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  • ‘My life, my choice’; Maria Wasti opens up about her leaked pictures controversy

    ‘My life, my choice’; Maria Wasti opens up about her leaked pictures controversy

    Years after private photos of Maria Wasti were leaked online, the actor has talked about the scandal that followed on Nadir Ali’s podcast.

    Wasti opened up about how her’s and Ayesha Omer’s photos in swimsuits at a vacation were leaked online. She said that there wasn’t any way people could ensure their personal photos weren’t leaked to the public.
    “These were some personal pictures, and this happened a long time ago when there wasn’t much awareness of privacy settings. But it was someone who was Ayesha’s personal friend, who had leaked our pictures to the press. It was sad that it happened.’

    Wasti defended her choice to wear a bikini back then, saying that she won’t apologize for wearing clothes of her choice. The actress also revealed that she received a lot of negative comments on social media over her photos, but she chooses not to let it effect her.
    “My life, my choice…Yes people did troll me. I do intend to check who is criticizing and what are they saying. I make sure what words I should be effected by and what I shouldn’t. Again that’s your own choice. I was not happy about it, because it was stealing my personal pictures or personal life that you hadn’t shown to the media. So it shouldn’t be done, but it happened.’

    Listen to the whole interview below:

  • Revealed: What did censor board remove from SRK’s ‘Pathaan’?

    Revealed: What did censor board remove from SRK’s ‘Pathaan’?

    Bollywood film Pathaan starring Deepika Padukone, Shah Rukh Khan, and John Abraham, is nearing its release, and before that, it has already gotten itself in a pool of trouble now the last jibe has been taken by the Censor Board as they have asked for more than ten cuts in the film. The film has been directed by Siddharth Anand and is helmed under the banner of Yash Raj Productions. But with time, instead of the problems getting resolved, things are becoming harder for the makers.

    When the first song of the film, Besharam Rang, came out things started to go down south, people protested against the film, especially Deepika’s outfit from that song. And now, when the film is all set to release, there have been reports of several changes had been suggested by the board.

    According to a report in ETimes, the Censor Board has asked for more than ten cuts in Pathaan, including the song Besharam Rang. The makers have been asked to make changes in dialogues and shots. As per reports, some of the changes are the word ‘RAW’ has been replaced with ‘Hamare’, ‘Langde Lulle’ by ‘Toote Foote’, then ‘PM’ has been replaced by ‘President or Minister’, and not just that the term ‘PMO’ was replaced in 13 places.

    As the report stated, the ‘Ashok Chakra’ got replaced by ‘Veer Purashkar’, ‘ex-KGB’ with ‘ex-SBU’, ‘Mrs Bharatmata’ by ‘Hamari Bharatmata’, and ‘Scotch’ by ‘drink’. Then there was a text, ‘Black Prison, Russia’, which got replaced by ‘Black Prison’ only, and not to forget the song, several shots have been asked to remove from it as well. As per the report, the closeup shots of b*tts, ‘side pose’ [partial nudity] and the visuals of the steamy dance movements were also replaced with ‘suitable shots’ [during the lyrics ‘Bahut Tang Kiya’ in the song Besharam Rang]. Although, there has been no mention of Deepika Padukone’s ‘saffron bikini’ getting censored from the song.

    Shah Rukh Khan's 'Pathaan' set to revive Indian box office; advance bookings to commence from Sankranti | Hindi Movie News - Times of India

    The song Besharam Rang (roughly translates to shameless colour) from the upcoming Shah Rukh Khan movie ‘Pathaan’ has garnered controversy since its release. Now India’s Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has advised the makers of the film to implement changes to the song.
    Since the song’s release, costumes worn in the music video have been the subject of criticism, with certain Hindu clerics stating that the lyrics are an insult to their religion.

    Pathan' row: 'Watch this film with your daughter', says MP Speaker to SRK

    Narottam Mishra, a minister from the state of Madhya Pradesh, held a press conference on December 14 about the costumes in the music video, calling them insulting to Hindu practices, and warned the makers of the movie that ‘Pathaan’ would be banned in the state on its release.
    ‘Pathaan’ was submitted by Yash Raj Film to the CBFC for certification prior to being shown in cinemas. On Thursday, the chairman Prasoon Joshi released a statement requesting the makers to implement changes in the song ‘Besharam Rang’ to prevent controversy. The full statement read:

  • SpaceX fires employees involved in letter criticising CEO Elon Musk

    SpaceX fires employees involved in letter criticising CEO Elon Musk

    Elon Musk’s SpaceX has fired several employees as a result of a letter criticising the vocal billionaire’s public behaviour, according to a message to employees confirmed by AFP on Friday.

    SpaceX chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell wrote in an email late Thursday that a “small group” of employees sought signatures from their coworkers as a show of support for the letter and participation in a survey.

    The mercurial billionaire uses Twitter on a regular basis to provoke, speak directly to customers and fans, and occasionally offend with unfiltered or crude remarks.

    According to Shotwell’s message, some employees felt “uncomfortable, intimidated, and bullied, and/or angry” because the letter pushed them to sign something that didn’t reflect their beliefs.

    “We have too much important work to do,” she continued, “and we don’t need this kind of overreaching activism”.

    The company “terminated a number of employees involved” after conducting an investigation, Shotwell said, without specifying how many.

    Musk’s public behaviour, as well as recent allegations of sexual harassment against him, were cited in the workers’ letter as “a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us,” according to The Verge.

    “Elon is seen as the face of SpaceX as our CEO and most visible spokesperson – every Tweet Elon sends is a de facto public statement by the company,” the letter continued.

    Musk, who also runs Tesla, is in the middle of a roller-coaster $44 billion bid to buy Twitter, which has heightened interest in the investor.

  • Behroze Sabzwari advices Zubab Rana

    Behroze Sabzwari advices Zubab Rana

    Senior actor Behroze Sabzwari made a revelation on Aagha Ali and Hina Altaf’s chat show, The Couple Show about Zubab Rana.

    The Teri Raah Mein star was asked to name an actor who comes late to the shoot and doesn’t care about the time of his or her’s co-stars, Sabzwari was quick to take Zubab’s name.

    Bharaas | The story of love and obsession - ARY Digital

    He also said that he is very punctual and values time and money being spend on the sets. Behroze also adviced Zubab that, “You have to be on time, because when the time will pass, it will never come back.”

  • Musk sued for stock manipulation during Twitter takeover bid

    Musk sued for stock manipulation during Twitter takeover bid

    The most controversial billionaire Elon Musk has been sued by Twitter Inc shareholders, who claim he manipulated the company’s stock price downward, as the CEO of electric carmaker Tesla Inc mounts a $44 billion buyout offer for the social media platform.

    According to the investors, Musk saved $156 million by failing to disclose that he had acquired more than 5 per cent of Twitter by March 14. They requested class certification and an unknown amount of punitive and compensatory damages.

    They also named Twitter as a defendant, claiming the company owed them an investigation into Musk’s behaviour, though they are not seeking monetary damages from the company.

    As per the lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in San Francisco federal court, the investors claimed Musk continued to buy stock after that and eventually disclosed in early April that he owned 9.2 per cent of the company.

    “By delaying his disclosure of his Twitter stake, Musk engaged in market manipulation and purchased Twitter stock at an artificially low price,” the investors, led by Virginia resident William Heresniak, claimed. Requests for comment were not immediately returned by Musk or his lawyer.

    The recent drop in Tesla’s stock has put Musk’s ability to finance his acquisition of Twitter in “major jeopardy,” according to the investors, because he has pledged his shares as collateral to secure the loans he needs to buy the company.

    Tesla’s stock was trading around $713 per share on Thursday afternoon, down from over $1,000 in early April. According to the Wall Street Journal, the timing of Musk’s disclosure of his stake has already triggered an investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

    The SEC demands any investor who purchases more than 5% of a company’s stock to disclose their assets within 10 days of crossing the limit.

    The investors also claimed that Musk’s public criticism of the company, such as a May 13 tweet stating that the buyout was “temporarily on hold” until Twitter proved that spam bots accounted for less than 5% of its users, amounted to an attempt to drive the share price even lower.

    Musk pledged an additional $6.25 billion in equity financing to fund his bid for Twitter on Wednesday, indicating that he is still working to close the deal.

    Earlier this month, the tech mogul was sued in Delaware Chancery Court by a Florida pension fund, which sought to halt the transaction on the grounds that some other large Twitter shareholders were supporting the buyout, which is a violation of Delaware law. The lawsuit filed by Heresniak does not seek to halt the takeover.

  • Contempt of court against Rana Shamim and journalists in affidavit case

    Contempt of court against Rana Shamim and journalists in affidavit case

    Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC), Athar Minallah has observed that former chief judge Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Rana Shamim and journalists appeared to have committed contempt of court.

    The journalists include editor-in-Chief of the Jang Media Group Mir Shakeel-ur-Rehman, and senior journalists Ansar Abbasi and Aamir Ghauri in connection with a news report about an affidavit that accused former Chief Justice (CJ) of Pakistan Saqib Nisar of trying to delay the release from prison of former Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz.

    The court said the news report [in The News] was published without taking reasonable care.

    Additionally, the IHC also appointed Attorney General (AG) for Pakistan Khalid Javed as the prosecutor in the case, reports Dawn.

    Editor Aamer Ghauri and reporter Ansar Abbasi argued that they had published the news report in the public interest. In reply, the order stated that freedom of expression did not apply to the cases pending in the courts.

    “It appears that the reporter had not sought any legal advice regarding the status of a copy of a leaked document in the form of an affidavit,” said the order.

    However, Shamim and others have been asked to appear in court on January 7 for prosecution in the contempt of court case.

  • Jacqueline Fernandez under fire for leaked intimate pictures with Indian conman

    Jacqueline Fernandez under fire for leaked intimate pictures with Indian conman

    Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez has come under media scrutiny after pictures of her cozying up with an alleged extortionist Sukesh Chandrasekhar have surfaced online.

    Sukesh is being investigated for cheating and money extortion. And Jacqueline was romantically linked with the conman.

    It was last month that the actress was grilled by authorities for hours in the ‘200 crores’ money laundering case.

    Recently Sukesh’s lawyer Anant Malik claimed that the Bhoot Police diva was in a relationship with the conman.

    A report by an Indian portal stated that a well-known director who knows her well has spilled the beans that he wasn’t aware of Chandrashekhar’s business activities, “He showered her with attention and expensive gifts. She fell for it. She probably didn’t check his identity. Which is as bad as Shilpa Shetty claiming she didn’t know what her husband was up to. If you’re dating/marrying someone you can’t be blind to what he does,” says the director.

    Years ago Raj Kapoor’s discovery Mandakini of Ram Teri Ganga Maili fame was caught in highly dubious company which damaged her career.

    Does Jacqueline Fernandez have a soft corner for Salman Khan?

    A source told the media portal, “she will seek the help of her Kick costar Salman Khan to bail her out of the situation. This likelihood apart the next few weeks won’t be easy on Ms. Fernandez as she has a lot of answering to do and she may not have the answers that the government agencies are looking for.”

  • PMC issues clarification on MDCAT 2021 results controversy

    PMC issues clarification on MDCAT 2021 results controversy

    The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) released a clarification on the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) 2021 results controversy.

    The PMC claimed that it sent out an e-mail before the scheduled time with the result certificates of students who appeared for their MDCAT 2021 due to “a system error”.

    The final MDCAT 2021 results were scheduled to be publicised after 1pm today on PMC’s website.

    But this morning, many students reported that they had received an e-mail from PMC’s noreply e-mail with their MDCAT 2021 result certificate attached, the PMC explained in a tweet.

    The commission explained that the final result was actually to be announced later in the afternoon after the last examination scheduled today in the morning for Covid-affected students.

    The results, it said, were accurate but the commission apologised for its “inadvertent error as it has resulted in concern amongst the students”.
    According to the PMC, an option was provided to download, print, or e-mail the result certificates to students on the PMC website to check their final result.

    “Unfortunately due to an error, the system generated all the result certificates and e-mailed them to students early this morning automatically.”
    The final score in all the result certificates received by students are correct and have been checked, the PMC said, clarifying that although in a small number of certificates e-mailed to students in the morning there are errors in subject marks, the total score is correct.

    This only happened due to the results being generated by the system automatically, PMC said, asking students to ignore these errors.
    Students can recheck and verify their final results once PMC uploads the live results online.

  • Ghana Ali blasts multiple trolls for ridiculing her husband, pens a lengthy reply

    Ghana Ali blasts multiple trolls for ridiculing her husband, pens a lengthy reply

    Dilruba actor Ghana Ali expressed her love for husband Umair Gulzar in an Instagram post. Netizens commented mean remarks for Umair in the picture’s comment section to which the Sun Yaara star hit back at.

    On the work front, the actress will be seen next in a Pak-Turk film, Gawah Rehna alongside Emmad Irfani.

  • Ghana Ali blasts netizen for claiming that she married Umair to use him like an ‘ATM’

    Ghana Ali blasts netizen for claiming that she married Umair to use him like an ‘ATM’

    Sun Yaara actor Ghana Ali, who tied the knot with businessman Umair Gulzar, has responded to mean comments of a netizen who claimed that she married him for his wealth.

    She mentioned that he is not a billionaire and that she didn’t marry him because of his wealth. The Dilruba star added that such speculation is fabricated and it affected their mental health.

    She revealed his profession too.

    On the work front, the Dilruba diva will be seen next in a Pak-Turk film, Gawah Rehna alongside Emmad Irfani.