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  • Fatema Sohail vs Mohsin Abbas Haider

    Fatema Sohail vs Mohsin Abbas Haider

  • VIDEO: Pakistani-American billionaire says Imran Khan ‘best thing to happen to Pakistan’

    VIDEO: Pakistani-American billionaire says Imran Khan ‘best thing to happen to Pakistan’

    Pakistani-American billionaire businessman Shahid Khan has said that Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan is “the best thing to happen to Pakistan”.

    “I think he is greater than life and the best thing that has happened to Pakistan in at least my lifetime,” he said in a video doing rounds over the internet.

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    Earlier, Khan called on PM Imran at Pakistan House in Washington.

    According to reports, expressing pleasure to have met the premier, he said that the future of the country seemed bright and in safe hands under PM Imran’s leadership.

    Owner of Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) and Fulham FC, Khan, as of May 2019, has a net worth of $6.8 billion. He is ranked 65th in the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, and is overall the 224th wealthiest person in the world.

    He is also the richest person of Pakistani origin.

  • Wedding bells for Alia & Ranbir?

    Wedding bells for Alia & Ranbir?

    Fans and followers are waiting, with bated breaths, for Bollywood’s IT couple Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor to tie the knot. The two made their relationship official last year in May when they made an appearance at Sonam Kapoor’s wedding together and since then we’ve been waiting for the big day. After all, what’s more fun than a celebrity wedding?

    According to reports in the Indian media, Alia has ordered her wedding lehenga. And it is no surprise who the designer is! Just like Anushka Sharma, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra, Alia is all set to be a Sabyasachi bride. An exclusive report by SpotboyE revealed that Alia met Sabyasachi earlier this year to discuss her wedding lehenga and it appears that the preparation for it has already begun.

    Alia has donned Sabyasachi saris, lehengas and dresses on many occasions in the past.

    Meanwhile, Rishi Kapoor – who is completing his cancer treatment in New York – has told IANS that he is looking forward to coming home as he has a “wedding to plan”.

    Looks like the Kapoors and the Bhatts are gearing-up for an early 2020 wedding!

  • There’s a problem of sexism in Pakistan: Meera

    There’s a problem of sexism in Pakistan: Meera

    Fatema Sohail’s allegations of domestic abuse and cheating on Mohsin Abbas Haider have sparked a debate on the issue of domestic violence and the rights of a wife in our society. Though it’s sad that the issue is gaining traction now, considering that it something that almost every woman in this society has experienced, better late than never, right?

    Meera, who recently shared the screen with Mohsin in Baaji, expressed her thoughts on a matter, saying that men have no clue on how to talk to women.

    “There is a problem of sexual harassment and sexism in Pakistan,” Meera said while talking to a media outlet. “Women are treated like paon ki jooti and are not given their due rights.”

    Meera then said that films on the issues of domestic violence need to be made.

    When asked on how Mohsin is as a person, Meera responded that all actors have two different lives – their personal/family life and their screen life. She said that her relationship with Mohsin was that of a colleague and she doesn’t know any details of his married life. She said she will get a clearer picture after she meets Mohsin and his family and fully understands the matter.

    Meera and Mohsin while promoting Baaji

    On whether Mohsin should be punished or not, Meera said, “If the woman is at fault, then the man should be served justice. And if the man is at fault, then the woman should be given justice.”

  • Who won at the White House: Modi or Imran? FLOTUS’ Instagram account reveals all

    Who won at the White House: Modi or Imran? FLOTUS’ Instagram account reveals all

    Melania Trump’s official account as First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is pretty interesting. This account has 3.2 million followers but only follows one account — that of her husband President Donald Trump.

    The account has 453 posts in total. The latest post says “Delighted to host PM and Mrs. Morrison of Australia for a State Visit at the White House”.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B0PAoZ_A2KD/

    Yesterday, she posted three pictures with Prime Minister Imran Khan at the White House.

    “Great to have Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan at the White House today!”

    The post has 65,700 likes so far and 1,369 comments.

    In June 2017, she had posted a picture with Prime Minister Modi. It said: “Welcome to the White House Prime Minister Modi!”

    Flotus’ post with Modi has 43,281 likes and 639 comments.

    Three pictures with PM Khan vs one with PM Modi? PM Khan’s pictures got more likes and comments too! We think the Trumps (and the people) like PM Khan more. What do you think?

  • Wasim Akram ‘humiliated for carrying insulin bag at Manchester airport’

    Wasim Akram ‘humiliated for carrying insulin bag at Manchester airport’

    Cricketing legend and former Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram on Tuesday shared how he was humiliated for carrying an insulin bag with him while boarding a flight from the Manchester airport.

    Taking to Twitter to share his ordeal, Akram said he was humiliated by Manchester airport staff who “asked rude questions and told him to dump the insulin case in a plastic bag” from its travel cold-case.

    “Very disheartened at Manchester airport today, I travel around the world with my insulin, but never have I been made to feel embarrassed,” he tweeted.

    “I felt very humiliated as I was rudely questioned and ordered publicly to take my insulin out of its travel cold-case and dump into a plastic bag,” the cricket star wrote.

  • CNIC must for shopping over Rs50,000

    CNIC must for shopping over Rs50,000

    The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has made it mandatory for citizens to show their Computerised National Identity Cards (CNIC) for purchases over Rs50,000.

    According to reports, the said purchases shall be made from a registered sales tax vendor, while in case of a female buyer, the CNIC of her husband or father would also be acceptable.

    The development comes as the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) tightens the noose around undocumented individuals making purchases without paying taxes.

    According to Dawn, all such measures are primarily aimed at bringing small, medium and even some large retailers into the sales tax net. FBR further states that transactions under ‘good faith’ will not be penalised.

    “No action will be undertaken without the approval of the chief commissioner of the jurisdiction.”

    Furthermore, where the incidence exceeds Rs5 million, the action will require further approval of member operation or director general (export-oriented sector). No action will be taken unless it has been undertaken against the person who has used a fake CNIC, reports said.

    This condition will help avoid unverifiable and fictitious business buyers which results in huge sales tax losses.

  • VIDEO: ‘ISI led US to Osama bin Laden,’ PM Imran tells Fox News

    VIDEO: ‘ISI led US to Osama bin Laden,’ PM Imran tells Fox News

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has said that Pakistan’s premier intelligence agency provided information to the CIA which helped the United States (US) track down and kill Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.

    Bin Laden, founder and first leader of militant group Al-Qaeda, was killed in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011, by US Navy SEALs. Islamabad had so far denied having any knowledge of the terror chief’s hideout until he was shot dead.

    However, in an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier following his meeting with US President Donald Trump on Monday, the premier said it was the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) that gave the initial information on bin Laden.

    “It was ISI that gave the information which led to the location of Osama bin Laden. If you ask CIA, it was ISI which gave the initial location through the phone connection,” he said.

    “We in Pakistan always felt that we were an ally of the US and if we had been given the information about Osama, we should have taken him out,” he said, adding that Pakistan was fighting the war against terrorism for the US.

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    “Here we were an ally of the US and the US did not trust us. And they actually came and bombed and killed a man in our territory,” he said.

    Even though Pakistan officially denied knowing that bin Laden was living within its territory, ex-ISI chief Asad Durrani told Al Jazeera in 2015 that the agency probably knew where he was hiding.

    The 9/11 mastermind was tracked down after a 10-year manhunt to Abbottabad, a garrison town north of Islamabad where Pakistan’s military academy is headquartered, sparking allegations authorities were colluding with the terror group.

    Two former senior Pakistani military officials told AFP in 2015 that a defector from Pakistani intelligence assisted the US in its hunt for bin Laden, but denied that Islamabad and Washington had officially worked together.

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  • US visit: PM talks about bringing Dr Aafia Siddiqui back to country

    US visit: PM talks about bringing Dr Aafia Siddiqui back to country

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has hinted at a possible prisoner swap of Dr Shakil Afridi and Dr Aafia Siddiqui with the United States (US).

    Afridi, a Pakistani physician, is in authority’s custody for helping the US in running a fake hepatitis vaccine programme in Abbottabad to confirm Osama bin Laden’s presence by obtaining DNA samples.

    Aafia, on the other hand, is a Pakistani neuroscientist convicted of multiple felonies and is locked up in a US prison.

    When asked about jailed Afridi during an interview with Fox News on Monday, the premier said that in Pakistan, he is considered a spy and it is a very emotive issue. “The way it [Osama bin Laden operation] was conducted, it really embarrassed Pakistan at a time when we were an ally of the US in its war on terror.”

    Osama bin Laden, founder and first leader of Al-Qaeda, was killed in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011, by US Navy SEALs in an operation Pakistani authorities “were unaware of”.

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    “You are the prime minister, you can make a decision can’t you,” Fox News anchor Bret Baier asked.

    “There are some decisions in a democracy that even a premier finds difficult to make, because we do have an opposition,” PM Imran said, adding that it, however, was something that could be negotiated.

    “We also have someone in a US prison, a frail woman called Aafia Siddiqui and we could negotiate a swap.” “The talks have not started yet, but we know that US wants Afridi and we can negotiate,” he added.