100 Most Beautiful Women of 2021 was trending on Pakistani Twitter with users nominating different personalities including Ayeza Khan, Yasmin Rashid, Bushra Bibi, Sajal Aly, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan and Esra Bilgiç among others.
Have a look at some of the nominations by netizens:
Sufism and science and technology research centres will be set up in Punjab due to the special interest of the First Lady, Bushra Bibi, The News has reported.
Sheikh Abul Hassan Shazli Centre will be opened in Lahore in the first phase. Research on Islam, Sufism, religious thought, interfaith harmony, and modern sciences besides science and technology, would be carried out in Sheikh Abul Hassan Shazli Centre.
Sheikh Abul Hassan Shazli Centre would serve the disadvantaged segment of society.
The centre would also be linked with the shelter homes, child protection bureaus, prisons, particularly women and juvenile jails, schools, colleges, universities, public, private, and religious educational institutions. Sheikh Abul Hassan Shazli Centre will also be linked with international libraries.
Bachelor, M.Phil and PhD programs in Islamic philosophy and Sufism will also be launched in the Centre.
The Research Centre will be inaugurated in Lahore today.
In March, Bushra Bibi made a rare public appearance and visited a Panah Gah (shelter home) in Lahore to inspect the facilities given to the people residing there.
Feroze Khan has expressed disappointment over those judging Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Saudi Arabia. Feroze’s comments came after Chairman People’s Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari criticised the premier for asking for loans from other countires.
“I feel sad for those judging [PM] Imran Khan’s visit to Mecca and Medina” said Feroze.
PM Imran recently went on a three-day tour to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia .Speaking about PM’s recent trip to Saudi Arabia, Bilawal said it was unfortunate how the same prime minister, who used to talk about not obtaining loans from other countries, was carrying the “begging bowl” with him everywhere in the world.
Meanwhile, during, the official visit, the premier performed Umrah in Mecca, along with his wife Bushra Bibi.
Pictures of PM Imran publicly expressing his affection for his wife went viral on social media and while some adored the pictures, some took it as an opportunity to raise baseless criticism over the public display of affection.
PM Imran was warmly welcomed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his three-day visit. The Saudi Crown Prince is now expected to visit Pakistan after Eid.
Prime Minister Imran Khan and First Lady Bushra Bibi landed in Madina wearing no shoes in order to pay their respects to the Holy City.
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry appreciated PM Khan’s gesture of not wearing shoes, saying: “This is the level of respect, that [PM Imran] opts not to step on the holy soil of Madina with shoes on.”
“Respect is the first source of love,” added Chaudhry.
Meanwhile, this is not the first time that PM Khan was seen without his shoes. During his previous visits to the Holy City, the PM opted to walk barefoot.
PM Khan has carried all his activities barefoot, which happens to be a usual norm for the premier whenever he is in Madina.
During this vist, PM Khan also visited Masjid al Nabawi as part of his tour activities and was photographed sitting within the premises of Roza-e-Rasool (PBUH).
PM Imran is currently in Saudi Arabia for a three-day visit. The PM is visiting the Kingdom upon the invitation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz.
Disclosing how he got infected during the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has admitted flouting SOPs during the recently-held Senate elections.
Saying that the third wave of COVID-19 was more severe than any previous ones, the premier, in a televised message, urged people to strictly follow government-issued SOPs as the country could not afford complete lockdown.
“We should strictly adhere to the SOPs, including wearing masks and avoiding gatherings as we did in the past,” he said and added that the number of COVID-19 patients was rising at a very fast pace.
Admitting he flouted SOPs during the upper house polls and that was how he and the first lady got infected, the premier said both his wife and him, with the blessings of Allah, were now feeling much better.
Prime minister Imran Khan celebrated Women’s Day by sharing pictures of the two important women in his life.
Posting pictures of his late mother Shaukat Khanum and wife Bushra Bibi, PM Khan wrote: “Happy Women’s Day.”
Imran Khan was the only son of his mother. In 1985 he lost her to cancer and in 1994 set up Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital Lahore in memory of her.
Meanwhile, PM Khan married Bushra Bibi in 2018, a few months before his party won the elections. Earlier, PM Imran had said that he could not have survived without his wife Bushra Bibi who is his soulmate and has great wisdom, adding that he discusses everything with her.
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi made a rare public appearance and visited a Panah Gah (shelter home) in Lahore to inspect the facilities given to the people residing there.
Pictures and videos of her ‘surprise visit’ were shared on PM Khan’s official Instagram account with the caption: “Bushra Begum paying a surprise visit to see if the needy in Panah Gah are being looked after.”
“The staff, the cleanliness and the arrangements were good but she was not happy with the quality of the food. We will now ensure the quality of food is improved,” added the statement.
During the visit, while responding to a reporter about her contribution as the “woman behind Imran Khan’s successes”, Bushra Bibi said: “Behind every successful man, there’s his wife, right? Isn’t that right? Then?”
Read more – PM Imran’s love for wife Bushra, who has ‘great wisdom’, melts hearts
Later, talking to the media, she also praised the PTI government saying: “[The] government has given shelter to people sleeping under the open sky.”
“Funds will be provided on a priority basis for the necessary repairs to shelter buildings,” she added.
Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz Sharif was on Saturday released after spending 20 months in jail as the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) probed money laundering accusations against him.
But there is more to last weekend’s development as sources claim that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader’s release became possible when relatives of Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s wife became involved.
According to sources, First Lady Bushra Bibi’s cousin and nephew became two of the three guarantors in younger Shehbaz’s case.
“The cousin is Masood Akhtar, and the nephew is Adeel Ali Khan,” they told The Current, adding that the third guarantor, namely Idrees Bhatti, is the son-in-law of Akhtar.
Sources, however, could not comment over the state of ties the guarantors share with the first lady.
Speaking to The Current, PML-N Deputy Secretary General Attaullah Tarar neither confirmed nor denied that the three guarantors were related to Bushra Bibi.
“Masood Akhtar Sahib is the father of a very hardworking MPA of ours. Aneeza Fatima has been working very hard for the party since before becoming a lawmaker,” he said.
The PML-N leader went on to say that the guarantor was the father of a trusted lawmaker of the party, and they checked the characters of the people, “not their cousins”.
HAMZA’S RELEASE:
Hamza was released on Saturday after an accountability court issued the order and dispatched the same to Kot Lakhpat Jail.
The Punjab lawmaker was welcomed by his cousin and PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz outside the jail premises.
The PML-N had prepared well in advance for the party leader’s release as 12 different camps had been set up across Lahore to welcome him.
Arrangements were made to bring Hamza from Kot Lakhpat Jail to his residence in the form of a rally.
PML-N workers showered rose petals and danced while celebrating for hours outside the jail in anticipation of Hamza’s release.
Earlier, on Wednesday, the Lahore High Court (LHC) had granted bail to Hamza in the money laundering case after a two-member bench of the court heard his bail plea.
PM’s Focal Person on Digital Media Dr Arslan Khalid is yet to respond to The Current’s query. The story will be updated when we receive his comment.
After backlash, Farhat Shahzadi, a close friend of First Lady Bushra Bibi, has withdrawn her nomination papers for a Senate seat amid claims that she allegedly owns assets worth Rs70 crore, including a flat in Dubai.
According to journalist Rauf Klasra, the properties allegedly owned by Shahzadi must be investigated, calling them a “tip of the iceberg”. He claimed that Shahzadi could be the “frontperson” of the first lady while demanding a probe into her assets.
Shahzadi had submitted the details of her assets to the Election Commission of Pakistan at the time of the submission of her papers. According to these details, the value of her assets increased by Rs9.5 million in one year.
She has properties in Dubai, Bahria Town, Defence Housing Authority, and Chakri, Rawalpindi. In DHA Lahore, she owns six properties worth about Rs450m; in Islamabad, she owns a flat worth Rs90m; in Dubai, she is the owner of a flat that is worth approx Rs10m.
The PTI leader has investments in 12 different entities, whereas she has eight bank accounts in her name with millions deposited in them.
Meanwhile, the decision to field Shahzadi as a covering candidate on a seat reserved for women didn’t go down well with the party leadership. Subsequently, she has decided against contesting the election and took her nomination papers back.
However, at the time, PM’s aide Shahbaz Gill defended the nomination of Shahzadi. Following criticism, PM’s aide Shahbaz Gill had defended the selection of Farhat Shahzadi, saying she is a part of the PTI and has been an active political worker for many years. She is a covering candidate and it is her right, he had added.
Earlier this week, the PTI nominated 10 candidates: Jamshed Iqbal Cheema, Muhammad Khan Madni, Saifullah Sarwar Khan Nyazee, Robina Akhtar, Malik Zaheer Abbas Khokhar, Aon Abbas, Omar Sarfraz Cheema, Ejaz Hussain Minhas, Ejaz Ahmad Chaudhary and Neelam Irshad Sheikh.
Senate elections will be held on March 3.
Noor Bukhari has said that Bushra Bibi is more than a mother to her.
In a recent Q&A session on Instagram, when a follower asked the former actress about her relation to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, Bukhari said: “She’s more than a mother to me.”
Earlier in June 2018, Bukhari had shared a picture of herself and Bushra Bibi in Saudi Arabia, where the two had gone to perform pilgrimage. Bukhari had captioned the picture with the hashtag ‘My spiritual Teacher’.
Bukhari, who turned to the religious path to seek contentment after her fourth divorce has used social media to share her religious experiences.
In January 2020, she reportedly remarried ex-husband and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Awn Chaudhry. The couple has two daughters together.
