Tag: social media

  • #MostBeautifulFaces2021: Twitter nominates Imran Khan, Shahid Afridi and Shehnaz Gill

    Most Beautiful Faces of 2021 was trending on Pakistani Twitter after social media users nominated different personalities including Shahid Afridi, Prime Minister Imran Khan, a Big Boss contestant Shehnaz Gill and many other personalities.

    Here are a few nominations by social media users:

    https://twitter.com/_waleedzafar/status/1440873714719944707?s=20
    https://twitter.com/bint_e_asif18/status/1440630164941987840?s=20
  • Twitter reacts to Umar Akmal’s TikTok video with wife

    Recently, a TikTok video of Pakistani cricketer Umar Akmal with his wife did the rounds on social media. Umar can be seen lip-syncing on a Bollywood song ‘Pyaar diyan majbooriyan’.

    Social media users had some interesting reactions to the cricketer’s acting skills.

    https://twitter.com/bushGazini/status/1440366700235399177?s=20

  • Pakistani YouTuber Irfan Junejo gets a shoutout from YouTube

    Pakistani YouTuber Irfan Junejo gets a shoutout from YouTube

    YouTube recently gave a shoutout to a Pakistani YouTuber, Irfan Junejo, on its Instagram page.

    YouTube shared the picture of Junejo with the caption, ” Head to @irfanjunejo‘s channel to wander into his cinematic universe Link in bio to check out his channel.”

    After the shoutout, Junejo took to social media to credit the location in the picture. He wrote, “So…this happened yesterday. YouTube’s official Instagram featured me and asked their 27 Million followers to check out my “cinematic universe”. Lekin…jo location tag main Pakistan likha hua hai na…saray paise uske hain. Represent! ♥️. (All credit goes to the location tagged in the picture)”

  • Exclusive: Who is TikToker Hareem Shah’s husband?

    Exclusive: Who is TikToker Hareem Shah’s husband?

    TikTok star, Hareem Shah recently posted a picture on her Instagram account with the caption, “My Life”.

    The Current reached out to Hareem Shah and asked her who the guy in the picture was. The TikToker revealed that the person in the picture is her husband.

    She further told The Current that her husband is from Karachi and is a politician belonging to the Pakistan People’s Party but she refused to give us his name.

    Earlier, Hareem said that she can’t reveal her husband’s identity until he takes permission from his first wife.

    Hareem said in her live session with Geo news that, “I will reveal his identity soon after I will get the permission.” When asked that who is stopping her, she said: “As I have told earlier that my husband is married and as soon he will take permission from his wife and tell his family, we will announce our marriage.”

    Hareem allegedly tied the knot to the PPP politician in a private ceremony. But details about her husband were kept under wraps from the media and public.

  • iPhone 13 launch triggers meme fest

    Apple recently launched it’s iPhone 13 and people cannot see a major difference between iPhone 13 and iPhone 12. The unveiling of the latest Apple model has started a meme fest on social media — not just in Pakistan but around the world.

    Here are a few hilarious ones.

    https://twitter.com/aimeerydizzy/status/1437952773589389314?s=20

    https://twitter.com/IhrVortrag/status/1437952133123297281?s=20
  • Fact Check: Lahore’s Butt Karahi was NOT sealed for serving dead animals

    Claim: Butt Karahi Lahore was sealed for serving dead animal meat

    Fact: Butt Karahi Lahore was sealed for violating Covid-19 protocols

    On Sep 13, 2021 several Twitter users came out in protest against Lahore’s famous Butt Karahi, tweeting and condemning them for serving dead animal meat. Some of these posts can be found here, here, here and here.

    However, Lahore’s Deputy Commissioner, Umer Sher Chattha, took to Twitter to clarify that the eatery was sealed for violating Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

    Chattha wrote in a tweet, “Clarification AC city sealed it due to Covid SOP violation, not because of serving dead animal.” Butt Karahi fans were quite relieved to see this clarification.

    VERDICT: FALSE

  • VIDEO: Horse all smiles after eating his favourite chips

    VIDEO: Horse all smiles after eating his favourite chips

    A video made rounds on social media where a horse can be seen grinning while treating himself to some chips from a woman’s plate.

    The video was uploaded on Twitter by ‘Viral Hog’, with the caption: “This happy horse can’t stop grinning at salt and vinegar chips .”

    https://twitter.com/ViralHog/status/1433565403943292929

    In the video, a woman wearing a pink T-shirt is seen sitting in a field, accompanied by a few other people. She is holding a plate of salt and vinegar chips.

    A horse, who happens to be standing right beside her, keeps munching the chips in delight from her plate.

    Each time the horse bends his neck, he takes a snack from the plate and ends up smiling after each bite. Everyone present at the scene can be heard roaring with laughter when they see the horse smile.

    The person making the video happens to be the woman’s son and can be heard saying, “Oh he likes mom’s chips.”

    Later, two dogs appear in the video and look intrigued by the happenings and the laughter. They too begin to eat the pieces that dropped from the animal’s mouth.

  • Twitter’s new Safety Mode will automatically block harassers

    Twitter has rolled out Safety Mode feature for a limited number of users.

    Safety Mode is a feature that temporarily blocks accounts for seven days for using potentially harmful language — such as insults or hateful remarks — or sending repetitive and uninvited replies or mentions.”

    “When the feature is turned on in your settings, our systems will assess the likelihood of a negative engagement by considering both the tweet’s content and the relationship between the tweet author and replier. Our technology takes existing relationships into account, so accounts you follow or frequently interact with will not be autoblocked.”

    Authors of the tweets found by Twitter to be harmful or uninvited will be autoblocked, meaning they will temporarily be unable to follow your account, see your tweets, or send you direct messages.

    This feature has been rolled out to a small feedback group on iOS, Android, and Twitter.com, beginning with accounts that have English-language settings enabled.

  • PM Khan congratulates winner of ‘Asia’s highest honour’ Ramon Magsaysay Award

    Prime Minister Imran Khan has congratulated Founder of Akhuwat, Dr. Amjad Saqib for winning the Ramon Magsaysay Award.

    “Have been told this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s highest honour, has been given to a Pakistani, Dr. Amjad Saqib, Founder Akhuwat,” wrote the Prime Minister.

    “Congratulations to him. We are proud of his achievement as we move forward in creating a welfare state based on Riasat e Madina Model,” he added.

    Dr Saqib received the award for his efforts for eradicating poverty in Pakistan. His profile on the website of Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation  says, “A visionary who founded one of the largest micro finance institutions in Pakistan, servicing millions of families.”

    As per the details on the website, “Muhammad Amjad Saqib, in 2001, invited a group of friends to present to them his plan for a first-of-its-kind interest-free micro finance program, offering to design, organise, and implement it. Two years later, Akhuwat was formed and its first branch opened in Lahore.”

    “It also promotes volunteerism among staff and clients, aims at transforming borrowers into donors, and fosters diversity and inclusion, serving all—irrespective of religion, caste, color, and gender.”

  • Sarfaraz bakes pasta for wife, tells journalist to ‘stay out of the conversation’

    Former Pakistan cricket team captain Sarfaraz Ahmed’s wife, Khushbakht Sarfaraz posted a video of her husband on twitter with the caption,”Perks of him being around”. The video went viral on social media, with fellow cricketers praising him for his baking skills.

    Cricketer Shadab Khan re-shared the video of Sarfaraz and wrote, “Bhabi aty sath he hamry kaptaan ko kaam paar laga deya.”

    Journalist Aalia Rasheed left a comment on a lighter note which Sarfaraz misunderstood and said to Aalia that Its better for her to keep her opinion limited to cricket only.

    Aalia then clarified that she was “just kidding.”

    Hassan Ali added on a humourous note saying, “yeh wala talent hume btya hi ni ap na.”

    Shadab was quick to put a request to Sarfaraz for chai.

    Inam-ul-Haq and Sarfaraz also left a comment under Sarfaraz’s video to which the latter decided to reply in a funny way.

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