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  • Illegal wedding in a hospital in Punjab

    Illegal wedding in a hospital in Punjab

    A district Hospital in Chishtian, which is a city in Bhawalnagar district in Punjab, became a wedding hall when the lab-in-charge of the facility arranged the wedding reception of his son at the hospital, ARY News reported on Sunday.

    There were dhol walas present at the wedding

    There were firecrackers and celebrations which continued until the morning, which made life difficult for many patients.

    Dancing outside the hospital

    The ceremony was illegally arranged and the government hospital has yet to take action against the person responsible. The Chief Minister of Punjab has taken notice of the event.

    CM Punjab has taken notice of the event

    The incident is not new to our region. Two years ago a couple got married in UP India, creating the same chaos it did here.

  • Sheheryar Munawar is shooting an ‘exciting’ project with Asim Raza in Turkey

    Sheheryar Munawar is shooting an ‘exciting’ project with Asim Raza in Turkey

    High on the success of his film Parey Hut Love, it appears that Sheheyar Munawar has shot yet another ‘exciting project’ with creative genius Asim Raza in Turkey.

    Pictures of the actor, director and their team at beautiful locales across the country have been silently making their way to social media over the past week.

    Check them out here:

    Watch: The Current Life with Sheheryar Munawar

    The crew
    Asim Raza and his ‘The Vision Factory’ team

    Sheheryar later also posted a picture of himself with Asim on Instagram with the caption, “Had the opportunity of working with this genius again, on a very exciting and ambitious (to say the least) project.”

    We’re pretty curious to know what the duo is up to. Have they started shooting their next film or is it just an advertisement? Guess we’ll have to wait and watch.

    Read more: Sheheryar Munawar reacts to his viral interview with ‘The Current’

    Meanwhile, in an exclusive interview with The Current, Sheheryar had said that we will be seeing him next on the big screen “very soon” and it appears that it will be sooner than we expected.

  • The Current Life with Sheheryar Munawar

    The Current Life with Sheheryar Munawar

  • Book review: ‘The Testaments’ keeps the reader engrossed till the end

    Book review: ‘The Testaments’ keeps the reader engrossed till the end

    The Testaments by Margaret Atwood is the much-awaited sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale which has almost a cult following around the world. The book was released with much fanfare and publicity and recently also won the Booker Prize along with Girl, Woman, Other. The reactions to the book, however, have been divisive.

    The Testaments picks up fifteen years after the previous book. Gilead is still the same; if anything else the fundamentalism and extremism has gotten worse. For some reason, all of the stringent laws mostly apply to women in an attempt to suppress them further. Which is probably why this aspect resonated with me as currently many cultures are receding into their traditional roots.

    Women in this military-controlled zone are merely instruments for childbearing as in this dystopian future, humanity has self-destructed to the point of rampant infertility. Girls in schools, even the elite are not allowed to learn how to read and write in the fear that they may develop independent thought. The male commanders rule all and they use older women called ‘Aunts’ to control the younger members. The atmosphere of suffocation and fear that Atwood has created is almost palpable.

    Read more: Elif Shafak’s ’10 minutes 38 seconds’ is thought-provoking, insightful and relevant

    Without giving away spoilers, the storyline revolves around Aunt Lydia, an influential all-powerful force to be reckoned with; Agnes, a young girl in Gilead who doesn’t quite belong; and Daisy a young girl living in the free world whose story has some surprising twists and turns. Each of these women are struggling with their own troubles and adversities in an atmosphere of extreme mystery and secrecy which adds to their fear and tribulations.

    Margaret Atwood

    Is this book as powerful as The Handmaid’s Tale? Perhaps not. I reckon Atwood wrote this more for the large television viewership that the series enjoys. I found it an easier read than the prequel but perhaps less profound. However, this is not to say that it is not a good book – it brings the story to a satisfying conclusion and keeps the reader engrossed until the end.

  • Did Humaima Malick just reveal her relationship status?

    Did Humaima Malick just reveal her relationship status?

    The mystery surrounding Humaima Malick’s relationship status has been intriguing fans for a while now. The actor has been spotted with a mystery man, Akbar Dedhai, on more than one occasion making fans wonder what the deal is.

    In a recent Instagram post, Humaima posted a picture of herself with Akbar and captioned it, “Purest one.”

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B4U-I5qA93K/

    Under another picture, which also had producer Ammara Hikmat in the frame, Humaima wrote, “With people who matter the most. “La Familia.”

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B4JynpsA40b/

    Does that mean Humaima has finally revealed that she is a relationship with Akbar?

    We can’t be too sure because Humaima has previously also shared pictures with her alleged beau. However, they were later deleted.

    Meanwhile, back in Ramazan, Humaima also performed Umrah with Akbar and shared a selfie of the two in Makkah. This led fans to speculate that the two are married because Umrah cannot be performed without a mehram.

    While it does seem that Humaima and Akbar are a couple we can only be sure when the actor makes an official comment on the matter. Till then we’ll have to wait patiently and keep our ‘inner aunty’ in check.

    Humaima was previously married to actor-director Shamoon Abbasi. The two separated after a brief marriage and maintain that they are still friends.

    On the work front, Humaima will be seen next in the much-anticipated The Legend of Maula Jutt.

  • Narcissists are happier, study finds

    Narcissists are happier, study finds

    Narcissistic personality traits — such as superiority and entitlement — have been on the rise in recent years but it appears that it might not be a bad thing after all.

    Many people find narcissists to be challenging to work with but as per this new study, they can easily attract a following of people, are more likely to receive promotions and often get paid more.

    For a study by Queen’s University Belfast, researchers surveyed more than 700 adults who exhibited clinical or “normal” levels of narcissism (which is different from having a narcissistic personality disorder) and asked them about narcissism and mental toughness.

    One of the key findings of the research was that grandiose narcissism can increase mental toughness and this can help to offset symptoms of depression.

    It also found that people who score high on grandiose narcissism have lower levels of perceived stress and are therefore less likely to view their life as stressful.

    The evidence showed that grandiose narcissism tended to be correlated with traits that help you succeed, such as mental toughness, confidence and goal-orientation. And the confidence and sense of accomplishment that people exhibiting grandiose narcissism gained seemed to offset any negative feelings of stress and depression than those traits might otherwise cause.

    Grandiose narcissism appears to correlate positively with healthy self-esteem and extroversion.

  • Passive-Aggressive Danish sweeps one of the fastest episodes in Pak history

    Passive-Aggressive Danish sweeps one of the fastest episodes in Pak history

    You won’t be able to tell that 40 minutes went by in one of the fastest episodes of Meray Pass Tum Ho. Just 12 episodes in, the show is bound to be one of the biggest blockbusters in Pakistani drama history.

    Mehwish (Ayeza Khan) has decided to leave her son and husband for loaded Shehwar (Adnan Siddiqui). Husband Danish (Humayun Saeed) relents and tells her that she can go and as predicted serves her with divorce papers in this episode.

    READ MORE: Are those divorce papers in MPTH’s promo?

    Danish gives Mehwish a divorce

    She doesn’t flinch when he gives them to her but there is a flicker – of shock or happiness, one can’t be certain – but she is definitely taken by surprise when he hands them to her.

    One can’t be sure in the beginning of the episode of Danish’s motives. He brings a cake to celebrate his wedding anniversary with Mehwish, which seems like a really weird and creepy thing to do since she’s leaving him for another man.

    Making Mehwish cut a wedding anniversary cake with him

    The weirdness of it freaks Mehwish out too and she tell Shehwar to come over and get her – eight hours before she actually has to leave. We start to see cracks in Danish’s cool demeanour as he starts passing comments on his marriage with Mehwish – and we finally see that he really is incredibly angry and just very good at hiding it.

    Mehwish on the other hand, couldn’t care less and one loses a little respect for her in this episode. When Danish hands her her phone, she finds that the phone is covered in Danish’s blood – blood from an accident he had had the same night. She ignores it – and checks for Shehwar’s message. Ouch.

    Mehwish realizing Danish’s blood is on her hands

    Her soon-to-be ex-husband and father of your child is bleeding and she couldn’t care less. Seems like a whole new Mehwish. Ayeza Khan had warned her fans not to watch this episode since they would hate her at the end of it. Don’t hate her but definitely don’t like her anymore.

    Danish’s biting responses and out of the blue reactions make this episode a truly riveting watch. Humayun Saeed has done it again, proving he is the best actor in the industry. He succeeds in making everyone watching feel for him and also feel incredibly uncomfortable watching him behave and react so strangely. He offers his cheating wife and her lover tea and asks them to sit in his house- until he tells Mehwish to leave with Shehwar.

    Danish made Shehwar and Mehwish chai after he gave Mehwish permission to call Shehwar over to take her

    When walking them to the door, he says to Shehwar that, “waisey tou bohat intelligent businessman lagte hain aap, lekin yahan bhao karte huye hairaan kardia aapne mujhe. Is do takay ki larki kay liye aap mujhe 50 million dey rahe thay…“
    and that’s it.

    Danish telling Shehwar that Mehwish is a do take ki aurat

    Mehwish hears it and realizes that that’s the moment she truly lost her husband – not when she told him she wanted to leave, not when he found out that she had an affair, not when he gave her divorce papers.

    Mehwish realizes she’s lost her husband forever

    She realizes that she’s lost the man who truly loved her when she’s walking out of her house and he reveals how he truly feels, you can tell – she has a flicker of admiration and fear for him. Admiration that he finally, finally stood up for himself and fear because now she knows that she can never come back.

    READ MORE: The episode that broke the internet: MPTH EP 11

  • VIDEO: Policeman wins hearts by helping a differently-abled man

    VIDEO: Policeman wins hearts by helping a differently-abled man

    A video of a police officer helping a differently-abled man is winning hearts over social media in Pakistan.

    The video, which has been shared on Islamabad police’s official Twitter account video shows a police constable, Amir Baig, helping the disabled man cross the street and lift him up on the embankment on the side of the road.

    Once the man is lifted, he thanks the cop before going on his way.

    Inspector-General of Police in Islamabad has awarded Rs10,000 and a certificate to the officer for his noble gesture.

    Meanwhile, people praised the officer on social media for his heart-warming act.

  • Realme XT #64MPQuadCameraXpert stands out at star-studded launch

    Realme XT #64MPQuadCameraXpert stands out at star-studded launch

    The megapixel camera race has truly made a comeback for smartphones. But this time, it’s nice to see mid-range phones leading the pack rather than the high-end ones while putting better cameras in the hands of the masses.

    On October 26, 2019, Realme fans and media gathered at the
    Royal Palm Golf and Country Club in Lahore for the launch party of Realme XT
    #64MPQuadCameraXpert. Celebrities in attendance included Rawalpindi Express Shoaib
    Akhtar, superstars Ahsan Khan and Nimra Khan among others.

    Realme has decided to be first-past-the-post this time
    around, bringing a whopping 64 MP lens to its quad-camera set on the new Realme
    XT. The quad-camera set was just seen on the Realme 5 and 5 Pro. That’s quite a
    slew of devices and lenses from the Chinese brand that has stepped out from
    under the Oppo umbrella.

    While XT’s nomenclature is like Realme’s ‘flagship’ X, it is much closer in look, feel, specs and operation to the Realme 5 Pro, with the big difference being a 64 MP lens instead of a 48 MP. The drop notch, quad-camera strip on the back, lovely patterns and gradients, are very similar to the 5 Pro.

    The Pearl White review unit was a thing of beauty, with
    light bouncing off and also giving shape to gorgeous patterns on the phone’s
    back. The way it looks belies its price point and to the uninitiated, this
    could well look like a phone that is at flagship-level prices. The camera
    assembly juts out, but there’s a case in the box to do away with that
    awkwardness. However, the case robs the back of some of its sheen, which is a
    pity. If you are not butter-fingers, try doing without one if you want to
    flaunt it.

    A remarkable feat in a place where new smartphones are launched nearly every other day and every player wants a slice of the pie, the Realme XT is yet another smartphone from the brand and it comes with a whole new shtick.

    A whopping 64MP camera makes it a great buy. The Realme XT
    is an easy recommendation. Between competent internals, fetching design and the
    all-new camera, it is one of the best high-end mid-rangers in the market right
    now. Realme has been pretty good with pushing out quality-of-life updates to
    hardware, and if the company sticks to it, you can expect image quality and
    design to improve further.

    The smartphone has a quad-camera setup featuring an 8MP
    ultra-wide-angle lens, 2MP depth sensor and 2MP macro lens. For selfies, it
    offers a 16MP Sony IMX 471 sensor up front.

    Under the hood runs Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 712 processor. The phone is powered by a 4,000mAh battery with support for 20W VOOC 3.0 flash charge. Its storage stands at 128GB with an 8GB RAM.

    On the software front, it will ship with ColorOS 6 based on Android Pie. Realme has added system-wide dark mode, new fonts, and Android Pie’s ‘Digital Wellbeing’ on the XT.

    As it stands, the Realme XT is definitely one to consider if
    you’re in the market for one of the best high-end smartphones under Rs55,000.

  • Neelam Muneer expresses concern over Fazlur Rehman’s Azadi March speech

    Neelam Muneer expresses concern over Fazlur Rehman’s Azadi March speech

    Actor Neelam Muneer has expressed concern over Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Azadi March speech, wherein the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) had mentioned “institutions’ support to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government” and sought Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s resignation.

    Taking to Instagram, Muneer said she respected all religious scholars, but the country could not afford anarchy.

    “I highly respect all religious scholars from the bottom of my heart. I seek guidance from their lectures and speeches on [a] daily basis. Today, Maulana Sahib, threatening to arrest Imran Khan from his house, broke my heart,” she wrote.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B4VUAIzlz3b/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

    “Our country can’t afford anarchy or civil disobedience. We the youth need to take charge of our destiny and the only way to do that is to not listen to anyone who wants to create chaos in Pakistan.”

    She further urged youngsters to unite against all entities “trying to destroy Pakistan.”