Tag: Maria B

  • EXCLUSIVE: Zartaj Gul reveals her favourite designer brands

    EXCLUSIVE: Zartaj Gul reveals her favourite designer brands

    Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul in an exclusive interview with The Current revealed that her favourite Pakistani designers include Maria B, Sana Safinaz and Khaadi.

    When asked who her favourite clothing brand is, the minister, who herself in a textile designer, said: “In Pakistan, all designers are my favourite. I wear a single colour tone so, whoever I find locally…either Maria B, Sana Safinaz, Khaadi or whatever I like.”

    She continued, “As for global brands, I think Devil Wears Prada, Fendi, Michael Kors. All of them are good if just not too expensive.”

    It is pertinent to add here that the minister was referring to Prada when she said ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ – which is a film starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt.

    Read more – Zartaj Gul and Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari fight it out on Twitter

    Meanwhile, when asked about what she prefers to watch on Netflix, Zartaj said that whenever she gets the time, she watches English movies.

    “Whenever I get the time, I watch English movies. [In fact], any good movie. But I do not have enough time,” said Zartaj.

    She continued, “Seasons I have followed very rarely too; I followed Prison Break, Lost. But if it’s some Oscar-winning movie, I try to watch it on Netflix if I get the time.”

    Zartaj also shared a list of her favourite Pakistani actors which include Mahira Khan, Fawad Khan, Shaan, Resham and Sajal Aly.

    In the same interview, Zartaj also shared her thoughts on her gaffes and controversies and why she thinks Prime Minister Imran Khan is the solution to Pakistan’s woes. Watch the complete interview here:

  • Maria B pledges 100,000 masks to battle coronvavirus

    Maria B pledges 100,000 masks to battle coronvavirus

    Following the footsteps of Asim Jofa and Deepak Perwani, who are producing hazmat suits for healthcare workers, Maria B has also announced that her brand is producing 1000 masks a day in both cotton and 25 GSM approved fabric. However, her masks are not for healthcare workers.

    Maria has also pledged 100,000 masks “to distribute to as many people as possible and our LEA’s.”

    “Everyone needs to wear a mask. We will get through this together,” asserted the designer.

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    Meanwhile, in a press release, Maria B said, “The brand has always taken steps to help out Pakistan and its people wherever possible. Through our Maria.B Cares initiative we have collaborated with various organisation, government and private sectors in doing what we can, be it fighting against COVID-19, providing rations, healthcare, education or the environment. We do what we can and encourage everyone to join hands and do whatever they can to build a prosperous nation.”

    The press release added that the brand is also working closely with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) by providing them with masks, industrial/pocket sanitizers, PPE suits, gloves, face shields, caps and shoe covers.

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    Maria B was recently involved in a controversy after she allowed her cook, who had been tested positive for COVID-19, to travel back home on public transport. Her husband had been arrested for criminal negligence and the incident had sparked national outrage.

  • Maria B’s cook reportedly tests negative for coronavirus

    A week after the whole Maria B vs the Punjab Police fiasco, it has now been reported that the designer’s cook has tested negative for coronavirus. According to a report in Dawn, Maria’s cook, whose name has not been disclosed, was tested on March 26, a few days after he was admitted to the DHQ hospital in Vehari.

    VIDEO: Renowned designer Maria B’s husband reportedly arrested for ‘criminal negligence’

    The Medical Superintendent Dr Faazil said that the 30-year-old man was admitted on Vehari DHQ Hospital on March 22 after a private lab declared him corona-positive. When the patient returned to his hometown in Mauza Hasan Shah in Mailsi tehsil the same day, security agencies shifted him to the isolation ward of the hospital.

    His blood samples were sent to the Institute of Public Health lab in Lahore for another test, the result of which came on March 26 and was negative.

    Dr Faazil said the patient did not show any symptoms of the virus, adding that he would be discharged from the hospital after a report of his last and final test is received from Lahore in the next 24 hours. The doctor also shared that nine suspected patients of coronavirus were being treated at the DHQ hospital’s isolation ward, which had a capacity of 30 beds. He claimed that there was no positive case of the virus in the district yet.

    VIDEO: PM Imran Khan rubbishes Maria B’s claims

    On March 24, the Lahore Police had arrested Maria’s husband, Tahir Saeed in the middle of the night for criminal negligence. The police had said that the designer and her husband had sent their cook back home despite knowing that he had been tested positive for COVID-19. The police said that the cook had travelled on public transport, possibly infection hundreds on his way. Other people in his village also had to be quarantined due to this. Saeed was later released on bail.

    Meanwhile, following this report, social media is lit with conspiracy theories regarding the cook’s result. While some people say that the latest reports have been tampered with, others say that the cook has probably recovered which is why his result came out negative in the latest report.

    Read more – Maria B’s chandelier is Pakistan’s latest obsession

  • VIDEO: PM Imran Khan rubbishes Maria B’s claims

    Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that does not know anything about designer Maria B and her husband’s case in which the couple was accused of criminal negligence after they sent their cook, tested positive for COVID-19, back to his village in Vehari.

    VIDEO: Renowned designer Maria B’s husband reportedly arrested for ‘criminal negligence’

    Speaking to journalists in a media talk, when asked why Maria B’s husband was given bail, PM Imran said, “I have no idea about this case. Neither do I know anything about it. And neither did anyone contact me.”

    He continued, “You are saying the right thing but you need to understand that this [coronavirus] is a new thing. People don’t know much about it. It will take them time to understand the gravity of the situation.”

    Watch video:

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    Earlier it was being speculated that PM Imran had helped Maria B’s husband secure bail after Maria after she thanked him and the army in her clarification video, which has since then been deleted. While Maria B and her husband claim that they were harassed by the police, the police say that the couple sent back their ill cook to his village despite knowing that he had been tested positive for COVID-19. The police added that the cook travelled by public transport possibly infecting thousands. They also had to quarantine his village in order to ensure that no one other person had contracted the virus.

    In case you missed it, watch Maria and her husband’s clarification here:

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  • Maria B’s chandelier is Pakistan’s latest obsession

    Maria B’s chandelier is Pakistan’s latest obsession

    Maria B has sparked outrage and furore for being highly irresponsible in a time when a global pandemic is raging through the world. According to the police, the designer sent her cook back to his village knowing that he was tested positive for coronavirus. The police arrested Maria’s husband and registered an FIR against him for criminal negligence.

    VIDEO: Renowned designer Maria B’s husband reportedly arrested for ‘criminal negligence’

    Later Maria’s husband, Tahir Saeed was released on bail following which the couple released a video in which they said that they only sent their cook after he promised that he would isolate himself in his village.

    While Pakistanis are not buying Maria’s clarifications and continue to hold her for criminal negligence, the one thing that has caught everyone’s attention is Maria’s chandelier which can be seen in the background of her first video.

    Check out Twitter reactions below:

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    Other memes of the ‘Chandelier Couple’ were also lit.

  • VIDEO: Renowned designer Maria B’s husband reportedly arrested for ‘criminal negligence’

    VIDEO: Renowned designer Maria B’s husband reportedly arrested for ‘criminal negligence’

    Renowned fashion designer Maria B’s husband was reportedly arrested for criminal negligence after the family allowed their house help to travel back home despite being tested positive for COVID-19.

    According to a video of a teary-eyed Maria doing the rounds on social media, which is “an appeal to Prime Minister Imran Khan”, the Punjab Police burst into their house at midnight, arrested her husband and registered an FIR against him for contracting the coronavirus.

    “They arrested him without a lawyer. They didn’t even let a lawyer come,” she said, adding that the police were rude to them and referred to them as culprits.

    “Why [are we culprits],” she questioned. “We are the ones who are suffering. We are the ones whose tests are coming. Anytime positive. My entire family. And we are the ones who have to be arrested? Is this the system?”

    A picture of her husband behind bars is also doing the rounds on social media.

    However, according to the spokesman of the Lahore Police, the designer’s husband was arrested for allowing their cook, who had tested positive for coronavirus, to go back to his village via public transport. They hid the fact that he had the coronavirus which is why the police arrested him.

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