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  • PM Khan announces Pakistan’s biggest cricket stadium in Islamabad

    PM Khan announces Pakistan’s biggest cricket stadium in Islamabad

    Prime Minister Imran Khan directed Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani to lead the plan to build the country’s biggest cricket stadium in Islamabad.

    As per reports, Mani met Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Amir Ali Ahmed in this regard on Thursday to discuss the roadmap for building the biggest stadium in Pakistan.

    The stadium will have state-of-the-art High-Performance Centre.

    CDA’s land, planning, and development department have completed the survey for the stadium. A complete report will be presented to PM Khan by next month. After PM’s approval, the stadium will be built in partnership with the public and private sectors.

    According to PCB’s director of High-Performance, Nadeem Khan, this stadium will be the biggest stadium in Asia with high-class facilities.

    “This is a great initiative by PM and we are looking forward to contributing our role in it. PCB is in touch with CDA for planning the establishment of Islamabad International Cricket Stadium,” he said.

    Nadeem also shared that there is a plan to increase sitting capacity inside the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in the near future.

    PM Khan visited the Korang Cricket Ground and reviewed the pace of work there as he promised other stadiums for young blood.

  • Celebrities mourn the death of cancer warrior Asma Nabeel

    Celebrities mourn the death of cancer warrior Asma Nabeel

    Renowned writer Asma Nabeel has passed away after a prolonged illness in Karachi. The acclaimed writer was battling Cancer. She has blockbuster projects like Khaani in her professional projects.

    Asma wrote lyrics of a song for an Indian film Helicopter Eela starring Kajol, and launched her first Urdu poetry book by the name of Beydaari.

    Celebrities took to their social media to express their grief over her untimely death:

    She was recently featured in designer Ali Xesshan’s campaign, ‘Parday Mein Parwah’, to raise awareness about breast cancer in Pakistan.

  • Guard sentenced to death for killing bank manager on blasphemy allegations

    Guard sentenced to death for killing bank manager on blasphemy allegations

    An anti-terrorism court in Sargodha has sentenced a security guard involved in the murder of bank manager Imran Hanif to death on blasphemy allegations.

    The court also sentenced the convict to 12 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs1.15 million.

    Last year in November, security guards killed a bank manager on charges of alleged blasphemy.

    A seven-member ulema committee was formed in connection with the incident in Quaidabad area of Khushab district of Punjab. They declared that the bank manager had not committed blasphemy and this was a false accusation against him. The ulema committee declared the dead bank manager innocent.

  • ‘A man is incomplete without a woman and vice versa’: Mathira reacts to Zara Noor’s statement

    Mathira has expressed her opinion on a recent statement given by Zara Noor Abbas, by leaving a comment under The Current’s Instagram post. In a Q&A session with her followers on Instagram, Zara said that men and women are not equal as women can give birth to a human but men can’t do that.

    The Blind Love actress commented, “A man is incomplete without a woman and a woman is incomplete without a man, both are made different for each other’s betterment, not to compete and take brownie points”.

  • TikTok issues a statement on Sindh High Court’s ban

    TikTok has reacted to its suspension by the Sindh High Court with an official statement. The statement read, “We continue to work with regulators, and look forward to serving the millions of TikTok users and creators in Pakistan who have found a home for creativity, fun and vital economic opportunities for many years to come”, as reported by Express Tribune.

    The statement also mentioned that, “The creativity and passion of our community has brought joy to households across Pakistan and provided a platform for incredibly talented creators”.

    TikTok Pakistan’s latest transparency report revealed that it removed a whopping 6,495,992 videos making it the second most country to get the maximum videos removed after the USA, where 8,540,088 videos were removed.

    On Monday, SHC banned TikTok across the country till July 8 for spreading immorality and obscenity in the country. TikTok ban has been imposed for the third time in Pakistan.

    Last year, Pakistan blocked the app on October 9, 2020 however the ban was lifted after the TikTok management assured the Pakistani authorities that it will block all accounts repeatedly involved in spreading obscenity and immorality.

  • ‘I never had a boyfriend, surfaced bridal pictures are from a photoshoot’: Hareem Shah gets candid

    ‘I never had a boyfriend, surfaced bridal pictures are from a photoshoot’: Hareem Shah gets candid

    Hareem Shah allegedly married a PPP leader last week, the TikToker stated that she can’t reveal her husband’s identity until his first wife allows.

    In an interview with Geo News, Shah clarified that the viral bridal photos were taken for a promotional photoshoot and are not from her wedding ceremony. Her make-up artist Kashaf also confessed to the portal that the promotional photoshoot was for his salon and all the accessories and dresses were sponsored.

    In another interview, the TikTok star said, “After confessing my marriage to a PPP member of Sindh Assembly and a provincial minister, I asked the fans to keep my husband’s identity secret for a few days. But despite this, many media houses, including social media, have linked my name with various political figures. All these videos and news are completely baseless and unverified, which is inappropriate.”

    She added that, “At the moment, I have not mentioned anyone’s name as my husband, I have known my husband for three or four months already but during that time we did not have any friendship or relationship. We just met two or three times and got married”.

    She concluded the interview by saying, “There has been a lot of media coverage about my first marriage and divorce but I want to tell all my fans that I was not married before, I have no children, I have never been divorced and I have never had a boyfriend or made a friend”.

  • ‘Ainak Wala Jin’ gets a sequel in ‘Return of Nastoor’

    ‘Ainak Wala Jin’ gets a sequel in ‘Return of Nastoor’

    Ainak Wala Jin is a classic Pakistani drama that aired on PTV from 1993 to 1996 and was very popular amongst children. A sequel of the cult classic has been released on Sub TV with a new title, Return of Nastoor.

    ‘Ainak Wala Jin’ returns to screens as ‘Return of Nastoor’

    The story of Return of Nastoor also revolves around magicians, ghosts and fairies and has been produced using modern technology. The show has been in the post-production stage since a long time but finally aired on June 28.

    You can watch the trailer here:

    https://youtu.be/paXJvfD4vVY
  • Zulfi Bukhari to send defamation notice to Bilawal Bhutto

    Zulfi Bukhari to send defamation notice to Bilawal Bhutto

    Former Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Zulfi Bukhari says he has decided to move ahead with defamation proceedings against Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari after consulting with his legal team.

    Bhukari tweeted, “His [Bilawal Bhutto’s] poor understanding about most things again made him blurt out things fed to him, provoking issues he knows nothing about.”

    Bilawal Bhutto had recently called on the government to bring “all the facts” about Bukhari’s alleged visit to Israel before the public.

    Speaking to reporters in the parliament, Bilawal Bhutto said it would be “very easy” for the government to make public the flight manifest and flight path of the airplane that allegedly carried Bukhari to Israel during those dates.

    “If the [airplane] did not pick up Zulfi Bukhari, then who was taken on board” he asked, adding that he felt “something is fishy.”

    After Bilawal Bhutto’s statement, Zulfi Bukhari shared a clip of Bilawal’s speech and asked: “Someone who called Jews ‘brothers’ is now asking me to answer rumours.”

    Earlier this week, an Israeli publication alleged that Bukhari paid a secret visit to Tel Aviv as a messenger of Pakistani leader, a claim that was instantly denied by the government and personally by Bukhari.

  • ‘Broadcasting Turkish dramas in Pakistan is not detrimental to the local industry’: Humayun Saeed

    Humayun Saeed along with Senator Faisal Javed Khan recently appeared on Waseem Badami’s show Har Lamha Pur Josh . During the segment of ‘Masoomana sawal’, the host asked the Punjab Nahi Jaungi actor if telecasting Turkish dramas in Pakistan is detrimental for the local industry and if that reduces work opportunities for the local celebrities and producers?

    Humayun answered that there’s enough space for foreign content on local channels and cited the example of a private channel which only aired Turkish content when it was launched in Pakistan.

    The Mere Paas Tum Ho star said that local channels should air dramas from other parts of the world too, adding that in the past Pakistani channels used to broadcast movies from Hollywood too and we do not need to get insecure from anyone.

    Humayun Saeed is co-producing ISPR’s Sinf-e-Aahan which will be be directed by Nadeem Baig. The small screen magnum opus is based on the theme of women empowerment and has been penned by the acclaimed writer, Umera Ahmed.

  • Legendary actor Anwar Iqbal passes away

    Veteran actor Muhammad Anwar Iqbal has passed away after being hospitalized for more than a week.

    On Saturday the late actor issued a statement in which he requested fans to pray for his health and to respect his privacy.

    The Pul Siraat actor debuted in 1976 with Hammal o Mahgan, he was best known for his role in PTV’s drama Shama. In his career spanning over 4 decades he worked in many Urdu and Sindhi dramas.