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Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City demolished three buildings and killed at least 33 people on Sunday, including12 women and eight children. This has been one of the deadliest attacks since the start of the recent attacks against Palestinians by the Israeli forces.
On May 12, Israeli airstrikes a building in Gaza that housed the offices of 14 media organisations. According to a report in TRT World, on May 7 and May 10, Israeli security forces fired rubber bullets and injured at least eight Palestinian and international journalists covering the protests at the Temple Mount complex and Al Aqsa mosque.
Yesterday, Israeli forces a building in Gaza that housed several media outlets, including Al Jazeera and the Associated Press (AP). A statement by AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt said: “We are shocked and horrified that the Israeli military would target and destroy the building housing AP’s bureau and other news organisations in Gaza.” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tweeted that the US government “communicated directly to the Israelis that ensuring the safety and security of journalists and independent media is a paramount responsibility”.
These words by the White House Press Secretary sound hollow because ever since the Israelis started attacking hapless Palestinians during the Holy month of Ramzan, the international community, especially the US, has not condemned Israel for its aggression. We did not hear the US or others condemn the attack on journalists when Arab journalists in Palestine were being attacked by the Israeli forces. The way the Al Aqsa mosque was stormed by the Israeli forces during the final Friday prayers in Ramzan, the way the unarmed Palestinians were sprayed with rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas, the world community should have condemned it unequivocally. But what do we hear: US President Joe Biden saying: “Israel has a right to defend itself.” There was no mention of how Israel is an occupying force that will continue to attack and kill unarmed civilians, including children.
In a report released last month, the Human Rights Watch said Israeli authorities are committing crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution. The 213-page report titled, ‘A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution’, should be read by every world leader in order to understand the gravity of the situation. Today, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has opened an emergency meeting over the situation in Palestine. Several countries that are part of the OIC have recently had recognition deals with Israel. No wonder we have seen a muted response from those countries. Pakistan has been asking the world to come to the aid of Palestine and stop this madness. Unfortunately, the world has become a silent spectator when it comes to Israel’s war crimes. Silence is not an option. We all must speak up for Palestine.

Humayun Saeed and wife Samina are celebrating 26 years of marital bliss.
Read more – Humayun Saeed pens heartfelt birthday note for wife
Sharing a picture of himself grinning with Samina, Humayun said: “Happy wedding anniversary my love! Blessed to have you by my side.”
“May Allah continue to shower His blessings on us and may you and I continue to hold each other through moments of weakness and strength,” continued the actor, adding: “Health, happiness and smiles forever.”
Samina also penned a heartwarming note for her husband writing: “In this life and the next, through all the good, bad, easy and not so easy things, I would continue to choose you over and over again.”
“Happy Anniversary Humayun. All these many years have been nothing short of a blessing with you by my side. I love you.”
Humayun and Samina tied the knot in 1995. The couple is one of the Pakistan entertainment industry’s most powerful couples.

اللہ کا شکر ہے اس برس بھی ہم نے روایت کی پاسداری کرتے ہوئے عید کے چاند کو ایک بار پھر غیر متنازعہ بننے سے بچا لیا۔ ‘چن’ چڑھانے میں ویسے بھی ہمیں ملکہ حاصل ہے اس لئے سب سے پہلے پشاور والے پوپلزئی صاحب نے رویت ہلال کمیٹی کے اعلان سے قبل ہی چاند کی نوید سنا دی دوسری جانب کیونکہ نئے چئیرمین صاحب نام میں بھی آزاد واقع ہوئے ہیں تو اس بار کی رویت کا اعلان کرنے میں بھی وہ آزاد خیال ہی رہے بھلا ہو شاید کسی نے یاد کروایا کہ حضرت سحری کا وقت ہوا چاہتا ہے بتا دیں کہ سویاں پکانی ہیں یا سحری کا پراٹھا تو رات گئے رویت ہلال کمیٹی بھی آسمان سے چاند توڑ کر لے آئی اور قوم کے قدموں میں نچھاور کر دیا بجائے شکرگزار ہونے کے یار لوگ الٹا چاند ہونے نہ ہونے پر بحث کر نے لگ گئے بڑی ہی نا شکری قوم ہے بھئی کبھی اسے ‘تبدیلی’ ہضم نہیں ہوتی تو کبھی پانی سے چلنے والی گاڑی جیسے سائنسی انقلاب کو رد کر دیتی ہے۔ سائنس سے ویسے بھی ہمیں کو پرخاش ہے کیونکہ برصغیر میں جب لاؤڈ اسپیکر نیا نیا آیا تو اس بیچارے پر بھی حرام ہونے کے فتوے لگ گئے ٹی وی تصویر وغیرہ وغیرہ سے مخاصمت کی کہانیاں بھی کوئی زیادہ پرانی نہیں۔
خیر بات کہاں سے کہاں نکل گئی واپس آتے ہیں بےچارے چاند کی درگت بننے کے واقعہ پر جب یہ سارا معاملہ چل ہی رہا تھا تو اسی اثناء میں ایک عدد آڈیو لیک بھی سامنے آ گئی جس میں ایک ممبر رویت ہلال کمیٹی کچھ اور ہی کہانی سنا رہے تھے اگرچہ ‘سافٹ وئیر’ اپڈیٹ ہونے کے بعد انکی وضاحت بھی سامنے آ گئی تھی۔ اور تو اور کیونکہ وزارت سائنس و ٹیکنالوجی فواد چودھری جیسوں سے پاک ہو چکی تھی اس لئے سائنس کی حقیقتوں کو لہرا لہرا کر کوئی چیلنج کرنے والا بھی موجود نہیں تھا لیکن وزارت اطلاعات میں ہونے کے باوجود بھی انہوں نے اپنے دور وزارت میں بنائی ایپ کے زریعے چاند کے حوالے سے بیان جاری کر دیا لیکن کیونکہ ہر کوئی اپنا اپنا چاند لے کر پھر رہا تھا تو انکی سائنسی دلیل کو کسی نے کوئی خاص گھاس نہیں ڈالی۔ قصہ مختصر یہ عید میٹھی ہونے کے ساتھ ساتھ چٹخارے دار بھی رہی کیونکہ عید کے دن ہر گھر کی محفل کا گرما گرم موضوع گفتگو ‘چاند’ ہی تھا سوشل میڈیا اور واٹس ایپ وغیرہ پر بھی کوئی سائنسدان تھا کوئی ماہرفلکیات اور کوئی دینی عالم کی ذمہ داریاں نبھا رہا تھا۔
مسئلہ بڑا سادہ سا ہے کہ کیا چاند کی رویت ایک خالص دینی مسئلہ ہے یا سائنسی؟ کیا اس کا کوئی درمیانی راستہ نکالا جا سکتا ہے جس کے تحت ملک اس افراتفری اور بدتمیزی کا شکار نہ ہو۔ اگر نظر ڈالی جائے تو مختلف اسلامی ممالک اس مسئلے کے حل کے لئے مختلف حکمت عملی اختیار کرتے ہیں ملائشیا، ترکی مصر اور دیگر مسلم ممالک نے اپنا اپنا طریقہ کار بنا رکھا ہے کوئی خالص سائنسی بنیادوں پر رویت ہلال کرتا ہے تو کوئی سائنس اور انسانی آنکھ سے دیکھنے کو ملا کر ہم بھی دوسرے طریقہ پر ہیں لیکن بات کچھ بنتی نظر نہیں آ رہی اور اس بار کی عید پر تو معاملات اور ہی بگاڑ کی جانب چل پڑے تھے لیکن یہاں جہاں آپ نے سائنس کی بات کی نہیں وہاں ہمارے لوگوں کا مذہب خطرے میں پڑا نہیں۔ جہاں سائنس مذہب کی مددگار ثابت ہو رہی ہو تو پھر اس پر ہی یہ معاملہ کیوں نہیں چھوڑ دیا جاتا۔ آخر دیگر دینی معاملات بھی تو وقت کے ساتھ ساتھ سائنسی بنیادوں پر حل کئیے جا ہی رہے ہیں اور ماضی میں چھوڑے گئے بھی ہیں۔
افسوس کا مقام ہے کہ آج جب سائنس اتنی ترقی کر چکی ہے کہ دنیا تو چھوڑ مریخ کے دو چاندوں کے بھی طلوع اور غروب کا وقت بتا دے تو ہم ایک خاندان میں دو دو عیدیں منا رہے ہوتے ہیں۔ پاکستان کے علما اور فقہا اور سائنسدانوں کی ایک کمیٹی بنا کر اس مسئلہ کو ایک ہی دفعہ کیوں نہیں حل کر لیا جاتا اور اس میں پشاور کے مفتی پوپلزئی صاحب کو بھی ہونا چاہئے تاکہ تمام اختلافی آراء کو ایک جگہ جمع کر کے ایک قومی اتفاق کی فضا بنا دی جائے یہ لوگ چاہیں تو دیگر مسلم ممالک سے رابطے کر کے انکے طریقہ کار پر رہنمائی بھی لے سکتے ہیں۔ قوم جو ایک انتشار اور ہیجان میں مبتلا رہتی ہے اور اس قسم کی باتیں سننے میں آتی ہیں کہ جی روزہ تو قضا ہو گیا یا دیکھا آج تو چاند دوسری کا لگ رہا ہےسے یہ میٹھی عیدیں کھٹی کرنے کی کیا تک ہے۔

Nadeem Baig has revealed that Yasir Hussain wanted the uninvited guest question to be asked himself on Vasay Chaudhry’s Ghabrana Mana hai.
The Meray Paas Tum Ho’s director appeared on Nida Yasir’s Eid Special Morning Show and almost two months after the comments landed Yasir in hot water and sparked a heated war between him and Shah, the talk show’s director Baig revealed what had led to that contentious question.
Hussain had unleashed havoc after he stated that fellow actor Nausheen Shah demanded an invitation to his and Iqra Aziz’s wedding in 2019.
The Jhooti actor, 37, was asked on Vasay Chaudhry’s talk show Ghabrana Mana Hai about whether any one of the attendees at his wedding had showed up without getting invited, to which he said he hadn’t invited Shah but she still came.
Baig shared that his associate had gone up to Hussain prior to the show and asked him if there were any funny anecdotes he would like to be questioned about.
The director said: “While he was getting his makeup done, he said, ‘Just ask me who showed up uninvited to my wedding.’”
Nida had asked Baig about the controversies related to his show. He also said that everyone criticised Vasay for asking this question but actually he told us to ask this question.
Watch the video here:
On Friday, a day after Eid in Pakistan, Indian men live streamed and discussed Eid pictures of Pakistani women on the video streaming platform YouTube, Vice Media has reported. In the live stream, the YouTubers discussed pictures and videos of Pakistani women, who had posted on their public profiles.
The live stream was hosted on a YouTube channel called ‘Liberal Doge’ . However, the video has now been made private.
“They are abusing, saying vile things,” one Twitter user pointed out.
The men in the video can be heard passing indecent remarks on the pictures, as well rating them out of 10, on the basis of the women’s physical appearance.
Some of the women made their accounts private and some even deleted pictures to protect their privacy.
An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of the Associated Press (AP), Al Jazeera and other media outlets on Saturday, Associated Press has reported.
The 12-storey Al-Jalaa building crashed down to earth as the result of the air strike.
As per media reports, the building’s owner received a call from the Israeli military warning that it would be hit an hour before the air strike.
The Israeli military did not immediately provide comment on the incident. The building also contained a number of apartments and other offices.
Israeli bombardment of Gaza, a Palestinian terrority, is the worst the world has seen in years. As the world celebrated Eid, Gaza continued to bleed and Israeli barbarism didn’t end. Palestinians are voicing their fear and concern on social media for the world to know what it looks like to be a Palestinian right now.

Safe to say, we’re not getting over Chupke Chupke anytime soon given the amount of light-hearted entertainment it provided us during Ramzan this year. The show has been a hit with the audiences with episodes trending on televsion and social media. The highlight of the series included the love story between Faazi (Osman Khalid Butt) and Meenu (Ayeza Khan) and Haadi (Arslan Naseer) and Mishi (Aymen Saleem).
Since Chupke Chupke ended on a high and happy note, we decided to take look back at some of our favourite scenes from the romantic-comedy show. Though it was extremely hard to narrow down the list to just five, we did our best. Check it out:
Chupke Chupke was a complete package with a high dose of entertainment and emotions, power-packed performances, romance and comedy.
Which scene from the show was your favourite? Let us know in the comments below.

Israeli bombardment of Gaza, a Palestinian terrority is the worst the world has seen in years. As the world celebrated Eid, Gaza continued to bleed and Israeli barbarism didn’t end. Palestinians are voicing their fear and concern on social media for the world to know what it looks like to be a Palestinian right now.
Israeli fighter jets continue to pound central Gaza with bombs, as the death toll of the Palestinians killed in the fighting reached 126 people. 31 among them are children.
Towers and homes were levelled, forcing Gaza families to seek shelter in schools and mosques, ahead of another possible bombardment.
A man lost his whole family in one night. Despite the loss his words were filled with pain. Sobbingly he said , ” Alhumdulliah, they are in a better place.”
“You should not have died before me,” a father cried as he stood by the destroyed building where he had lost his family.
950 people have also been injured in Gaza. As Israelis post about small rocket fire bombarding areas with secure Israeli shelters, Palestinians post videos of immense destruction at the hands of Israeli missiles.
Israel, which is also trying to contain an outbreak of internal Jewish-Arab violence, is facing a conflict in the Palestinian territories unlike any in its recent history.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed his grief over the death of Farooq Qaiser, the voice of the legendary fictional character Uncle Sargam.
“Saddened to learn of Farooq Qaiser’s death,” wrote the PM on Twitter. “He was not just a performer but would constantly raise awareness about social injustices and issues.”
“My condolences and prayers go to his family,” added the premier.
Farooq Qaiser passed away on Saturday, May 14 after suffering a heart attack, his grandson Muhammad confirmed to Pakistan Television News (PTV).
Besides PM Imran, other prominent personalities including Fawad Chaudhry, Humayun Saeed Adnan Siddiqui, Shaan Shahid, Ali Zafar and Maryam Nawaz also expressed their grief over the death of the legendary artist.
Born in 1945 in Sialkot, Farooq Qaiser was a renowned puppeteer, artist and columnist and was associated with PTV from 1976. Qaiser spent his early childhood in Peshawar and Kohat and in 1970 graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from the National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore. Later he received a master’s degree in Graphic Arts from Bucharest, Romania in 1976 and also trained for puppetry there.
He also received his master’s degree in Mass Communication in 1999 from the University of Southern California, School for Communication and Journalism, United States.
With a prolific career, Qaiser was the recipient of the Pride of Performance Award (1993), the Lifetime Achievement Award (2010) and PTV’s Silver Jubilee Award besides many other national and international titles.
Rest in peace Uncle Sargam! You have been an important part of our childhood.