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  • Danish in hardcore action in Meray Paas Tum Ho’s latest episode

    Danish in hardcore action in Meray Paas Tum Ho’s latest episode

    YES. Seems like its finally time to see Danish (Humayun Saeed) stand up for himself and fans of the drama are loving it. Episode 15 promises that the future of the drama isn’t going to be with weak and sad little Danish but someone who is ready to be strong, for the sake of his son.

    Mehwish (Ayeza Khan) is adamant to take her son with her and Shehwar will go to any lengths (for now) to make her happy. Shehwar calls Danish and tells him to make sure that Mehwish meets her son in three days or else.

    Shehwar doesn’t know what’s coming when he tells Danish to get Rumi to meet his mother

    Danish, scared that Shehwar and Mehwish will take his son away because they are rich and powerful, tries to convince his son Rumi to meet his mother.

    Rumi looking at his dad as Danish tries to convince him to meet his mother

    Rumi looks at his father and says, “you are not my strength, you are my weakness,” which could mean two things: he will do anything for his father or he believes that his father is not strong enough to take a stand against his mother and her lover. Danish believes its the latter and finally gets the courage to stand up to Shehwar.

    The slap we have all been waiting for

    He barges into Shehwar’s office and grabs him by the collar, threatening him against physical harm if he ever comes near his son or tries to take his son away. Shehwar’s employees watch the whole thing and one thing is obvious – money cannot buy courage.

    Finally, finally, we see Danish as the hero. A man who didn’t stand up for his wife (not that what she did was worth standing up for) but as a father, he realizes that his strength is his child and he won’t let anyone take that away.

    He speaks to Rumi on the phone before he goes to warn Shehwar and tells him that Rumi doesn’t need to meet his mother if he doesn’t want to and that he, Danish, really is his son’s strength.

    Shehwar realizing the game has changed when Danish throws his rich and powerful behind on the table

    The strength isn’t about physical strength at all but it is about standing up against being bullied and bullies is exactly what Mehwish and Shehwar are. Danish has sold his apartment as well and is about to start his business and with his newfound strength, he is bound to be successful. What is so riveting about this drama is that it is no longer going to be about the love of a woman but the love of family and children. And one has to give it to Rumi (Shees Sajjad Gul) for his fantastic acting in this episode. The way he cries, silently, in his bed, while the scenes change between a deliriously happy mother and her lover and a lost father, reflects brilliant acting. We actually feel for him.

    Fantastic acting by Rumi

    Mehwish tells Shehwar in one of the scenes that Danish will give into anything because he is a coward. After last night’s episode one thing is for sure. He’s not going to give up on his son – come what may.

  • VIDEO: Ali Rehman Khan responds to his leaked video

    A video of Ali Rehman Khan screaming at a cashier of a local restaurant went viral on the internet this afternoon, so much that it was trending on number one on Twitter in Pakistan.

    Following the outrage on social media, the actor has now explained the video and revealed that it was part of a marketing campaign. He also said that more details will be revealed soon.

    Ali in his video message said that the purpose of making the video viral has been fulfilled and it was done to highlight the #TumJantayHoMainKaunHoon culture.

    Ali elaborated that the video was shot to highlight the “so-called VIP culture in our country” and that he is very glad that his video sparked a debate on the topic and made people “uncomfortable”.

    Sharing his own thoughts on the matter, Ali said that we often talk about and raise voice about a matter on Twitter but don’t act upon it.

    Ali also thanked the staff at Mc Donalds for being the “best partners in crime.”

    He ended his video by requesting people to focus more on the message and less on his actions.

    Mc Donalds also responded to the controversy.

    The ‘leaked’ video shows a visibly angry Ali shouting at a McDonald’s employee, saying “Aapko pata hai main kaun hoon? Aapne kabhi mujhe TV pe dekha hai? Aap employee hain, aapka kaam hai meri baat maanna.” (“Do you know who I am? Have you ever seen me on TV? You are an employee, your job is to listen to what I am saying.”)

    The restaurant employee responds by saying, “Please sir, don’t be angry with us. You’re absolutely right. I was just joking.”

    The employee tried apologising to Ali multiple times but the actor only stopped when he realised he was being recorded.

    Social media had a lot to comment on the matter.

    https://twitter.com/IrshadBhatiLive/status/1198153481967820802?s=20
    https://twitter.com/iSedLad/status/1198191234310975489?s=20

    Shots were fired.

    https://twitter.com/Noreen_Soldier/status/1198202788095893506?s=20

    There were some who commented that the whole act was staged.

  • ‘Imran is a mental patient,’ PML-N reacts to PM’s speeches

    ‘Imran is a mental patient,’ PML-N reacts to PM’s speeches

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb has lashed out at Prime Minister Imran Khan, referring to him as a ‘mental patient’, Geo News reported.

    According to the details, Marriyum while speaking to media on Friday said that after PM Imran today’s speech it was clear that he was a mental patient and needed to get himself checked.

    She said, “We’re convinced Imran Khan is a mental patient, he should get himself a medical examination.”

    PML-N spokesperson said that it was fortunate that Shehbaz Sharif was being compared to Nelson Mandela, addinf that Imran Khan had nothing to show for after five years of governance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province and one year in power at the federal level. 

    “The issue here is that the government’s performance is zero,” she said. “He should have spoken about how the Peshawar BRT cannot be completed even after five years.”

    Marriyum further said that a case against the prime minister should be filed for provocative speech.

    PM Imran on Monday, had said that when he saw the former premier Nawaz Sharif climbing the stairs of the plane he remembered the doctors’ reports, which said the patient ‘will be gone [forever]’ if not allowed to go abroad.

    Meanwhile, Senator Sherry Rehman has also criticised the premier for mimicking political rivals by saying that was all he was doing these days. 

    “Imran Khan has destroyed the country and now all he does is mimic his rivals,” she said, adding that “He should think before he speak–his words contradict his own stance.”

    She said that people were unable to find jobs in the country and the PM was saying that the economy was stabilising.

    On Monday, PM Imran had made fun of PPP’s Bilawal over the latter’s “rain theory”.

    Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the Havelian-Thakot motorway under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), he had mimicked Bilawal and said that his theory had startled scientists across the globe.

  • Maya Ali pens a heartfelt note for her ‘Amma’

    Maya Ali pens a heartfelt note for her ‘Amma’

    Maya Ali has always been expressive about the bond she shares with her mother and the latest social media post which she has made for her mother is surely the sweetest thing you will see today on the internet.

    The Teefa in trouble actor took to Instagram — a photo and video-sharing social networking platform, to express her love for her Amma and wrote a heartfelt caption, dedicated to her mother.

    She wrote: “With time you grow
    older, and your nature changes but for your parents, you never get older and
    that is the best blessing from ALLAH for all children… Today I was sitting
    with Amma after such a long time and sharing all the things and all of a sudden
    she hugged me and told me how strong I am, and how proud she is of me, and all
    I could say is that Amma “yeh sab app se he to seekha hai” but after this
    emotional episode, I realized one thing, no matter how old you get you always
    need a hug and cuddle from your parents to relax you and make you stronger…
    Amma I love you for everything, for understanding me when I don’t speak a word,
    when I laugh loud and you’re the one who knows I am trying to hide something, for
    those moments when I cry, you’re always by my side and saying, “bass bohat ho
    Gaya rona dhona?”
    for all the times you pray for me.

    She then made a request to all her followers, urging them to take out some time and sit with their parents and listen to them.

    “ We as children can’t return how much they do for us, so I request to all, please try and spare some time for them and listen to them, what they want… They are precious and the most important and most valuable relationships in the world…?”

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B5KxBEDHpaj/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

  • VIDEO: Chef Gulzar hits himself with slipper as a protest for letting Nawaz go abroad

    Pakistani chef Gulzar has recorded a video in which he is hitting himself repeatedly over the head with a slipper, reacting to the government’s decision of allowing former premier Nawaz Sharif to fly abroad for medical treatment.

    “I never comment on politics but today, I wanted to say something,” Gulzar said in the beginning of the video, adding that “I want to congratulate Nawaz Sharif on behalf of myself and millions of people as he got relief from the government.”

    Gulzar then pulls out a slipper and before hitting himself over the head with it repeatedly, saying: “I wanted to express my happiness at the government and its institutions for giving relief to Nawaz. This is how I will celebrate my happiness–by hitting myself over the head repeatedly with this slipper.”

    Watch Video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPYcRb1f0g8

    Gulzar then states that he expects that the rest of the people who are in jails will also get instant relief like the former prime minister and people who were committing suicide owing to inflation will also get justice.

    He said, “People who are selling their children will also get relief”, before hitting himself again with a slipper.

    Further criticising government, Gulzar said that women who were selling their dignity to run their household will also get relief due to this.

  • VIDEO: Pregnant Muslim woman punch, kicked in racist attack in Australia

    A man in Australia has been charged for punching and kicking a heavily pregnant woman in what was described by a leading Australian Islamic association as an “Islamophobic” attack.

    Shocking security camera footage showed a man approaching a table of three women wearing headscarves as they chatted at a cafe Sydney on Wednesday (Nov 20).

    The 43-year-old suspect is seen lunging over the table to attack a 31-year-old woman, who police said is 38 weeks pregnant, without provocation.

    After several frenzied punches, the woman fell to the ground and was stamped on, before bystanders wrestled the assailant away.

    The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC) said the man was heard “yelling anti-Islamic hate speech at the victim and her friends”.

    “This was clearly a racist and Islamophobic attack and we expect it to be treated as such,” said AFIC president Rateb Jneid.

  • Lottery winners get tomatoes

    Jamaat-e-Islami distributed tomatoes to women who won prizes through balloting.

    Women participating in a protest against inflation and rising prices said that in the past, they used to get sewing machines, Umrah tickets and committees (kitties) in such lotteries but due to the massive increase in tomato prices, this year the Jamaat-e-Islami has given them tomatoes as a prize.

  • ‘Army chief’s extension is final,’ says PM Imran amid reports of govt-army rift

    ‘Army chief’s extension is final,’ says PM Imran amid reports of govt-army rift

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s office has again confirmed the three-year extension given to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa recently, saying a notification pertaining to the extension in the general’s tenure has already been issued on August 19, Pakistan Today reported.

    According to the details, the statement came after a meeting between PM Imran and Gen Bajwa amid reports of an alleged rift between the civilian government and the military establishment. This was the second meeting of the two bigwigs in a week.

    During this meeting, the top leaders discussed matters pertaining to national security, said the statement issued by the PM House.

    In the earlier meeting, Gen Bajwa met Imran in an apparent attempt to allay the latter’s concerns over the recent political developments in the country. The statement further said that the two sides discussed the prevailing situation in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) and at the western border, and internal security issues were discussed.

    The PM’s meeting with the army chief was followed by a meeting with Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed on Tuesday.

    However, media reports dub these meeting as an attempt to assuage Imran’s concerns by the military. “The government and army are not on the same page due to disagreement on certain points, especially the exit of former PM Nawaz Sharif from the country on health grounds,” reports had earlier stated.

    After these statements, military spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor refuted claims of an alleged divide between the country’s civilian and military leadership, reiterating that both sides are on the same page.

    “This is baseless gossip. There is absolutely nothing of the sort,” said ISPR director general as he dismissed speculations of a rift.

    “The army is supporting a democratically elected government as per the constitution. There will be no let-up in this [support] as it is a must for the progress and prosperity of Pakistan”, he added.

  • $80,000 trophy hunting licenses issued for rare Astore markhor

    $80,000 trophy hunting licenses issued for rare Astore markhor

    The wildlife department of Gilgit Baltistan has auctioned four licenses for hunting the markhor, the official national animal of Pakistan.

    According to a report in Arab News, the Ministry of Climate Change agreed to the licenses, including for trophy hunting of the much in demand flare-horned Astore markhor, a large goat species native to Pakistan. Under the government’s scheme, 12 licenses for markhors are issued every year in Pakistan, four in Gilgit Baltistan.

    Each license was sold for over $80,000, from which 80 percent will go to the villages where the hunt takes place for developing their infrastructure. A total of $500,000 was reportedly raised from the auction.

    The report, quoting president of a wildlife conservation community in Astore, Abdul Sami, further said that the before the licensing was introduced two decades ago, both residents and influential people would just hunt the animals for fun and meat.

    Sami shared that the licensing has benefited rural communities, as the money from permits becomes their development funds.

    “We have built schools, hospitals, water supply systems, and maternity homes from the trophy hunting scheme in the area,” Sami said, disapproving criticism against markhor hunting.

    Earlier this year in February, a photograph of American hunter Bryan Kinsel Harlan posing with an Astore markhor he killed had invited social media outrage. Harlan had reportedly paid a record $110,000 to shoot it on a tourist expedition to Pakistan’s northern Himalayan region of Gilgit-Baltistan.

    Meanwhile chief conservator Zakir Hussain claimed that the markhors would have been extinct had it not been for the licensing program. The population of markhors in the Astore Valley is currently 2,500. According to the wildlife department’s data, the markhor population in the province has increased to over 6,000 from a mere 200 in the 1990s.

    Trophy hunting season runs from November to April. As markhors prefer cold, they can usually be found at the height of 8,000-11,000 feet, however, during winters they descend to 5,000-6,000 feet.

    Markhor hunting usually takes place at dawn or dusk. Hunting of female and young animals below the age of six is strictly forbidden. The age of the markhor is determined by its horns, the older the markhor is, the bigger its horns will be. Markhors live about 15 years on average. The hunter is accompanied by wildlife department officials who ensure that everything is done as per the law.

  • Robbers leave loot after learning about recent death in house

    Robbers leave loot after learning about recent death in house

    Karachi witnessed a very strange story of a robbery, in Korangi No.5.

    According to reports, thieves entered a house in Karachi where they held three women hostage.

    The robbers started looting and had grabbed all valuables inside the house. After raiding most of the cupboards and rooms inside the house, they entered the room where they had held the women hostage.

    One of the women from the three shouted out and prohibited them from entering claiming that her husband had died recently and she was in “Iddat” and according to Islamic values and traditions she was not to see another man till a set period of time.

    When the thieves got to know this, they left all the valuables and left the house, asking the women to pray from God so that he may ease their difficulties.

    The women then told the whole story to their surprised neighbours. They did not report the matter to the police and the inquiry of local police came back empty-handed.