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  • Imran Abbas, Zahid Ahmed praise Ahmed Ali Akbar for his performance in ‘Parizaad’

    Imran Abbas, Zahid Ahmed praise Ahmed Ali Akbar for his performance in ‘Parizaad’

    A-list actors Imran Abbas and Zahid Ahmed have praised Ahmed Ali Akbar’s performance in his on-going serial Parizaad.

    The Koi Chand Rakh star recently posted his thoughts on the drama serial Parizaad, which has been receiving acclaim from audiences and celebrities alike. It is based on Hashim Nadeem’s novel of the same name and follows the story of a neglected man with low self-esteem who sets out to prove himself. The Ehd-e-Wafa actor is playing the lead and has been receiving positive reviews for his performance.

    “Parizaad is certainly the best serial I have seen in recent times with unconventional, strong script, best direction, incredible acting of each and everyone, especially Ahmed Ali, and superb production,” Imran wrote, calling the project a lesson to learn from for those who are looking to experiment with different story lines and taking creative risks.

    The Laal Kabootar hero turned to his Instagram stories and thanked Imran for “enjoying it.”

    Earlier, Zahid Ahmed also lauded Ahmed and said: “What a performance by Ahmed in Parizaad! Take a bow buddy brilliantly done!”

    While Ali Rehman Khan, Shuja Haider, Yumna Zaidi, Mashal Khan and many others have praised the actor.

    Drama serial Parizaad gets a release date

    Parizaad features an ensemble cast of Yumna Zaidi, Ushna Shah, Urwa Hocane, Nauman Ijaz, Mashal Khan, Leyla Zuberi and others. The drama premiered on July 10 and 12 episodes have aired on HUM TV so far.

  • VIDEO: Minor driver cries after hitting a car in Karachi

    A 12-year-old boy, driving a car in Karachi, hit another vehicle at the city’s Memon Goth Road, ARY News reported.

    The video shows a teenage boy along with four other kids, riding an expensive car and smashing it into another vehicle due to overspeeding.

    The boys can be seen crying and apologising when they were caught by the owner of the other vehicle.

    The owner in the video alleges that the boy said that his father is a policeman and they are coming from Memon Goth. The owner of the damaged vehicle informed the police as well, which arrived and caught the children.

    The police said the children were released, later, after warning as the parents had assured not to let them drive again and keep an eye on them

  • Rizwan, Fakhar, Shaheen congratulate KPK for defending National T20 Cup Title

    Rizwan, Fakhar, Shaheen congratulate KPK for defending National T20 Cup Title

    Pakistani cricketers Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman and Shaheen Shah Afridi, who are currently in a bio-secure bubble for the ICC T20 World Cup and who were also the part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) team, congratulated their team for defending the title and beating Central Punjab at the Gaddafi Stadium on Wednesday after Captain Iftikhar Ahmed produced an all-round performance.

    “Huge congratulations to the whole KPK as we have successfully defended our title. We decided in our very first meeting to play like warriors and Alhumdulillah we managed to do that successfully. What a team. What a performance,” wrote Rizwan while congratulating his team.

    Fakhar Zaman and Shaheen Shah Afridi also took to Twitter to congratulate their team.

    The KPK captain completed the run chase by smoking Mohammad Faizan for a four through cover on the last ball of the 17th over and unleashed a roar in the Lahore night sky. He bagged the player of the final and the best player of the tournament awards.

    Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 152 for 3 (Iftikhar 45*, Ghulam 37) beat Central Punjab 148 (Shehzad 44, Akmal 42, Iftikhar 3-5, Imran 3-26) by seven wickets

  • ‘Dupatta nahi lia, khatra’: Zulqarnain Sikandar blasts troll for inappropriate comment on wife Kanwal Aftab

    ‘Dupatta nahi lia, khatra’: Zulqarnain Sikandar blasts troll for inappropriate comment on wife Kanwal Aftab

    TikTokers Kanwal Aftab and Zulqarnain Sikandar tied the knot in April 2021. The Masters star recently clapped back at a cyber troll for questioning his wife Kanwal Aftab’s choice of dressing.

    On their Nikkah ceremony the bride opted for a white and gold outfit, the groom donned a white shalwar kameez and a red waist coat.

    Kanwal recently made her acting debut in Express Entertainment’s Oye Moti. Turns out that the series does not aim to mock women but is an honest attempt to shed light on body and fat-shaming and how it affects those at the receiving end of criticism.

    Each episode has a separate storyline and features different women stuck in different scenarios where they are fat-shamed. However, they manage to overcome whatever hurdle comes their way.

  • ‘PM Khan Is The Authority In Appointing The DG ISI’: Fawad Chaudhry

    ‘PM Khan Is The Authority In Appointing The DG ISI’: Fawad Chaudhry









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    My colleague just told me that the reason we are facing internet issue these days is due to a submarine cable fault in the UAE. And all this time I was cursing my bechara wifi router, restarting it again and again. Khair, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority says that they are monitoring the situation. Hope the problem resolves soon. 

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    ‘PM Khan is the authority in appointing the DG ISI’: Fawad Chaudhry

    Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday confirmed the meeting between Prime Minister Khan and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa held on Monday. 

    Fawad’s statement: “Gen Bajwa and the prime minister have close and good relations … they are ideal relations between the civilian and military leadership,” he said, adding that the Prime Minister’s Office would “never take a step that will disrespect the army and vice versa”.
    Commenting on the appointment of the Director-General (DG) of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, Chaudhry said, “PM Khan is the authority in appointing the DG ISI,” further adding that “all legal methods will be adopted in the appointment of the new director-general”. 

    Background:It has been almost a week since Lieutenant (Lt) General Nadeem Ahmed Anjum was appointed as DG ISI, the post previously held by Lt Gen Faiz Hameed.

    Interesting developments. Let’s see what happens next. 

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    Balochistan CM denies stepping down as BAP chief

    Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Alyani denied that he had formally resigned as the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) president, as the party named its vice-president, Zahoor Ahmed Buledi, as BAP’s acting chief.

    According to Dawn, the chief minister said neither had he stepped down as the party president nor had he any such plans. 

    Blaming the “irresponsible social media [users]” for the confusion, he said no factions were being created in BAP.

    What happened earlier? The news of CM Jam Kamal’s resignation had surfaced earlier this month, amid a deepening political crisis in Balochistan and calls by BAP lawmakers and others for him to step down as the chief minister.

    Dawn had reported at the time that the chief minister had announced his resignation in a tweet, wherein he had asked the party’s central organiser and general secretary to “announce BAP party elections at the earliest”.

    You can see his tweet and let me know what do you think of it? To me, it seems like a farewell message.

     Second Afghan refugee flight takes off for Spain from Pakistan

    According to Geo News, Spain was expecting the arrival of the second flight of Afghan refugees from Pakistan, following the first flight for people who worked for Madrid in the war-torn country.

    Previous evacuations: Spanish evacuations have been weeks in the making, with Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares visiting Pakistan and Qatar in early September to lay the groundwork.

    Madrid evacuated more than 2,000 people, most of them were Afghans who had worked for Spain and their families, during the western withdrawal as the Taliban seized power in Kabul in August.

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    ‘Covid vaccination mandatory for naat khuwans, scholars in Rabiul Awal celebrations’: NCOC

    The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has issued coronavirus guideline for Rabiul Awal celebrations across the country.

    Urwa Hocane joins rumoured lovebirds Ameer and Mawra’s romantic getaway

    Actor Urwa Hocane was recently spotted with younger sister Mawra Hocane and her rumoured boyfriend Ameer Gilani in Karachi.

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    1.##OurAngelJimin

    Today is South Korean pop band BTS’ member Jimin’s birthday. 

    2. #OverMyDeadBody

     Last night, people remembered the October 12, 1999, coup when General Pervez Musharraf took over the country, declaring Martial Law and dissolving parliament. This particular hashtag was Nawaz Sharif’s statement upon Musharraf’s announcement. 

    3. #HappyBirthdayJimin

     Pakistani k-pop fans were wishing Jimin a happy birthday. 

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  • No music in public transport till 12 Rabiul Awal: Punjab Provincial Transport Authority

    No music in public transport till 12 Rabiul Awal: Punjab Provincial Transport Authority

    According to a notification issued by the Punjab Provincial Transport Authority (PPTA), there will be “no music/movie or vulgarity [will] be tuned/displayed in all type of transport vehicles” till 12th Rabiul Awal. The government of Punjab has declared to celebrate Shan-e-Rehmataul-Lil-Alameen (ﷺ) from a1st Rabiul Awal till 12 Rabiul Awal, reports Geo News.

    The notification issued by the PPTA says, “It is desired that during these days no music/movie or vulgarity be tuned/displayed in all types transport vehicles except recitation of Holy Quran, Hamds and Naats especially in the wake of Shan-e-Rehmataul-Lil-Alameen (ﷺ) celebrations.”

    

    Earlier, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC)  issued coronavirus guidelines for Rabiul Awal celebrations across the country. It is mandatory for religious scholars and naat khuwans to be fully immunised against Covid.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Punjab boards to announce matric, intermediate results in 48 hours
    
			
    Punjab boards to announce matric, intermediate results in 48 hours
    
			
    All Punjab education boards will announce the results of the Matric and Intermediate Annual Examinations 2021 within 48 hours, reports Khalid Khattak for Geo News. 
    

    Punjab Minister for Higher Education Raja Yassir Humayun Sarfraz said that all the Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISEs) had already prepared results, expressing the hope that the results would be announced soon in Punjab.
    

    There are a total of nine education boards in Punjab including BISE of Lahore, DG Khan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Bahawalpur, Multan, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, and Sahiwal.
    

    Students gave their board exams in August and since then no result date was announced.
    

    To facilitate students, it was also decided that all candidates who failed in any subject would be given 33 per cent marks for the purpose of computing averages. 
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    ‘No one can become Nawaz Sharif,’ PTI’s Shahbaz Gill responds to Maryam Nawaz
    
			
    Special Assistant to Prime Minister (PM) on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill said that no one can become Nawaz Sharif. “Such people are born this way,” said Gill while responding to Maryam Nawaz’s earlier comments about PM Khan. Maryam Nawaz had said that PM Imran Khan should not try to be Nawaz Sharif. 
    

    “These people are dangerous for the entire nation,”  Gill said in a press conference, along with the Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul and Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Maleeka Bokhari.
    

    While criticising Maryam Nawaz, Gill stated, “No one is safe from Maryam’s shadow, including her father [Nawaz Sharif] and her uncle [Shehbaz Sharif].” 
    

    “If you are talking about magic, tell us what kind of djinns helped you transfer your money abroad, tell us about the witches who helped you build these apartments [in London], which djinns and witches printed dollars for you to buy these apartments,” asked Gill, responding to Maryam’s comments about magic.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    VIDEO: Former fast bowler Sarfaraz Nawaz facing difficulty walking due to bone disease
    
			
    VIDEO: Former fast bowler Sarfaraz Nawaz facing difficulty walking due to bone disease
    
			
    Former Test cricketer Sarfaraz Nawaz is suffering from a bone disease due to which he is having difficulty in walking for the past few months, reports Geo News.
    

    In a 44-seconds video shared on Twitter, the London-based cricketer-turned-politician can be seen walking down the street using a walker.
    

    

    


    

    

    

    As per details, Nawaz has been living in Tooting, London, for many years with his family.
    

    In 2019, the former Test bowler was admitted to a hospital in London due to a heart problem.
    

    Nawaz played 55 Tests for Pakistan and took 177 wickets. He also played 45 One-Day Internationals and picked 63 wickets besides taking 1,005 first-class wickets.
    

    Nawaz is best known for his nine for 86 against Australia at Melbourne in 1979, which included a spell of seven wickets for just one run off 33 balls.
    

    Following his retirement from the game, Nawaz became a commentator and later joined politics.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    ‘Do not try to be Nawaz Sharif,’ Maryam Nawaz tells PM Khan
    
			
    ‘Do not try to be Nawaz Sharif,’ Maryam Nawaz tells PM Khan
    
			
    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz said that Prime Minister Imran Khan should not try to be Nawaz Sharif. Maryam was addressing the media after an appearance at the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
    

    

    


    

    

    

    “When Nawaz Sharif came up with the slogan, ‘Vote ko izzat do’ [give respect to the vote], he was an elected prime minister, a constitutional prime minister, he came to power from the votes of the people and he had a long constitutional struggle, which was not for himself,” said Maryam.
    

    “He [Nawaz Sharif] gave up prime minister office for the respect of the Constitution and people of Pakistan,” she said. “To give respect to vote, you need to go to prison, you need to say that you will not take dictation from anyone.”
    

    “Imran Khan’s identity is to conspire against the elected prime minister and to hold a 126-day sit-in,” she said. She was referring to the 2014 sit-in by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Islamabad.
    

    The PML-N leader went on to say that one does not simply become a lion by cloaking oneself in the creature’s hide.
    

    Maryam said PM Imran Khan’s identity is confined to “conspiracies” and that he has “nothing to do with the principles of law and democracy”.
    

    

    


    

    

    

    She said that the premier will have to “answer for his conspiracies”. Speaking further about the so-called “conspiracies”, she said that if the use of “magic” has yielded such success, then it should be put to use to alleviate the petrol, diesel, flour crises, reports Geo News.
    

    

    


    

    

    

    “If your magic is so successful, then why don’t you use it for the good of the people?”
    

    “Go ahead, revoke my bail, arrest me, so that the people can see how fearful you are,” she challenged the government.