plebiscite”.

    “We observe this day as a reminder to the UN and its member state of their unfulfilled commitment to the Kashmiri people.”

    In a statement shared by the APP, the PM said: “Being a direct party to the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, Pakistan will continue to underscore the imperative of holding a free and impartial plebiscite under the UN auspices in accordance with the United Nations Security Council resolutions.”

    According to the PM, the importance of the right to self-determination has been acknowledged in various human rights conventions and decisions of the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council. However, due to the “Indian intransigence, the Security Council has failed to fulfill its pledge to the Kashmiri people”.

    The PM said that Pakistan calls on the international community to take against the well-documented human rights violations being committed by the Indian occupation forces against Kashmiris and ensure that they get their right to self-determination.

  • Urmila hits back at Kangana, asks her to share names of drug addicts in Bollywood

    There is never a dull moment in the life of Kangana Ranaut, whose favourite past time includes picking fights with colleagues and others on social media.

    After a Twitter feud with Diljit Dosanjh, Ranaut is now engaged in a row with Urmila Matondkar, accusing her of illegally purchasing her new offices.

    On January 3, Kangana accused Urmila of buying property worth three crore through illegal means soon after entering politics.

    “Dear Urmila Ji, the houses I built from my hard-earned money are being demolished by the Congress,” wrote Kangana on social media. “By impressing BJP, I have only gotten 25-30 legal cases against me.”

    “I wish I was as smart as you and would’ve kept Congress happy. How foolish of me, no?,” she added.

    In response to Kangana’s allegations, Urmila posted a short video in which she hit back at Ranaut and asked her to meet her so that she can share the property documents with her.

    “Namashkar Kangana Ji,” said Matondkar in the video. “The high regards that you have for me, I have heard them. In fact, the whole country has heard them.”

    “Today, in front of the entire country, I request you to set a place and time and I will bring all my documents there. The documents will carry all the papers of my property,” continued the actor.

    “In 2011, after working hard in the industry for a short span of 25-30 years, I purchased a flat in Andheri,” said Urmila. “I will bring the documents of that flat. I sold that house in the first week of March and I will bring those papers too. And there will also be documents of the flat that I have now purchased from the money that I got. I bought this flat much before I entered politics. I wanted to show you that.”

    Urmila, in the video, also asked Kangana to share a list of people from the industry who she claimed were involved in drugs, as promised.

    “In return what I want is this. Using the money paid by lakhs and crores of taxpayers like me, you were given the Y-plus security by the government because you said you had names of many people whom you wanted to report to the NCB. The whole country is waiting for it today.”

    “I’ll be waiting for your answer,” she concluded.

    Matondkar joined the Indian National Congress on March 27, 2019, and contested from Mumbai North constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha Election. But she lost the election. On September 10, 2019, she resigned from the party, citing petty internal politics. On December 1, 2020, she joined Shiv Sena.

    Last year in September, Urmila and Kangana were engaged in another Twitter feud after Ranaut referred to Matondkar a ‘soft porn star’ over her political affiliations.

  • US Congress passes ‘Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act’ for Pakistani women

    US Congress passes ‘Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act’ for Pakistani women

    The US Congress has passed a bill named after Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai that allows more Pakistani women to avail scholarships under a merit and needs-based programme.

    According to the Congress website, the Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act was passed by the House of Representatives in March last year and the US Senate adopted it by a voice vote last Friday.

    It has now been forwarded to US President Donald Trump to sign it into law.

    The bill requires the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to give at least 50% of scholarships to Pakistani women under Pakistan-based higher education scholarship programme, from 2020 to 2022, across a range of academic disciplines and under current eligibility criteria.

    Sharing the news on social media, Malala thanked the Congress for passing the legislation, saying that she is “very excited to see where they lead us”.

    Malala, who was shot in the head by the Taliban as she was returning home from school in Swat Valley, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her efforts for children’s rights in 2014.

    She is now internationally known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children.