Hania Aamir and Asim Azhar are taking the Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches very seriously. Asim, who is supporting Karachi Kings this year, teased Hania last night after the Peshawar Zalmi lost the match (PZ). Hania is the official celebrity ambassador of PZ.
Following their Twitter banter, Asim posted a video of the two being goofy.
Earlier, Asim had requested fans to enjoy and celebrate the matches within the limits of decency.
It appears that there is no holding back for Yasir Hussain when it comes to expressing his love for Iqra Aziz because the actor recently got his wife’s named tattooed on his arm, pictures of which are going viral on the internet.
The tattoo is pretty big in size and covers a large portion of Yasir’s arm. Now that’s a big commitment.
Meanwhile, Yasir also shared a picture of himself showing off his tattoo to the other newlyweds: Hassan Hayat Khan and Sadia Ghaffar, who tied the knot over the weekend.
While the trend of tattooing your better half’s name on your body is new in Pakistan, couples in other parts of the world have been doing it for a while. For example, Deepika Padukone had a tattoo of Ranbir Kapoor’s initials on the back of her neck; Saif Ali Khan got Kareena Kapoor’s name tattooed on his arm.
Iqra and Yasir have lately been on a PDA spree and have been sharing loved up photos of themselves from Sadia and Hassan’s wedding on social media.
The taxes imposed by the Federal government has burdened people with additional Rs25 billion per month who are already burdened with inflation, Pakistan Today reported.
In comparison with a decline in global oil prices, the government did not provide any relief to the masses. They said the government had reduced per litre prices of petroleum products by Rs 5 instead of Rs15 litre. The government had fixed petroleum levy (PL) — imposed tex — on high-speed diesel at Rs25 per litre, which had failed to provide relief to the masses.
Tax on petrol has increased by 106pc, if the taxes weren’t increased, petrol prices could have decreased by Rs 9 per litre. Instead of giving any relief, the government has imposed an additional tax of Rs6 per litre on kerosene oil.
Furthermore, the government was likely to earn Rs60 billion per month from the taxes imposed on different petroleum products.
According to the report, the government has increased taxes to meet the demand of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
With the fate of Zindagi Tamasha still undecided, it comes as no surprise that its director Sarmad Khoosat is upset and frustrated with members of the film and TV ‘fraternity’. And the director made it very clear in a recent tweet.
It is still not known whether Zindagi Tamasha will ever see the light of the day or not. The film, which was scheduled to hit screens on January 25, was stopped from being released days before its release after the federal and provincial governments feared public unrest.
Read more – ‘Zindagi Tamasha’s fate hangs in limbo
While the Federal Government had said that the film will be reviewed by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), the Punjab Government had directed the filmmaker to hold a screening on February 3 so that the film can be reviewed again. However, the screening has not taken place as yet. It is pertinent to mention here that the provincial and central censor boards had earlier cleared the film for release with a few cuts.
Ever since the film was barred from release, director Sarmad had not made a public statement regarding the film. His father, Irfan Khoosat, who had filed a case against Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) for interfering in the smooth release of the film also withdrew his petition for reasons unknown.
Meanwhile, TLP chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi had remarked that he would not let the film release no matter what saying: “We will not let Zindagi Tamasha release and will do whatever it takes to make sure it does not see the light of day.”
Read more – ‘Over my dead body,’ says Khadim Rizvi on Zindagi Tamasha release
Earlier, Sarmad had also appealed to the Prime Minister, President, Chief of Army Staff and the Chief Justice of Pakistan to facilitate the release of the film.
Celebrities who voiced their support for Sarmad in this time include Mahira Khan, Humayun Saeed, Hamza Ali Abbasi, Sanam Saeed, Mansha Pasha and Osman Khalid Butt.
Muslim and Sikh communities have decided to put an end to a 10-year-old land dispute that had led to riots in Saharanpur city of Uttar Pradesh (UP) back in 2014 and claimed at least three lives.
As a gesture of gratitude for the help offered by Sikhs during Delhi riots starting last week, the Muslim community has decided to forego its claim on a piece of land that had been purchased by the gurdwara management and was a bone of contention between the two religious communities of India.
The dispute pertains to an incident that took place two decades ago when a gurdwara committee in the Kutubsher area purchased land around an existing gurdwara with the objective of expanding the complex. After the acquisition, some old structures in the area were demolished including, allegedly, a mosque.
Things turned violent when in July 2014 construction work to expand the gurdwara complex began. This led to large scale violence and arson which resulted in the deaths of three people and injured 33.
The matter subsequently reached the Supreme Court of India (SCI). But now Muslims have decided to forego its claim on the piece of land. Instead, they will be allotted land at another location nearby and the gurdwara management will pay for the construction of the mosque.
“In view of the great service and support rendered by the Sikhs to Muslims in Delhi throughout the protests and most recently during the riots in Delhi, the Masjid committee in Saharanpur decided to give up its claim over the land as a token of gratitude and thanksgiving,” Nizam Pasha, who represented the Muslim side in the Supreme Court, told The Quint.
The petitioner, Moharram Ali, has also said that the gesture comes as a show of gratitude for the help and aid provided by the Sikh community to affected families in Delhi’s communal violence. “Sikhs stand for humanity. They help people in need. The helped people affected by the communal violence in Delhi. This is God’s work.”
Sindh health officials have rebutted a media report claiming that the first case of coronavirus in Pakistan, which was reported in Karachi last week, “had turned out to be a hoax” as the 22-year-old patient, who was quarantined at a private hospital under strong suspicions of coronavirus, had “conclusively tested negative for the disease”.
According to The News, Karachi University (KU) student Syed Muhammad Yahya Jafri had recently returned from Iran and developed symptoms of influenza.
“The symptoms, coupled with the fact that he had recently returned from Iran, made the doctors and senior provincial health management prematurely declare him as the first case of coronavirus in Pakistan without receiving his final lab reports wherein he tested negative for the virus,” the report had said.
READ: Two coronavirus cases confirmed in Pakistan
It had quoted KU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Khalid Mehmood Iraqi as confirming that Jafri’s medical and laboratory reports “clearly indicated he was not suffering from coronavirus”.
“Jafri and his family members who were quarantined by Sindh’s Health Department at a private hospital were discharged on Friday,” he was quoted as saying, adding that a large number of students, including Jafri’s classmates at the varsity’s Department of International Relations, were also tested in the same hospital. “None of them were found affected by coronavirus.”
The claims were, however, refuted by Sindh Health Secretary Zahid Abbasi, who said that the youngster was being kept in isolation after testing positive for coronavirus.
READ: Coronavirus myths flooding your WhatsApp? Here’s what is actually true
He maintained there was no truth to Iraqi’s claim and the student would be discharged from the hospital after he would test negative.
The cybercrime wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested a man for blackmailing a woman based on indecent pictures in Karachi’s Nazimabad.
As per reports, the man was arrested during a raid at an ice cream parlour. A first information report (FIR) was filed against Azhar on a complaint of the woman who accused him of harassing her. The suspect had been blackmailing the woman for the past three years.
In a report submitted to a court, the FIA stated that the woman and man became friends on Facebook and later started meeting at restaurants. It added that the suspect had threatened the woman that he would tell her family about their relationship if she didn’t meet him in probate.
According to the FIA report, the suspect forced her to have sexual relations with him on several occasions and recorded it every time on his cell phone. The officials said they recovered a mobile phone containing immoral pictures of women, including that of the complainant.
The suspect had confessed to blackmailing and harassing the woman. He has been sent on remand for three days.
Acclaimed director Wajahat Rauf has started shooting his fourth film with Ali Rehman Khan and Hania Aamir. The film titled Pardey Main Rehnay Do will be the duo’s second outing – they both first appeared together in Janaan as siblings.
Rauf and his wife Shazia Wajahat shared pictures from their first day on the sets of the film.
According the director, the film is based on “a social issue which has been dealt with in a light way.”
Meanwhile, the film has had its fair share of challenges. It was initially reported to be directed by Mohsin Ali of Chupan Chupai fame, who has also penned the script, and Ahsan Khan was on board as the male lead. However, the script ended up with Rauf who selected Sheheryar Munawar as his lead. Munawar later backed out of the project due to unknown reasons and Ali ended up replacing him.
Pardey Main Rehnay Do is being produced by Rauf, under the banner of his production house Showcase Productions along with Zayed Sheikh. It is scheduled to release sometime in 2020.
At least 66 per cent Pakistanis have expressed dissatisfaction with the performance of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, revealed a Gallup survey on Sunday.
According to the survey, 59 per cent believed that the ruling PTI’s performance was worse than that of the previous governments. Further, 62 per cent Pakistanis have opposed the policies of the current government whereas 35 per cent feel that the country is heading in the right direction.
In the survey, it was said that those who felt the country wasn’t heading in the right direction were only 48 per cent in 2018 — a figure that significantly shot up since the PTI came to power.
Regarding the perception of the federal government’s performance, only 1 in 3 Pakistanis is satisfied (very or somewhat). Only 32 per cent are satisfied with the performance of the PTI government.
According to the breakdown, only 16 per cent from Sindh, 13 per cent from Balochistan, 34 per cent from Punjab and 64 per cent from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) were satisfied with the ruling party’s performance.
After a gap of over two decades, women in Peshawar will now be able to offer Friday prayer in congregation at the historic Sunheri Masjid (Golden Mosque).
According to reports, women would offer Friday prayer in congregation at the mosque, located in the Peshawar Cantonment, until the mid-1990s. However, due to terrorism in the city, the practice was abandoned.
Following an improvement in the security situation, authorities have decided to allow women to participate in Friday’s congregational prayers and have also made the required arrangements for it.
A banner which reads “women are now welcome to offer Friday prayer at Sunheri Masjid” has also been placed outside the mosque.
Scores of terrorist attacks took place near the mosque which led to its closure for women almost 25 years ago. In 2016, 16 people were killed and dozens wounded when a powerful bomb went off as a bus carrying mostly government employees passed by the mosque in Saddar’s crowded marketplace.