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  • 48 per cent Pakistanis happy with PTI’s performance

    48 per cent Pakistanis happy with PTI’s performance

    Seven in 10 Pakistanis believe that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will complete its five-year term, according to a survey.

    A survey, ‘Gallup Pakistan’ was conducted with over 1200 respondents across urban and rural areas, covering over 100 districts in the country. The sample comprised a cross-section of age and socio-economic classes.

    The survey conducted was based to evaluate the performance of the PTI government.

    Performance of PTI:

    Public opinion is split on the issue of performance of the PTI government with slightly more than 48 per cent saying performance is good over the past three years. A sizeable 45 percent believe the performance has been bad.

    In the largest province of Punjab, a majority are unhappy and say that Imran Khan’s government’s performance isn’t good. Highest support in Balochistan at 74 per cent rating positively and KP where 62 per cent rated Imran Khan’s performance positively.

    Who is better Imran Khan vs Nawaz Sharif:

    When the survey crafted a comparison between Khan’s Rule vs Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif rule?

    Public Opinion split equally with 37 per cent each saying Imran Khan rule is better and 37 per cent saying Nawaz Sharif rule was better. 18 per cent of people believe that the performance of PM Khan’s government is the same as that of Nawaz’s.

    Economy:

    When it came to the economy, 45 per cent said they were satisfied with where it stands, whereas 44 per cent expressed dissatisfaction.

    Prevention of corruption:

    In efforts to prevent corruption, 48 per cent were of the view that the government has been successful, whereas 40 per cent were of the view it has failed.

    Performance on Foreign Affairs:

    A majority of Pakistanis, 58 per cent, have also indicated they are satisfied with the government’s foreign policy efforts. Of these, 18 per cent said the performance has been “very good”, while 40 per cent said it has been “good”.

  • ‘Shehbaz makes a decision, his party says it’s personal’, Bilawal slams PMLN

    ‘Shehbaz makes a decision, his party says it’s personal’, Bilawal slams PMLN

    Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, while addressing his party workers in Multan said that “ [Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz President] Shehbaz Sharif is the party president, his decision should be final.”

    According to the chairman, whenever Sharif makes a statement, party members say that it is his own “personal decision”, reports Geo.

    Furthermore, he argued that “If Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) had stayed, it could hold a long march, and before reaching Lahore, they could have made [Chief Minister of Punjab] Usman Buzdar resign, and [Prime Minister] Imran Khan would have resigned before the march reached Islamabad. Shehbaz was aware of all the formulas.”

    Bilawal, adding that his party had sincerely wanted to oust the government through PDM said that “The PDM leadership started talking about our resignations instead of the Punjab chief minister and the prime minister’s resignations.”

    Earlier this month Sharif suggested the formation of a national government. He said, “It needs collective wisdom and requires collective efforts to fix [the problems of Pakistan]. That’s why I think we should have a national government in place to sort out these huge tasks. Even if we [PML-N] win a majority, we can’t fix it alone.”

    Upon this Former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi made his comment while talking to The News by saying that, “There is no option for ‘national govt’ in Constitution.

    “Our party has already made it clear that Shehbaz did not talk about it [national government] and he was misquoted by some circles”, he added.

    Moreover during the rally Bilawal taunted the government by saying that the Centre was proposing to roll out electronic voting machines when there is persistent load shedding in the country.

    In early June both PPP and Awami National Party (ANP) left PDM by saying that the leaders of the fragmented anti-government alliance appear to be “confused and divided”.

  • Yasir Nawaz responds to the controversy, recreates Nida’s ‘Formula 1’ viral video

    Yasir Nawaz responds to the controversy, recreates Nida’s ‘Formula 1’ viral video

    Pakistani actor and director Yasir Nawaz has recreated his wife Nida Yasir’s viral video.

    The Nadaniyaan actor took to Instagram to share the hilarious video.

    In the video, he can be seen in two getups. One was of Nida and the other was of one the guests.

    The Morning Show host recently trended on social media due to a blunder regarding Formula cars that she made on live television.

  • ‘And this is the lesson we are teaching our children,’ Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy criticises Single National Curriculum

    ‘And this is the lesson we are teaching our children,’ Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy criticises Single National Curriculum

    Oscar-winner filmmaker, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy recently took to social media and criticised the Single National Curriculum (SNC). She shared pictures of English textbooks of grade one and five.

    Sharmeen shared a picture of a grade five English textbook on her Instagram stories and wrote, “And this is the lesson we are teaching our children: What do you see?”

    Sharing another picture of the English book of grade one, she wrote, “Grade 1 is a 4-5-year-old. What are we telling our girls? Cover up at that age? Those who designed these textbooks should be held responsible. #Ziapartdeux”

    “And this is the physics being taught. Proponents of SNC, have you even read the books you are endorsing,” the Oscar winner wrote, posting an image of a page of a physics book.

    Single National Curriculum is a ‘uniform’ system of education, which means the same curriculum for everyone. Single National Curriculum has been started to be implemented in madressahs and from grades one to five in both public and private schools in Punjab.

  • ‘I’m not Pakistani’: Faryal Mehmood claps back at a troll for bashing her choice of clothing

    ‘I’m not Pakistani’: Faryal Mehmood claps back at a troll for bashing her choice of clothing

    Actor Faryal Mehmood has slammed a troll for moral policing her over her choice of clothing.

    A netizen commented on Faryal’s photo saying: “Pakistan or Islam se belong karti hain, Isi baat ka kheal dil me le aati to asi dressing hergiz na kerti. You are islamic and Pakistani girl.”

    Replying to the netizen, the Laal Ishq actor said: “Actually I was born in the states (United States of America). So technically I’m not Pakistani girl. lol.”

    On the work front, the Dassi diva was last seen in Raqeeb Se opposite Naumaan Ijaz and Iqra Aziz.

  • Maryam Nawaz to appoint new lawyer for Avenfield reference case

    Maryam Nawaz to appoint new lawyer for Avenfield reference case

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz has said that her lawyer Amjad Pervez has recused himself from the case because of his health condition after he had contracted Covid-19.

    “I told him to contest my case, and until he recovers, I will arrange another counsel for my case,” said Maryam.

    A journalist questioned Maryam whether Pakistan should recognise the new Taliban government in Afghanistan.

    Maryam responded, “Pakistan must accept the will of the Afghan people and refrain from imposing its decision on Afghanistan.”

    The PML-N leader said Afghanistan was a sovereign country and insisted that Pakistan must not interfere in the internal matters of the neighbouring country.

  • Police set to arrest superstar Saba Qamar and Bilal Saeed, arrest warrants issued

    Police set to arrest superstar Saba Qamar and Bilal Saeed, arrest warrants issued

    In August 2020 superstar Saba Qamar and Bilal Saeed found themselves in hot water after they released the teaser of their upcoming music video Qubool Hai.

    Part of the music video, which has been directed by Saba herself, has been shot inside Wazir Khan Mosque upsetting the public. Akbari Gate police have registered the case of dancing in the mosque.

    Now in September 2021 Judicial Magistrate Javeria Bhatti issued the arrest warrants for both the artistes for not following the court orders for appearance.

    The court has summoned the Qubool Hai duo as their challan was presented but both of them chose not to appear. The warrants have been issued for October 6.

  • HRW lauds Pakistan for its first woman Supreme Court justice

    HRW lauds Pakistan for its first woman Supreme Court justice

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its latest report welcomed the nomination of Justice Ayesha Malik to the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

    The appointment of a woman to the Supreme Court would be a significant step in reforming the gender inequity in Pakistan’s legal profession, says HRW.

    Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed has nominated Justice Ayesha A. Malik for the elevation to the Supreme Court.

    Pakistan is the only nation in South Asia to have never had a female Supreme Court judge.

    As per the HRW report, “Only about four per cent of Pakistan’s High Court judges are women. Of the 3,005 Pakistani judges in the lower and higher courts, only 519 – or 17 per cent – are women.”

    While some women head district courts, none have yet been appointed to the Supreme Court.

    Pakistan has produced women lawyers of international renown such as Hina Jilani and the late Asma Jahangir, the Pakistan Bar Council – which regulates lawyers – has never had a woman member. Jahangir remains the only female lawyer to have been elected as president of the Supreme Court Bar Association.

    Pakistan’s constitution, consistent with international law, provides that all citizens are equal under the law and prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex. 

    Women having less representation in the legal profession is due to harmful societal attitudes, harassment in the workplace, and structural barriers such as the opaque appointment process for judges.

  • Canadian cafe denies accusation of Islamophobia made by Shaam Idrees, Froggy

    YouTubers Sham Idrees and Queen Froggy took to social media to call out Canadian cafe chain Demetres for not serving them because of their faith and promoting Islamophobic behaviour. The cafe has denied the allegations, claiming that the argument was over seating restrictions.

    Idrees shared a video detailing the incident and wrote in the video: “We just had the worst experience of our lives. The racist servers told us they will not serve ‘people of your kind’. My wife and family members included hijabis.”

    “I am so heartbroken,” Queen Froggy shared a video with the caption, “Demetres Oakville didn’t take our order and told us to leave because we are Muslim and wear hijab.”

    “I am so disgusted. Go to Google Maps, click review and give 1 star [to Demetres] and write #Banislamophobia. Let’s make sure it never happens to anyone again!” she added.

    Demetres denied the accusations and released a statement. “We believe there was a misunderstanding between employees and our guests regarding seating arrangements due to Covid-19 restrictions,” they wrote. “The situation became escalated, and the guests were asked to leave.”

    Kanwal Ahmed, founder of the well-known Facebook group Soul Sisters Pakistan, shared a few posts including the posts from the customers who were present when the incident happened.

    A few posts stated that the YouTubers came with 22 people and wanted to combine the tables, which were against Covid-19 guidelines.

    Idrees responded to the criticism and shared another video about the incident “with proof”.

  • Ayeza, Danish bond with Neha Kakkar and Rohanpreet on airport, publicly express love

    Ayeza Khan and Danish Taimoor took to their respective Instagram handles to share a picture with Bollywood’s singing sensation,Neha Kakar and her husband Rohanpreet Singh.

    The transnational celebrity couple bumped into each other on an airport.

    The Deewangi star captioned the picture as, “Jab we met.”

    Neha left a comment under Ayeza’s picture and sent love to the couple. “God Bless you both! You’re booth so beautiful.”

    To which the Chupke Chupke diva replied, “You two are love.”