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  • Of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz and Katrina Kaif: Mehwish Hayat’s new song sparks outrage

    Of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz and Katrina Kaif: Mehwish Hayat’s new song sparks outrage

    Saqib Malik’s upcoming film Baaji already had a star-studded cast with the likes of Meera Jee and Osman Khalid Butt, but its glamour quotient increased by several folds after its makers dropped a new song featuring none other than dancing queen Mehwish Hayat.

    The song titled Gangster Guriya has Mehwish channel her inner rebel and show off her moves in a couple of glamourous outfits. The vocals of the song have been done by Bollywood singer Sunidhi Chauhan while Osman is the man behind the lyrics and choreography.

    In its essence, Gangster Guriya is an item number and that is pretty much enough to flare up Pakistanis, especially given the recent debate around the inclusion of such songs in films. In fact, very recently, Hamza Ali Abbasi, on a talent show schooled a young girl for dancing to an item song. Interestingly, the girl’s performance was on Mehwish’s item song, Billi from Na Maloon Afraad.

    Following the release of the song, Pakistanis are calling for Mehwish’s Tamgha-e-Imtiaz to be cancelled.

    In case you are blissfully unaware, Mehwish’s Tamgha has been embroiled in controversy ever since it was announced that she will be receiving one earlier this year. However, Mehwish slammed all trolls and critics who said she didn’t deserve it. But Pakistanis don’t leave a chance to drag it in at every opportunity.

    Here are some of the censored comments from social media:

    https://twitter.com/toxicbaig/status/1141582223239536641

    Someone even appealed to PM Imran Khan to take notice.

    Even the disappointed cricket fan wasn’t spared.

    Several others pointed out that Mehwish’s avatar in the song bears a striking resemblance to Katrina Kaif’s from Husn-e-Parcham, Zero.

    However, there were others who liked Mehwish’s new avatar and song.

    Watch the full song here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkweRSdM0-4
  • Veena Malik finds an unexpected supporter

    Veena Malik finds an unexpected supporter

    Veena Malik has lately been making the news a lot thanks to her controversial statements on Twitter and endless trolling of Maryam Nawaz.

    Earlier this week, Veena engaged in a Twitter spat with Indian tennis star Sania Mirza who slut-shamed her by referring to her controversial magazine photoshoot. Though Sania later deleted her tweet, it wasn’t before Veena was able to screenshot it, share it and call her out for deleting it.

    Many supported Veena and called out Sania for her remarks. Later, Veena defended herself saying that the magazine photo shoot she is so often called out for was photoshopped. She even said that she has not been part of the film industry for the past five years and has pleaded to God for forgiveness several times. Among those lauded Veena for opening up and being honest was Aamir Liaquat’s wife, Tuba Aamir.

    Tuba tweeted that Veena doesn’t owe answers to anyone and told her to keep going and ignore the negativity before going onto say, “Sinners judging sinners for sinning differently.”

  • Veena Malik trolls Sania Mirza, gets blocked

    Veena Malik trolls Sania Mirza, gets blocked

    Well well, this is one phadda we didn’t see coming. After endlessly trolling Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Veena Malik turned her attention to bhabhi Sania Mirza. She first called Sania out for the way she is upbringing her son before subtly blaming her for Pakistan’s humiliating defeat against India in the ICC World Cup 2019.

    ICYMI, Veena’s tweet referred to the fact that the cricket players were allegedly hanging out at a local restaurant in Manchester and smoking sheesha a few hours before the big match.

    To this Sania first replied:

    However, a few minutes later she deleted this tweet and posted:

    While most of us thought that this would be the end of the discussion, Veena decided that she had more to say on this.

    This clearly did not sit well with Sania who decided to block Veena. And Veena being Veena shared this nugget of information with her followers.

    Veena clearly likes to have the last word, so she posted a couple of more tweets on the matter.

    She even clarified, once again, that the magazine cover which featured her nude was photoshopped and added that Sania has her own share of controversies.

    In the end, did Veena try to hint that Sania might just be an undercover Indian agent? Iss baat ka jawaab toh sirf Veena hee day sakti hain.

  • JK Rowling to release four new Harry Potter books

    JK Rowling to release four new Harry Potter books

    JK Rowling is to release four brand new stories associated with the wizarding world of Harry Potter over 20 years after the first novel was published.

    The series of short e-books set to explore the “traditional folklore and magic at the heart of the series” will be released by Pottermore Publishing.

    They’re designed to focus on specific Hogwarts lessons, including Foretelling, Herbology and Defence Against the Dark Arts. 

    The first two books “A Journey Through Charms and Defence Against the Dark Arts” and “A Journey Through Potions and Herbology” will be released on 27 June.

    “A Journey Through Divination and Astronomy” and “A Journey Through Care of Magical Creatures” are expected to follow soon after.

  • Junoon’s much-awaited World Cup song is here

    Junoon’s much-awaited World Cup song is here

    When it comes to cricket we all are united. 23 years after Junoon gave us Jazba Junoon, the trio is back with a new cricket anthem. While it doesn’t quite match up to the epicness that was Jazba Junoon, Choolay Aasman is also a brilliant melody and echoes Junoon’s signature style giving their die-hard fans a wonderful treat.

    The song features people from different walks of life, including minorities, differently-abled persons and members of the transgender community, celebrating their love for cricket and, in a way, being closer to each other than ever. The song finishes with a young man covering up hateful drawings and transforming it into a beautifully painted wall which says  “Laga do Chakka.”

    Meanwhile, Coke’s official World Cup song is set to release next week.

    The Cricket World Cup 2019 will be held from May 30 to July 14 in the United Kingdom.

  • ‘Meesha is lying’, witness tells court

    ‘Meesha is lying’, witness tells court

    A Lahore sessions court on Saturday recorded the statement
    of a witness in Ali Zafar’s defamation case against Meesha Shafi, wherein it
    was informed that Shafi’s “harassment claims were false”.

    As per the details, the court rejected Shafi’s appeal for not
    to record the witnesses’ statements as her request was pending in the Supreme
    Court (SC). She asked the court to stop the process until the verdict of the
    top court was issued.

    However, the judge said the hearing would continue and
    recorded the statement of one witness, Kanza Muneer.

    In her statement, Muneer told the court that during the
    rehearsal, at which 11 people were present and videos were made, Zafar and
    Shafi maintained five to six feet distance from each other. She said that Shafi
    left after saying bye and claimed that her allegations of harassment were
    false.

    The court then adjourned the hearing with the order that other
    witnesses will record their statements on May 18.

    Ali Zafar has filed a defamation case against Meesha Shafi
    and demanded a public apology as well as Rs2 billion in damages for accusing
    him of sexual harassment.

    In April 2018, Shafi had taken to Twitter to accuse Zafar of physically harassing her on “more than one occasions”, as part of the #MeToo movement.