Tag: Donuts

  • ‘Latest donut shop news from Pakistan,’ Reporter asks US Spokesman about CJ donut controversy

    ‘Latest donut shop news from Pakistan,’ Reporter asks US Spokesman about CJ donut controversy

    Many reporters from Pakistani media outlets have, time and again, veered off the subject with their partisan questions to US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller concerning the country.

    This time around, a reporter asked about the latest viral video of Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa’s visit to Crusteez Donuts. In the video, one of the employees curses at Isa and is later hailed across social media—primarily by pro-PTI supporters. The employee filmed the encounter almost a month ago, when the Mubarak Sani verdict, which concerns minority rights, was given out by the Chief Justice.

    “In Pakistan, this donut shop has become very popular by the name of Crusteez because its employee had called the Chief Justice of the supreme court of Pakistan that – shame on you. My question is – do you hear these things? I mean, spokesperson, you’ve seen globally – do you see countries where Chief Justices are called shame on you?” he asked.

    Visibly taken aback by the frivolous question, Miller responded sarcastically, “I am not fully tracking donut shop – the latest donut shop news from Pakistan, I will admit.”

    After a short, awkward exchange to laugh off the unnecessary question, the reporter continued: “After the three pillars of the states are gone in Pakistan, that’s why I was asking about it.

    But KP, the province which I belong to and have the newspaper since 40 years, its chief minister in a statement yesterday said to the federal government of Shehbaz Sharif, after their protest was interrupted and stuff, that if next time you shoot us with one bullet, we’re going to shoot you with 10 bullets. Does these kind of statements worry the U.S. at all about the situation in Pakistan?”

    To which Miller replied, “So I wasn’t aware of that statement until you brought it to my attention. I’d want to see it in its full context before I commented.”

    The reporter attempted to contribute further to the conversation, but Miller cut him off, saying, “Let me – let me go ahead because I’m – we’re running out of time. Let me go to your colleague.”

  • Is the viral video of Justice Qazi Faez Isa at Crusteez Donuts old?

    Is the viral video of Justice Qazi Faez Isa at Crusteez Donuts old?

    As Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa comes close ro retirement on October 25, 2024, a video has begun circulating on social media, showing an employee of Crusteez Donuts filming the top judge without his consent at Blue Area Islamabad.

     

    The person recording can be heard being rude to Qazi Faez Isa.

     

     

    The video was reportedly shot in August, after the Mubarak Sani case ruling, but it appeared on social media yesterday after the first tweet by journalist Ehtesham Ali Abbasi, a BOL NEWS-associated crime reporter.

     

    He allegedly claimed that the boy who shot the video, along with his family, had been kidnapped after the incident.

     

    He further alleged that on Isa’s order, many branches of this particular bakery were sealed, which is a false claim.

     

     

    A number of visitors can be seen in a video enjoying donuts at the shop.

     

     

     

    However, on September 11, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Islamabad sealed a Crusteez Donut branch after larvae was found at the premises.

     

     

    Journalist Waseem Abbasi clarified, “This branch was never sealed. The owner confirmed it, and the other branch was sealed only because of Dengue larvae.”

     

    Another journalist, Ali Hamza of The News, declared that the video was old.

     

    On X (formerly Twitter), he said, “The video is from last month after Mubarak Sani case judgement.”

     

     

    Senior journalist Mansoor Ali Khan stated on his YouTube channel that when the incident occurred, some journalists mentioned that a well-known figure had been misbehaved with but did not disclose his name.

     

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Chaudhary Fawad Hussain tweeted, “He (video maker) belongs to an extremist group and has a license to humiliate even CJP and evade Law; this is the State we have built in 76 years… sad, very sad.”

     

    He further wrote, “CJP was embarrassed by an extremist while he was with his wife, I have hundreds of reasons to disagree with CJP, but I must condemn such extremism.

     

    The propagation of such disinformation raises serious concerns about extremism in a country where the incumbent Chief Justice of Pakistan is not even safe in public and can be labelled a non-Muslim simply because of his verdict on minority rights.

     

    Meanwhile, Crusteez Donut clarified that the employee’s actions do not reflect company values.