Religious Scholar Maulana Tariq Jamil was shifted to a hospital in Canada after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday.
The doctor has confirmed that Maulana Tariq Jamil is out of danger and has been shifted to Critical Care Unit (CCU).
His son, Yousaf Jamil yesterday in a tweet said that father is in better condition now.
He also requested for prayers.
Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has prayed for the early recovery of famous religious scholar Maulana Tariq Jamil.
Yamaha Motor Pakistan on Tuesday announced an increase in the prices of its overall motorcycle lineup owing to an increase in production costs.
According to a notification made in this respect, the Japanese bike manufacturer raised the price of its five models by up to Rs13,500, with the new rates taking effect on January 4, 2023.
The price of the YB125 Z model has been increased by Rs12,000 to Rs305,500. The price of the YB125 Z DX model has also been increased to Rs327,000 from Rs314,500, according to Geo.
| Model | Old price | Retail price excluding tax | Sales tax 17 per cent | New price | Increase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YB 125Z | Rs293,500 | Rs261,111 | Rs44,389 | Rs305,500 | Rs12,000 |
| YB 125Z DX | Rs314,500 | Rs279.487 | Rs47,513 | Rs327,000 | Rs12,500 |
| YBR 125 | Rs322,500 | Rs287,179 | Rs48,821 | Rs336,000 | Rs13,500 |
| YBR125G | Rs336,000 | Rs298,718 | Rs50,782 | Rs349,000 | Rs13,500 |
| YBR 125G Matte dark grey |
Rs339,000 | Rs301,282 | Rs51,218 | Rs352,000 | Rs13,500 |
The Cybercrime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has decided to call the Lahore-based YouTuber who is accused of leaking compromising footage of the late televangelist Aamir Liaquat, SAMAA has reported.
The YouTuber will reportedly be asked about the source of the related videos.
According to report, Fazeel, the suspect, was reportedly Liaquat’s personal secretary and the guardian of all of his video archives. The Cybercrime wing has also decided to question
Aamir Liaquat’s widow Dania Shah, who is still in police detention in the leaked video case.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ has received critical acclaim since its release, and now is trending in Pakistan.
According to the popular blog Film Updates, the movie is set to dominate the number 1 spot on Netflix platforms across the world. The sequel to the surprise hit ‘Knives Out’, the film follows detective Benoit Blanc to a cruise trip on a private island arranged by tech billionaire Miles Bron where his friends are asked to engage in a murder mystery game.
According to the popular blog Film Updates, the movie is set to dominate the number 1 spot on Netflix platforms across the world. The sequel to the surprise hit ‘Knives Out’, the film follows detective Benoit Blanc to a cruise trip on a private island arranged by tech billionaire Miles Bron where his friends are asked to engage in a murder mystery game.
Pakistani users are loving the movie and did not miss out on a chance to make some hilarious memes out of some scenes.
Like we got a chance of representation, with this user pointing out that Blanc was wearing our very own peshawari chappal in the villa
While other users put in their own suggestions for who should be cast in Knives Out 3. This user put in Fawad Khan’s name and we will be pushing this agenda as well.
You can watch the movie ‘Glass Onion’ on Netflix
Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal has hit out at speculation that Pakistan is going to default.
Talking to Geo News’ programme ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada kay Sath‘, he said, “Pakistan is not Africa’s banana republic. We have a large economy. Voices saying that the country is heading towards default shouldn’t come from inside of Pakistan.”
The federal minister said that when people were saying Pakistan is going to default in two weeks, the coalition government took tough decisions to pull the country out of danger.
He also took a jibe at the rival party— Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)— accusing the former ruling party of building the narrative that Pakistan is going to default.
“Even India is not speculating about Pakistan’s financial crisis but PTI and Imran Khan have launched a war against the country,” he pointed out.
The federal minister also claimed that 80 per cent of Pakistan’s total debt was taken during Imran Khan’s tenure, which the current government has to handle now.
He reiterated his government’s commitment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme but added that the administration is trying to minimise the burden on people as inflation is already at a historic high and Pakistan has just suffered a natural disaster that caused damages worth $30 billion.
We had a good run with Pakistani dramas this year. They made us laugh, they made us cry and some made us cringe. While the chemistry between some on-screen couples positively sizzled, some scenes made us want to wash our eyes with bleach.
However all was not lost. The year give us some mind-bogglingly hilarious scenes this year, and social media managed to make some amazing content out of them.
Here are some of the top trending drama clips that went viral on social media in 2022.
We have to give it to this show because even though it provided us with a done-to-dust, extremely cringey storyline that reeked of male entitlement, the memes they provided us with were top tier.
Like this user making a meme out of Feroze Khan having a breakdown
Or Feroze Khan losing it in the car.
2. The second one on our list is obviously going to be the drama “Haqeqat” for giving us this absolute masterpiece of a scene.
3. The absolutely cringey phone call between a stalker and a girl, which apparently was suppose to be a love confession by the former.
Proposing to her with flowers? A trip to Paris or Italy? Boys, Danish Taimoor is here with notes on how to make a lady literally swoon. By threatening to shoot yourself. No big deal, huh?
5.Thanks to this clip Pakistanis learnt a new word overnight “razai behen-bhai”:
6. James Dean who? Haroon Kadwani became the new face of manchild in 2022. This scene managed to generate an entire generation of memes we will tell our grandchildren about someday.
7. Shoutout to the memorable time when women all over Pakistan were told that having curly hair is wrong.
8. We should also applaud how dramas came to address domestic violence and abuse in a honest, refreshing manner. Like this scene in Phaans, where the mother refuses to shelter her son after he stands trial for abusing his wife.
9. While other dramas educated their followers on the toxicity of rishta culture and how they break down any woman’s worth and self-esteem based on how rich she is or her beauty. Like this scene in Sinf-e-Aahan, Sajal Aly’s character schools her parents for forcing her to keep adhering to the toxic rishta culture, when she wanted to join the army like her brother.
10. The wonderful drama “Doobara” shattered stereotypes when it focused on a middle-aged woman starting her life all over again after she was married off against her choice when she was young. Hadiqa Kiyani won hearts on the internet when this clip began trending online where Hadiqa’s character reminds her son and sister-in-law that she isn’t just a mom, but a living breathing human being who deserves to live her own life without feeling like a burden.
Ulster University in Ireland has announced the launch of an award named after the slain Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif, who was assassinated in Kenya on 23rd October.
Dr Colm Murphy penned a letter to the late journalist’s wife, Somiya Arshad, and requested her permission for the “Best Investigative Journalist Award” to be named after Arshad Sharif.
The letter had explained that the Arshad Sharif award would be given to students for the best articles produced each year. In doing so, this award will honor Sharif’s legacy to fight for the truth and become a beacon of hope for the next generation’s journalists.
Dr Murphy further expressed his condolences to Sharif’s family for their loss, and also noted that Arshad was an important alumni of the university, since he had graduated 17 years ago after completing his MA in Media Studies from the University.
Actor Fahad Mustafa took to his Twitter handle to hit back at Danish Kaneria for his defamatory post about veteran cricketer Shahid Afridi. On December 24th, Afridi was named the interim chief selector of the Pakistani cricket team by the newly appointed PCB Chairman, Najam Sethi. His term is set to last until the end of the New Zealand series.
While reacting to the news, Danish posted an unpleasant picture of Afridi and made a jibe at Shahid’s selection. Fahad was quick to respond to his post, by saying that “And clearly he is not a fixer like you.”
A year ago, Fahad hit back at Indian cricket commentator Harsha Bhosle on Twitter after he targeted Waqar Younis for his religious statement.
Harsha tweeted, “For a person of Waqar Younis’ stature to say that watching Rizwan offering namaz in front of Hindus was very special to him, is one of the most disappointing things I have heard. A lot of us try hard to play such things down and talk up the sport and to hear this is terrible.”
However, Mustafa took to Twitter and responded to the commentator, “It’s equally hard to see Muslims being portrayed as terrorists in almost every Bollywood movie for the longest. I can’t imagine how difficult and embarrassing it must be for Muslims in India to watch themselves being ridiculed like that.#stophypocrisy.”
On the work front, the Jawani Phir Nahi Aani star was last seen in Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad opposite Mahira Khan.
According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, Moscow is ready to resume gas supplies to Europe via the Yamal-Europe Pipeline and can also send supplies to Pakistan and Afghanistan in the long term.
“The European market remains relevant, as the gas shortage persists, and we have every opportunity to resume supplies,” TASS cited Novak as saying in remarks published by the agency on Sunday.
“For example, the Yamal-Europe Pipeline, which was stopped for political reasons, remains unused.”
The Yamal-Europe Pipeline normally flows westward, but it has been mostly reversed since December 2021, when Poland chose to draw on stored gas in Germany rather than buy from Russia.
Warsaw canceled its arrangement with Russia in May, after previously rejecting Moscow’s demand that it pay in roubles.
Gazprom, Russia’s largest supplier, responded by cutting off supply and announcing that it would no longer be allowed to export gas through Poland after Moscow slapped sanctions on the company that operates the Polish section of the Yamal-Europe pipeline.
Novak also stated that Moscow is exploring increased gas deliveries via Turkey following the establishment of a hub there.
He also stated that by 2022, Moscow intends to have exported 21 billion cubic meters (bcm) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe.
“This year we were able to significantly increase LNG supplies to Europe,” Novak said. “In the 11 months of 2022, they increased to 19.4 bcm, by the end of the year 21 bcm are expected.”
Novak also stated, in a wide-ranging interview with the TASS news agency, that in the long run, Russia can provide natural gas to the markets of Afghanistan and Pakistan, either through Central Asian infrastructure or through an exchange from Iranian territory.
He also stated that Russia and Azerbaijan have agreed to enhance gas supplies for domestic usage.
“In the future, when they increase gas production, we will be able to discuss swaps,” he said.
Moscow is also discussing higher supplies of its gas to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, he said.
New York magazine cover story “The Year of the Nepo Baby” broke the internet, providing audiences with an in-depth investigation in to how nepotism thrives within Hollywood. The article explored how young stars with connections within the acting industry because of their famous parents or relatives, were able to quickly cement a career for themselves in comparison to anyone else with limited networking.
The article and it’s implications have now made its way to Pakistani Twitter, where one user decided to ask her followers about Pakistani entertainment figures who were able to break into the industry because of their familial connections. And the numbers are extraordinarily large.
Mira Sethi is the daughter of journalists Najam Sethi and Jugnu Mohsin, and the neice of Moni Mohsin.
Meesha Shafi and Faris Shafi are the children of veteran actress Saba Hameed. In February, Meesha defended her brother against academic Nida Kirmani’s complaints that he was an “elite rapper” by saying that both had been raised by a financially stressed single-mother, and had worked hard to arrive where they are now.
Asim Azhar is the son of veteran actress Gul-e-Rana and musician father , and had spoken in an interview with Dawn Images in 2018 about how nepotism allegations did not take account of how hard he had worked in order to establish his career:
. I have put in a lot of hard work into my career. For about three years, I was just spending money on music that I would put out on the net and earn nothing back from it. And yes, I managed to get popular with a niche, mostly female, crowd but there were many more people who hated me and they were very vocal about it.”
Singer Danyal Zafar is the brother of singer and actor Ali Zafar, and has also addressed nepotism privileges. In an interview with Dawn Images in 2017, he stated that he had a different style from his brother, so he won’t be using his sibling for connections.
“I just feel the shoes are not in the same spot. One thing that he made sure I knew was that my struggle and journey will be my own. I will use my own style to mark my own space in the industry,” Danyal had stated at the time.
Ahad Raza Mir, the son of famed veteran actor Asif Raza Mir, during a talk show with Anas Bukhash, pointed out that no one bats an eye on nepotism in fields like medicine or military, not in the same way everyone criticizes children of actors for following their parents footsteps.
“I was doing well so people said it’s because I’m a star kid. But there are doctors whose kids are doctors, there are generations in the army and generations in politics, no one bats an eye. But as soon as there’s a child of an actor who starts doing well, everyone starts yelling ‘nepotism’,” he said of his critics.
Azaan Sami Khan is the son of acclaimed singer Adnan Sami Khan and famous actress Zeba Bakhtyar. The actor was accused of nepotism when he was cast for the Hum TV drama Ishq-e-Laa with Sajal Aly and Yumna Zaidi. However, the director of the series had addressed the controversy on an interview with Fuchsia magazine, and revealed that Azaan had been cast in the role only after he had passed a screen test.
Haroon Kadwani is the son of actor and founder of Pakistan’s leading production house, 7th Sky Entertainment, _. He was accused of nepotism after he was cast in the drama “Ruposh”. but he rejected these claims in an interview with Fuchsia Magazine, saying that being the child of a star parent means a lot of expectations are placed on you.
“People think it is easy to be a star kid but instead it is very hard for me. Being a star kid has its pros and cons. My father can give me one or two roles but after that it depends on talent. If your audience accepts you then you don’t need to be afraid of anything. However, if you are not talented, your audience will reject you and you will surely be aware of it,” Haroon emphasized.
Soon other users began naming famous celebrities within the Pakistani entertainment industry who have benefited from having famous parents and connections in the industry.
Ammar Khan is the daughter of veteran actress Fariha Jabeen. The actress had been questioned about the existence of nepotism in the industry last month in an interview at the show “Hasna Mana Hai” and simply said she was not a by-product of nepotism.
Zara Noor Abbass is the daughter of powerhouse actor Asma Abbas and is the niece of superstar Bushra Ansari. In the show Time Out with Ahsan Khan, Abbas and her husband Asad Siddiqui discussed the topic of nepotism with the actress sharing that she had stopped asking her aunt from picking her up from school after realizing how famous she was:
“Bushra Ansari was always just my khala to me. It’s only when I grew up that I realized the level of her popularity and would ask her not to pick me up from school. That’s when I really understood,” she said.
Ushna Shah is the daughter of radio and television actress Ismat Tahira, and had previously addressed the pressence of nepotism and the casting couch in the entertainment industry in an interview with The News, stating that she saw a lot of girls exploited in the business. “It is not necessarily by the top level people but the lower tier that these girls have to go through to get to the meetings and auditions,” she revealed, then went on to detail the sexism that actresses have to deal with. “Men like to pass comments that at some point were considered funny by our society. But it is not funny anymore.”
Several musicians like Bilal Maqsood and Jaffer Ziadi also made an appearance on the list. Bilal Maqsood is the son of veteran television scriptwriter and presenter Anwar Maqsood, while Jaffer is the son of lehendary singer Nayyar Noor and actor Shehryar Zaidi.
Nepotism doesn’t define a person’s career as a whole as a Twitter user wrote in reply to the thread that people like Bilal Maqsood and the Shafi siblings had worked hard and created their own career without the press linking them to their famous parent. However, it is also a shocking fact how the demand for connections lead to adults from ordinary families to be pushed to the sides.
Last year, it was actress Saba Bukhari who had shed light on the prevailing discrimination based on family background in the entertainment industry. In an interview with BBC Urdu, the actress revealed instances of bullying she had encountered from actresses who demanded that she leave acting because of her limited connections.
“There are some actors who make film sets a quite difficult place. I remember this accomplished actress was sitting right in front of me and she began insulting my face, and complained ‘where do they even pick up these useless girls from’. She said it directly to my face that I should leave acting, because I will never be able to make it here,” Saba revealed.