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  • Valentine’s Day: Gift ideas for your partner to make them feel special

    Valentine’s Day: Gift ideas for your partner to make them feel special

    Valentine’s Day is the ideal opportunity to express your love for your partner or friends by giving them thoughtful gifts. If you are confused about what to purchase for your partner, here are some gift ideas for both men and women.

    Vintage card and envelope:

    We all can agree that handwritten customised cards are one of the most thoughtful gifts, and you can never go wrong with a card. You can order a vintage card with a cute envelope from surajmukhiii. Both the card and envelope are handcrafted.

    Polly Gift Card

    If you are not sure what to gift to your partner, then gift cards can save you. You can gift a Polly Gift Card as a token of love. Polly & Other Stories have a wide variety of items ranging from paintings to stationery and from wallets to jewellery. They deliver countrywide.

    Lunch Box Cake:

    Food is a way to anyone’s heart, and a cake definitely goes straight to your heart. A Lunch Box cake saying “I Love You”, or anything you want to say to your partners can be a perfect gift. You can order one from Binge Baking by Misha.

    Inappropriate Gifting pk

    You can find countless gifts from their Valentine’s Day collection. You can order mugs, candles and many more things from their website.

    Embroidered Hoops:

    Embroidered Hoops can also be a good gift for your loved ones to make them feel special. You can get a quote written, or can get something special for your partner embroidered.

    You can order one from here: The Embroidery Hoop

    Conatural’s Valentine’s Day bundle:

    Conatural is a skincare brand that has organic products. For Valentine’s Day, they have introduced “Heart to Heart”, special baskets customised for both men and women.

    All their products are cruelty-free! You can place your orders on their website.

    Scented Candles by Honey I’m Home.

    Scented candles are undoubtedly the best gift one can receive. When it comes to scents, there’s a world of options, so you can choose the one according to your partner’s choice. Moreover, scented candles are fantastic mood boosters because the aroma activates receptors in the brain that make us feel good, and what could be a better way of expressing love than making your partner feel positive?

    Check out scented candles from Honey I’m Home.

    Hand-painted organza sari or dupatta:

    Fresh floral prints on organza saris are in trend these days, so if you have not found something to gift to your partner, you should definitely consider buying from ‘Shahkaar By Adila’. Breathtakingly beautiful saris are on display throughout their Instagram page.

    Beard Grooming Kit from Dari Mooch:

    We can all agree that when it comes to gifts, it is very to difficult to make a choice. If you are struggling to make a choice, then Darhi Mooch’s Beard Grooming Kit can come to your rescue.

    You can also check their other products here.

    Gift them a plant:

    Giving flowers on Valentine’s Day is very common but for a change, you can give plants as a gift too. Every plant is lovely and has its own way of touching our emotions, but some are particularly romantic.

  • Two girls allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped in Mirpurkhas, Sindh

    Two girls allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped in Mirpurkhas, Sindh

    Two females including a minor were allegedly kidnapped, gang-raped, and paraded naked in the Naukot area of Mirpurkhas district in Sindh on Monday. There was a dispute between the Tangri and Rajput communities over a free-will marriage.

    The incident took place because a woman from the Tangri community fled from home to marry a man belonging to the Rajput family.

    Geo reported that over 20 men of the Tangri community raided the house of Muhammad Hanif Rajpoot and abducted two girls from his family.

    The victims were rescued after 20 hours when the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MPA of Mir Tariq Talpur took notice of the incident.

    Dr Zebunisa Kolachi who conducted an initial examination confirmed that both girls were raped.

    Both victims revealed more details about the horrific incident which they faced.

    They said, “Both of us were stripped off our clothes, forced to parade naked, and then raped by many men for hours during detention at an unknown location.”

    The First Investigation Report (FIR) has been filed on the complainant, Ali Raza Rajput who is the husband of one of the abducted victims.

    The relatives of the victims protested regarding the heinous act in the town and also alleged that the police of the Naukot area is reluctant to arrest the assailants.

    The parents of the victims said, “Nobody feels safe from people of these gangs of Tangri community but the police of Naukot town have never bothered to take any action against them.”

    Parents also revealed that the Tangri gang also took away valuable goods, gold, and cash at a gunpoint from the house.

    Police have arrested 12 suspects who were nominated in the FIR.

  • Video: Shahnawaz Dahani seen cleaning chairs at Gaddafi Stadium

    Video: Shahnawaz Dahani seen cleaning chairs at Gaddafi Stadium

    A video of the young Pacer of Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) franchise Multan Sultans, Shahnawaz Dahani, is doing the rounds on social media in which he can be seen cleaning the chairs in the pavilion at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

    Sultan’s right-handed fast bowler Dahani has been unable to impress the fans with his bowling in the seventh edition of the league but the young pacer is known for his humble nature and unique celebrations on the field. The cricketer is also termed as “foreign minister” for his good relations with the foreign players in the PSL.

    During the first practice session of Multan Sultans at the Gaddafi Stadium, Dahani was seen cleaning chairs while batter Sohaib Maqsood captured the moment on his camera and uploaded the video on social media, reported Geo News.

    Dahani has only managed to take five wickets for Sultans in the tournament so far. His best spell was against Peshawar Zalmi in which he amassed three wickets, conceding 41 runs. He was highly criticised in the match against Quetta Gladiators in which he conceded 33 runs in two overs. He was also expensive against Lahore Qalandars and conceded 44 runs in his four overs.

    Dahani, however, was the highest wicket-taker for Sultans in the sixth edition of PSL. He took 20 wickets in 12 matches.

  • KFC, Pizza Hut, Hyundai under fire in India for pro-Kashmir posts

    KFC, Pizza Hut, Hyundai under fire in India for pro-Kashmir posts

    Major Indian brands are facing calls for ban and boycott by Indian nationalists after the social media handles linked with the brands in Pakistan posted messages of solidarity with the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

    Some of the major brands that are facing backlash include KFC, Pizza Hut and Hyundai.

    Have a look at the posts that resulted in a backlash:

    A screenshot of a 2021 post from KFC Pakistan expressing solidarity with the people of Kashmir went viral on Indian social media.

    A screenshot of an Instagram post of Pizza Hut is also being widely shared. However, it is not clear if the post is from 2022.

    Similarly, a post by Hyundai Pakistan is also being shared by Indian nationalists calling for a ban on the company.

    After the backlash, and calls for boycott, Hyundai India, KFC India and Pizza Hut have issued statements.

    Pizza Hut also issued a statement saying “it does not condone, support or agree with the contents of a post circulating in social media”. 

  • Pregnant woman hammers nail into own head because of ‘Fake Aamil’

    Pregnant woman hammers nail into own head because of ‘Fake Aamil’

    On the instructions of a ‘fake Aamil’, a pregnant woman hammered a nail into her head to give birth to a son in Peshawar. She was injured and rushed to Lady Reading Hospital, and underwent emergency surgery to remove the nail from her skull.

    According to the statement given by the victim, the ‘Aamil’ instructed her to hammer a nail into her skull.

    The statement further revealed that her husband was pressurising her wife to give birth to a son. She has three children including two sons and a daughter. Her husband threatened to divorce her and remarry if she could not give birth to a son.

    When she found out that she was about to deliver a daughter again from an ultrasound, she decided to visit an aamil as the last option.

    The neurosurgeon, Dr Haider Suleman, who treated her revealed that she had a serious head injury and her pregnancy was making recovery more difficult. The woman left the hospital with her family after treatment and police are now searching for the couple.

    The police have found the couple’s names from hospital records. However, they could not get their National Identity Card (CNIC) details.

    The senior superintendent of police (SSP) said that the couple resides in Peshawar and police would trace them soon, adding, “an investigation team has been formed under SP city for the purpose.”

    The Capital City Police Peshawar (CCPO), Abbas Ahsan said, “legal action will be taken against her husband and the culprits involved.”

    He also directed victim support officers to visit the woman to counsel her and get details of the incident.

  • 80 per cent of people want us to leave government alliance due to rising inflation: Faisal Sabzwari

    80 per cent of people want us to leave government alliance due to rising inflation: Faisal Sabzwari

    Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Senator Faisal Sabzwari while speaking on Geo News programme, ‘Jashn-e-Cricket’, said that 80 per cent of people want them to leave the government alliance.

    “Due to rising inflation in the country, 80 per cent of people want us to leave the government alliance,” said Sabzwari.

    Faisal Sabzwari advised the incumbent government not to panic, adding that his party has not received any signal yet to leave the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.

    Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi while speaking on  Geo News programme, ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath’, said that the government is not worried about any motion and “we completely trust our allies and partners stand with the government”.

    “I’m sending a clear message to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) that their meetings to depose the prime minister are nothing more than table talk,” said Qureshi.

    It is worth noting that the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday met MQM-P delgation.

    Addressing a press conference along with MQM-P Deputy Convenor Amir Khan and other party members, Shehbaz said, “Today’s ally can become tomorrow’s rival.”

    Meanwhile, Amir Khan said, “The kind of problems people are facing because of the federal government in the provincial capital, we are facing the similar kind of torture and oppression in Sindh because of them.”

  • Faisal Vawda no more a Senator, ECP disqualifies in Dual Nationality Case

    Faisal Vawda no more a Senator, ECP disqualifies in Dual Nationality Case

    The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday disqualified Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Faisal Vawda as a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) over his dual nationality at the time of contesting the NA election on a Karachi seat in the 2018 general elections.

    The commission said Vawda had submitted a “false affidavit” when submitting nomination papers.

    The ECP also declared him ineligible for holding the seat of a senator and ordered to withdraw the notification appointing him as senator.

    However, Vawda can approach the Supreme Court (SC) against the verdict, said the ECP.

    ECP had reserved the verdict on Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MNA Qadir Khan Mandokhel’s plea seeking Vawda’s disqualification on December 23, 2021.

    During the last hearing, Mandokhel and Vawda had appeared before an ECP bench. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja had asked Mandokhel whether he wanted to present more documents or give additional arguments.

    Mandokhel had said it was the 30th hearing of the case but he could not get the answers to his questions. The PPP leader had said, “ECP has been issuing warnings for the last one-and-a-half years.”

    Mandokhel was of the view that Faisal Vawda had held United States (US) nationality at the time of filing his election nomination papers. He said that the concerned residing officer (RO) was not punished as he had rejected his papers instead of disqualifying Vawda.

    The PPP leader said that Vawda had falsely declared in an oath to the ECP that he did not hold any foreign nationality. The PTI leader had concealed his dual nationality during the scrutiny of his nomination papers, said Mandokhel.

    Vawda’s counsel rejected the allegations, saying that his client had never applied for another country’s nationality. He said Vawda was born in the US and that his client had cancelled his American passport.

    After hearing the arguments of both sides, the ECP reserved its verdict in Vawda’s disqualification case.

    The News reported in January 2020 that Vawda was a dual national at the time of filing his nomination papers to the ECP to contest the 2018 general elections. Vawda submitted his nomination papers on June 11, 2018, which were approved by the election body a week later on June 18, the report said.

    However, the Vawda applied for the renunciation of his nationality with the US consulate at Karachi four days after his nomination papers were approved act on June 22, 2018, the report revealed.

  • Pakistan announces squad for Test series against Australia

    Pakistan announces squad for Test series against Australia

    Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced 16 players and five reserves for the three Tests against Australia, which will be played in Rawalpindi (March4-8), Karachi (March 12-16) and Lahore (March 21-25).

    Test players who are not involved in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022 will assemble in Karachi on Wednesday, February 16, for a training camp that will be held at the National Stadium.

    From the series against Bangladesh, three changes have been made in the national squad.

    Haris Rauf, who was in the side for South Africa and Zimbabwe Tests in 2021, has returned to replace off-spinner Bilal Asif, while Shan Masood, who last played in New Zealand in the 2020-21 season, has taken over from Abid Ali, who is completing his rehabilitation after being diagnosed with Acute Coronary Syndrome. Yasir Shah has been added to the reserve pool.

    Chief selector Muhammad Wasim in a statement said: “We have opted for consistency for the important home series against Australia and changes have only been made where absolutely necessary. This is to give the boys confidence, reward them for their impressive performances in the longer version of the game in 2021 and continue to build the side for the future.”

    “These are the best available, most talented and in-form players in the domestic circuit. I am confident they will put up an impressive performance against a formidable Australia side,” he added.

    Test squad:

    Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Haris Rauf, Hassan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nawaz, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, and Zahid Mahmood.

    Reserves players selected for the tour are Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Abbas, Naseem Shah, Sarfaraz Ahmed, and Yasir Shah.

    Cricket Australia announced the full-strength squad for Pakistan tour on Tuesday. While squads for the limited-overs matches that will follow the Tests are yet to be named, the fact that no Test players have pulled out is a vote of confidence for the tour.

  • Big win for women: Senate passes child custody bill, after mother, ‘nani’ will get custody

    Big win for women: Senate passes child custody bill, after mother, ‘nani’ will get custody

    The Senate passed three bills on Monday, including the Guardians and Wards (Amendment) Bill 2020. The bill gives mothers the right of custody of minors in case of separation between parents. The ‘real’ mother’s right to custody of her children is addressed in section 19-A, which has been added alongside sections 19-B through 19-G.

    PPP Senator Farooq H Naek introduced the bill in the upper house of Parliament. Despite the government’s reservations over the non-inclusion of the Council of Islamic Ideology’s recommendations in the proposed legislation, it was passed by a majority vote.

    Naek said the proposed amendment bill would ensure custody of male and female children to divorcee/widow mothers, up to the age of seven and 16 years respectively.

    According to the bill, “In absence of the real mother, or if she renounces her right or her right is legally held to have lapsed, the custody of her son less than seven years of age and of her daughter who has not attained the age of puberty or 16 years shall vest successively in the female relatives in the following order: maternal grandmother however so high in degree, paternal grandmother however so high in degree, full sister, uterine sister, consanguine sister, full sister’s daughter, uterine sister’s daughter, consanguine sister’s daughter, mother’s sister and father’s sister.”

    “When none of the women, eligible for custody under sections 19A and 19B, are available or willing to accept it or such a woman is disentitled to Hizanat, the male relatives shall then become eligible for the custody of the child in the following order: father, maternal grandfather however so high in degree, paternal grandfather however so high in degree, full brother, uterine brother, consanguine brother, full brother’s son, uterine brother’s son and consanguine brother’s son.”

    The bill from the Senate, will now go to the National Assembly for a vote to be passed into law.

  • EXCLUSIVE: Ali Sethi reveals something special about ‘Pasoori’ and a truck

    EXCLUSIVE: Ali Sethi reveals something special about ‘Pasoori’ and a truck

    Coke Studio’s latest song features singers Ali Sethi and Shae Gill.

    The song ‘Pasoori’ is a fusion of pop and folk music. It makes you want to dance to its magical tune.

    ‘Pasoori‘ has been written by Sethi and Fazal Abbas, while the composition has been done by Sethi and Zulfiqar J Khan, popularly known as Xulfi. The music has been produced by Abdullah Siddiqui and Xulfi.

    The Current reached out to Ali Sethi and he revealed that the song is warm and familiar. “It makes one feel good.”

    Sethi revealed that he was driving back from Faisalabad, Punjab when he saw a quote written at the back of a truck, “Aag lavaan teri majbooriyan nu [ set fire to your worries]. I felt that this was such an amazing expression of the Punjabi language. This should be part of a song somehow.”

    Sethi said that this line made him think further about the combination of words that would be suited for the lyrical completion of the song. And that’s when the words, “Aan jaan di pasoori nu [the business of coming and going]” came to his mind.

    Sethi during the Behind the Scenes (BTS) of Coke Studio’s song Pasoori says that unfortunately, we live in a very polarised world. “Where borders and boundaries of all sorts have become more rigid.”

    Sethi during the BTS says that he is a modern-day gypsy living between Pakistan and United States (US). “It would be interesting to make a case for the alternative, which is the right to free movement of ideas and melodies through a song. Our music already embodies that alternative.”

    ‘Pasoori’ turns all angst into art, with its lyrics signifying the need to celebrate artistic self-expression.