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  • Met Gala 2021: Twelve celebrities who nailed their look on the red carpet

    Met Gala 2021: Twelve celebrities who nailed their look on the red carpet

    After a year off due to Covid-19, fashion’s biggest event, Met Gala kicked off on September 13th.

    With its dazzling return, this year’s theme was “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.” Some outfits were hailed as old Hollywood glamour. From Kim Kardashian’s full-face covering look to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s bold debut.

    Here are the MUST-SEE looks from the red carpet this year:

    Kristen Stewart in Chanel

    The Spencer star graced the Met Gala with a very feminine look. She channeled her inner Barbie.

    Kendall Jenner in Givenchy

    Jenner attended the event in a stunning gown, inspired by Audrey Hepburn’s dress in My Fair Lady. The dress also included the same jewel-embellished sleeves 

    Lil Nas X in Versace

    Grammy-winning rapper Lil Nas X turned plenty of heads on the red carpet as he showed off three stunning looks.

    Rihanna in Balenciaga

    The singer is known for her memorable appearances. She closed out the night with a stunning overcoat and matching hat.

    Kim Kardashian in Balenciaga

    One of the most talked-about looks of the night. Television personality Kim Kardashian is not new to weird and jaw-dropping outfits and this time she did it again. She opted for a full black look and wore her hair in a ponytail.

    Cara Delevingne in Dior

    The English model flaunted a powerful feminist statement.  

    Gigi Hadid in Prada

    Former Victoria Secret Angel chose for simple and regal, took inspiration from the 60’s American Vogue.

    Serena Williams in Gucci

    The 39-year-old athlete hit the red carpet in a very unique ensemble, alongside her husband.

    Frank Ocean in Prada

    The singer’s date to the Met Gala was a green robot baby.

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Brother Vellies

    Democratic-congresswoman wore a white gown with the political slogan: ‘TAX THE RICH’ across the back for her first appearance at the Met Gala.

    Dan Levy in J.W. Anderson

    The Schitt’s Creek star made his debut at the fashion event of the year. He collaborated with Anderson to create a powerful ensemble that celebrates “the resilience and the love and the joy” of the LGBTQIA+ community.

    Carolyn B. Maloney

    Rep. Carolyn Maloney, showed up to the 2021 Met Gala on Monday demanding the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment while wearing a gown adorned with purple, white and gold colors.

    The ball was co-hosted by pop star Billie Eilish, tennis player Naomi Osaka, actor Timothée Chalamet and poet Amanda Gorman.

    The Met Gala was established back in 1948 as a way to raise money for social causes.

  • ‘I am committing suicide, fearing raids,’ said Khi target killer before shooting himself

    One of the most-wanted target killers, Shaheen Bihari, committed suicide in Karachi’s Orangi Town because he was afraid of the raids and being arrested, Geo News reported.

    Police claim that target killer Shaheen Bihari has committed suicide out of fear of arrest.

    The incident took place in Orangi Town Mansoor Nagar area of ​​Karachi. The deceased has been identified as Shaheen Bihari, an alleged target killer.

    Police found a pistol and a letter written before the suicide at the scene.

    Read More: Death by suicide killed more people in October than Covid-19 in Japan

    According to SSP West, Shaheen Bihari along with his accomplice Asif Bhiya had murdered ASI Akram Khan at a hotel in Orangi on August 28.

    Bihari wrote in the letter that he had thrown away the pistol which he had used to shoot the ASI. “I am committing suicide with another pistol.”

    According to Sahai Aziz, Asif Bhaya, an accomplice of the accused, was arrested by Rangers and police recently. Shaheen Bihari is also seen in the CCTV footage of the incident.

  • ‘Incest? I want to burn my eyes’: ‘Juda Huay Kuch Is Tarhan’ called out for problematic content

    ‘Incest? I want to burn my eyes’: ‘Juda Huay Kuch Is Tarhan’ called out for problematic content

    Hum TV has launched fresh teasers of their on-going soap drama, Juda Huay Kuch Is Tarah across social media platforms. Netizens have slammed the teasers for trivializing the relationship between ‘Foster’ siblings.

    The drama serial is penned by Pyarey Afzal fame Khail-ur-Rehman Qamar.

    https://twitter.com/Humtvnetwork/status/1437400681145516038

  • VIDEO: Abida Parveen, Shafqat Amanat Ali’s greeting video is winning the web, Ayesha and Aima adore

    VIDEO: Abida Parveen, Shafqat Amanat Ali’s greeting video is winning the web, Ayesha and Aima adore

    Two music maestros Shafqat Amanat Ali and Abida Parveen met each other recently. While the legendary Sufi artist giving respect to the Mitwa singer is winning hearts on social media.

    Sharing the video, Amanat wrote: “One of the most fabulous yet the most humblest possible singer on earth and it feels like a blessing being around such souls.”

    In the video, the Aaqa singer can be seen bending to touch Manchala singer’s feet, while he quickly stops her and the two share a warm hug.

    The video went viral in minutes and people could not stop praising the level of respect the two veterans were giving to each other.

    Meanwhile, celebrities Ayesha Omar and Aima Baig appreciated the gestures.

  • Pakistan should deny legitimacy to Taliban till they give rights to women, minorities: US

    The United States (US) has urged Pakistan that it should not recognise the Taliban government until it gives women their due rights and allows Afghans who want to leave the country to do so, reports Khaleej Times.

    Testifying before Congress on the Taliban victory in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, “What we have to look at is an insistence that every country, to include Pakistan, make good on the expectations that the international community has of what is required of a Taliban-led government if it’s to receive any legitimacy of any kind or any support.” He said the priorities included ensuring the Taliban let out people who want to leave Afghanistan and respect the rights of women, girls and minorities, as well as adhere to promises that the country not again become “a haven for outward-directed terror”.

    “Pakistan’s policies have been on many occasions detrimental to our interests, on other occasions in support of those interests. It is one that involved hedging its bets constantly about the future of Afghanistan, it’s one that’s involved harboring members of the Taliban … It is one that’s also involved in different points cooperation with us on counterterrorism,” Blinken said.

    “This is one of the things we’re going to be looking at in the days, and weeks ahead – the role that Pakistan has played over the last 20 years but also the role we would want to see it play in the coming years and what it will take for it to do that,” he said.

    Commenting on the US-Taliban relationship, Blinken said, “We achieved our objectives in Afghanistan,” adding that it was time to end the two-decade-long war.

    “The US will continue to play its role to promote anti-terrorism in the region,” he said, adding that the Taliban had also promised to not let Daesh and Al-Qaeda use the country for militant activities. 

    Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the practice of human rights by the Taliban in Afghanistan was connected to economic pressures, reports Dawn.

    “Ensuring sustainable development and promoting respect for human rights requires political stability and peace in Afghanistan. And peace cannot consolidate unless Afghanistan is provided the necessary economic and fiscal space,” said Qureshi in a video statement made at the UN conference on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.

  • Fact Check: Lahore’s Butt Karahi was NOT sealed for serving dead animals

    Claim: Butt Karahi Lahore was sealed for serving dead animal meat

    Fact: Butt Karahi Lahore was sealed for violating Covid-19 protocols

    On Sep 13, 2021 several Twitter users came out in protest against Lahore’s famous Butt Karahi, tweeting and condemning them for serving dead animal meat. Some of these posts can be found here, here, here and here.

    However, Lahore’s Deputy Commissioner, Umer Sher Chattha, took to Twitter to clarify that the eatery was sealed for violating Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

    Chattha wrote in a tweet, “Clarification AC city sealed it due to Covid SOP violation, not because of serving dead animal.” Butt Karahi fans were quite relieved to see this clarification.

    VERDICT: FALSE

  • President Alvi addresses joint session in NA amid media protest

    President Dr Arif Alvi addressed a joint sitting of parliament on Monday, marking the start of the fourth parliamentary year of the National Assembly amid chaos outside parliament.

    The President of Pakistan congratulated the members of parliament at the start of the new legislative year and expressed hope that democratic values and the “tradition of tolerance” flourish in Pakistan.

    Amid loud protests by the Opposition, President Alvi said: “Despite you making noise, you will have to accept the reality.”

    Dr Alvi briefly discussed the country’s progress and shed light on various topics.

    Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs)

    President Alvi stressed the need to introduce electoral reforms in order to bring transparency to elections in Pakistan.

    Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

    “People paying tax in such large numbers shows complete trust in government policies,” Alvi said, congratulating the government for devising and implementing laws and procedures to address FATF requirements.

    Sexual harassment cases

    Alvi said the government had paid “special attention” to the rights of women.

    “In recent days, incidents of sexual violence against women emerged due to which everyone is sad and I think it is a national responsibility to take steps to curb such incidents,” he said.

    President Alvi added that the government had taken measures to stop such violence and it was also society’s responsibility to play its role. “Making videos while an [harassment] incident is taking place does not suit the Pakistani society, so it will have to protect women so they can wander freely.”

    Corruption

    Because of corruption and wrong priorities, we were not only deprived of progress but also left behind in the world in human development indicators,” Alvi said.

    Health Sector

    He said that “18 million families were benefitting from the health cards so far”.

    “Pakistan is going towards universal health coverage, he added while praising the government’s efforts,” he concluded.

    Kamyab Jawan Programme

    The President noted that the government had set aside Rs260bn through which 12 million families will be given cash income, while Rs100bn had been earmarked for the Kamyab Jawan Programme to give loans to the youth to start businesses.

    Opposition walkout

    During his address, the Opposition kept booing and at last walked out of the session.

    The Opposition also accused the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and National Assembly (NA) Speaker Asad Qaiser of violating the Constitution by not allowing a debate on the presidential address through­out the third parliamentary year, which ended on August 13.

    Politicians including Shehbaz sharif Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Sherry Rehman, Mian Raza Rabbani and Ahsan Iqbal joined the protest and showed solidarity with the journalists.

    “Thanks to all friends and well-wishers who were sending messages of solidarity the whole night whole day, we just finished a 24 hours protest camp in front of the parliament against threats to media and new proposed law for legalising censorship in Pakistan,” Hamid Mir tweeted, mentioning the end of the protest.

    President Alvi did not mention the journalists’ protest against the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA).

  • Celebs express anger at Talha Talib being conned

    Celebs express anger at Talha Talib being conned

    Pakistani weightlifter and Olympian, Talha Talib, was conned by a fraudster who posed as a personal assistant to a federal minister and said that the minister wants to gift him a car after his success at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

    The conman asked him to receive the vehicle after submitting registration and freight charges in a particular bank account.

    As per reports, Talha Talib was asked to pay Rs323,000. After the sportsman’s father came to know about the fraud, he reported the crime at the Citizen’s Portal.

    Celebrities including Aijaz Aslam, Xarnish Khan and Mathira expressed their anger at how people took advantage of an already struggling sportsman.

    Photo via Diva Magazine

    Mathira commented under a social media post, “This is sad.”

    Photo via Diva Magazine

    Read More: Fans gush over Pakistani Olympian Talha Talib’s hot picture

    It was not just Talha who was conned but mountaineer Shehroze Kashif was also reportedly looted by a conman.

    Shehroze Kashif’s father says the conman asked them to make a payment of Rs285,000. Kashif’s father lodged a complaint with the FIA.

  • Adeel Chaudhry, Sehar Khan escape an accident on sets, actress jumps off a moving bike

    Adeel Chaudhry, Sehar Khan escape an accident on sets, actress jumps off a moving bike

    Actors Adeel Chaudhry and Sehar Khan escaped an accident during a shoot of their forthcoming drama.

    Taking to Instagram, the Yeh Zindagi Hai actor shared a video of himself from a shoot of his drama where he can be seen riding a bike. When his co-actor Sehar sits on the bike and he accelerated it, the bike goes out of control, ending up in hitting a wall.

    The Rang Mahal diva immediately jumped from the bike while the crew rush to help the actor.

    Sehar and the Faryaad actor were shooting for a 7th Sky Entertainment serial.

  • Politicians, civil society unite with journalists, support protest against media authority bill

    Politicians, civil society unite with journalists, support protest against media authority bill

    As journalists continue with sit-in outside of the Parliament House, against the government’s proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA), prominent leaders from political parties, student unions, and members of the civil society also joined in to show solidarity.

    The protest began on Sunday and is said to continue until President Dr Arif Alvi’s address to the joint session of parliament on Monday.

    Former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Information Sec­retary Marriyum Aurangzeb, and MNA Mohsin Dawar, among others, visited the protest site on Sunday night to extend their support.

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president, Shehbaz Sharif speaking on the media authority bill termed it as “black law” and expressed solidarity with journalists. He said the media had fought a war for its freedom and no one could snatch it. 

    https://twitter.com/pmln_org/status/1437373043542736902

    “The government doesn’t have the guts to pass it and we won’t allow it,” added Shehbaz warning the government against passing the “black law” or bear the consequences.

    He tweeted in solidarity with the protestors and said, “PTI government is demolishing every institution that represents democracy. We support journalists in their struggle against PMDA.”

    Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Monday slammed the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (PMDA), saying that the proposed bill is an “attack on the freedom of media and judiciary.”

    The PPP chairman vowed his party will not let the government get away with snatching livelihoods from the masses. He showed solidarity with journalists who have been attacked, saying that the PPP “will not be satisfied till they [journalists] are not satisfied.”

    “Even if they manage to have this black law passed, journalists will [struggle to] have it abolished,” he added.

    Bilawal warned the government that if it tried to have the PMDA law passed via force, the PPP will challenge it in the courts. The PPP chairman said he feared the government will try to pass the bill during a joint sitting of the Parliament.

    Bilawal said his party will attend the joint sitting of the Parliament with a two-point agenda; to advocate for the rights of 20,000 government employees who were sacked and to campaign for freedom of speech.

    PPP leaders, Senator Sherry Rehman and Raza Rabbani, visited the protest camp and addressed the protesters.

    “We have repealed all the ordinance regarding media censorship, whether it was Ayub Khan or Zia-Ul-Haq. This is why the government won’t bring this on the Parliament floor because we will repeal the PMDA bill and they are scared”

    Marriyum Aurangzeb, along with PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal, also visited the protest site on Monday.

    Addressing the protesters, Iqbal criticised the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government for “attacking and attempting to muzzle” the media.

    Referring to the PMDA bill, he called it a “conspiracy” and said if the bill was passed, “democracy will die in this country”.