Actor Veena Malik has come under the fire for allegedly going under the knife. The Zindagi 50-50 fame actor recently posted a series of pictures and videos on her Instagram handle, for which she got trolled by the netizens.
The Bigg Boss fame diva customized her comment section after severe backlash by public.
The frightful mass sexual assault which took place on Independence day has shaken the women of this nation to its core. It has also made all Pakistani women comprehend that they are not safe even in broad light and ‘so called’ public areas. Don’t you think it is high time to take your decision into your own hands?
As an undergraduate student, since this incident, I am afraid that what will happen once university opens. So with this thought, I researched and came across some exciting and wonderful opportunities for women to study abroad for session 2022-23.
British Chevening scholarship
This fully-funded program enables Pakistanis to pursue a one-year Master’s degree in the United Kingdom (UK). They will cover your one visa application and even airfare travel costs to and from the UK, but you must have a two-year work experience. The last date to apply is November 2nd, 2021.
KAIST South Korea Scholarship
One of the top Public universities, The KAIST (Korean Advanced Institute Of Science and Technology) is ranked #39 in QS Global World. Your full tuition fee, living expenses (per month), and medical health insurance are guaranteed under this scholarship for 2022-2023. You can apply for any level, their eligibility criteria are pretty simple.
Fulbright program
The scholarship operates in more than 160 countries worldwide. Under this, approximately 4,000 foreign students receive Fulbright scholarships each year. Pakistanis can not only apply for studies, but for work purposes scholarships as well. The deadline is in April, don’t miss this out.
Türkiye Burslari Scholarships
A government-funded, competitive scholarship program, awarded to students and researchers to pursue full-time or short-term programs at the top universities in Turkey. As a Pakistani resident, you will be given some preferences. A great opportunity for students.
Hood College International Merit Scholarship
This college in the United States welcomes applications from qualified candidates holding a minimum of a bachelor’s degree, at least a 2.75-grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale or equivalent. It has multiple degree programs so one can apply to any.
According to the ‘Global Gender Gap Report 2021’ published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Pakistan ranked 153rd out of 156 countries on the gender parity index and seventh among eight countries in South Asia, only better than Afghanistan.
Actor Minal Khan has teased her fans with a hint of her wedding preparations being on full swing as she and her fiance Ahsan Mohsin recently posted about them shortlisting the colour paints for their room after the wedding.
Earlier, this year on June 11 the couple got engaged in a lavish ceremony.
It may be recalled that in November last year, Ahsan had written a post on his Instagram account about proposing to the Jalan star that “I had to drink a lot to say I love you.”.
The flags of the Afghan Taliban was found hoisted on the rooftop of a Jamia Hafsa madrassah located in the heart of the capital, Dawn News has reported. I
Islamabad officials while speaking to Dawn News said “four to five white flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan were found hoisted on the rooftop of Jamia Hafsa in G-7/3.”
“The flags were spotted after Zuhr prayers and shortly the capital administration and police were informed about it,” they said.
Deputy Commissioner Islamabad in a tweet said that the administration have removed the flags.
A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two minor boys aged 12 and 13 in the fields in Lodhran district of the Punjab province, ARY News reported on Friday.
According to the police, the suspects took the girl to the nearby fields in Lodhran and sexually assaulted her. “Both of them are aged 12 and 13 years old,” police said, adding that they later left the girl in the fields.
She was later taken to a nearby hospital for medico-legal formalities.
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The police said they have detained one of the suspects involved in the crime. “The other suspect will also be arrested soon,” the district police officer (DPO) said while advising the citizens to play their role in identifying and reporting such incidents.
The Chinese Embassy in Pakistan on Saturday strongly condemned a suicide attack targeting a vehicle carrying Chinese nationals in Balochistan’s Gwadar district on Friday, asking Pakistan “to take practical and effective measures” to prevent recurrence of such incidents in the future, reported Dawn.
At least two children were killed and three people were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself near the vehicle at around 7pm on Friday.
In its statement, the Chinese Embassy demanded Pakistan to properly treat the wounded and conduct a thorough investigation on the attack, and severely punish the perpetrators.”
It also extended “its sincere sympathies to the injured of both countries” and expressed its deep condolences to the victims in Pakistan.
“At the same time, relevant departments at all levels in Pakistan must take practical and effective measures to accelerate, to implement strengthened whole-process security measures and upgrade security cooperation mechanism to ensure that similar incidents will not happen again,” the embassy said.
Previously, on July 14, nine Chinese nationals and three Pakistanis lost their lives. Chinese workers and accompanying Pakistani staff were proceeding to their workplace for an ongoing project, as per a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).
After initially suggesting that the incident was an accident, the government earlier this month said a suicide bomber had attacked the bus which was carrying Chinese workers to the under-construction Dasu dam.
The stellar ensemble cast of ‘Sang-e-Mah’ has started shooting in Islamabad, a sequel of the 2016 blockbuster, ‘Sang-e-Mar Mar’. Directed by Saife Hassan the drama starred Nauman Ijaz, Sania Saeed, Kubra Khan, Mikaal Zulfiqar, and Omair Rana in leading roles.
While the makers are keeping Atif and Hania’s look under-wraps, a few behind the scene pictures has gone viral on social media, featuring Kubra Khan, Nadia Afgan, Nouman Ijaz and Shamil Khan.
Atif Aslam will make his small screen debut in the drama. Hania Aamir has been roped into play the parallel female lead. It is basically a trilogy series with Sang-e-Mah, and Sang-e- Siyah in the pipeline.
The drama depicted the story of a Pathan family and took the audience on a roller coaster ride of emotions. Even though people weren’t so happy with the ending of the drama yet, it achieved success and critical acclaim.
Actor Yasra Rizvi is not happy with her sharp memory because she believes “having a poor memory in show business pays off.”
Taking to Instagram, the Dil Na Umeed To Nahi actor shared a selfie along with a long note, saying: “Show Business is the kinda business where having a poor memory pays off. I however suffer from the ailment called not being able to forget. Occupational hazard! How do you write about or portray life when you don’t remember and register what you experienced or felt? Yourself or vicariously.”
“Things that happen or how people behave in certain situations even if left in the past become a part of our eternal selves, making up the hows and whys of what we think today, the context! And context is everything, nothing exists in isolation,” she added.
Appearing on a local talk show recently, the Malika-e-Aliya diva talked at length about her work ethics and criteria for selecting projects. When asked about what she looks for in a script, she stated, “To be honest, I don’t get offered many scripts maybe because people are a bit intimated/scared by me.”
The Churails star also believes that her projected voice and serious expressions turn people away.
Yasra welcomed her first born in May 2021 and named him Ibn e Adam.
India’s government said on Tuesday that it would prioritize taking in Hindus and Sikhs from Afghanistan — a move that drew comparisons to a controversial 2019 citizenship law, enacted under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that differentiates against Muslims, reported New York Times.
The country’s home ministry said it would introduce “emergency visas” to allow Afghans to stay in India for six months.
However, it did not say whether Muslims, who make up the majority of those seeking to leave Afghanistan as the Taliban take over, would also be considered.
“We are in constant touch with the Sikh and Hindu community leaders in Kabul,” S. Jaishankar, India’s external affairs minister, said on Twitter. “Their welfare will get our priority attention.”
For its part, Pakistan’s leadership has stopped short of hailing the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan.
“When you adopt someone’s culture, you believe it to be superior and you end up becoming a slave to it,” Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday in a veiled reference to the United States and Western culture. “In Afghanistan, they have broken the shackles of slavery,” Mr. Khan said at an appearance in Islamabad, “but the slavery of the mind does not break away.”