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  • Exclusive: When is Sheheryar Munawar getting married?

    Exclusive: When is Sheheryar Munawar getting married?

    Sheharyar Munawar, one of the most eligible bachelors in the industry, is currently in the spotlight with his drama Radd and his love life. Rumours have been circulating about his upcoming wedding.

    The Current talked to a source who gave exclusive information about the heartthrob bachelor.

    Sheheryar Munawar and Maheen Siddiqui are indeed in a relationship and the duo is set to get hitched by the end of this year in December, the source told us.

    Speculation gained momentum after Munawar spoke about his love life during an interview with Frieha Altaf. He had said, “Alhamdulillah, I’m very grateful and happy. My parents are very happy. Allah has been really kind.”

    The Radd actor further stated, “I’m grateful for the love and support, but I request my fans to pray for us and respect our privacy as we embark on this new journey together.”

    The buzz around Munawar’s relationship status intensified when he shared a heartfelt Instagram post showing affection for Maheen Siddiqui, calling her his “jaan” (life). He posted photos from his birthday celebration, where Maheen, among other close friends, surprised him.

    Maheen was prominently tagged in the post and responded with a red heart emoji.

    In another post, Munawar shared Maheen’s post with the caption “meri jaan” (my beloved), thanking her for making his birthday special.

    This public display of affection has sparked conversations, especially given the rumours about their December wedding.

    Previously, Sheheryar Munawar got engaged in Karachi to Dr Hala Somroo, however, the engagement was called off a few months after that.

    During the promotion of his last film, Paray Hut Love, Munawar mentioned he had no plans to marry soon, which fueled speculation about his engagement status. His growing closeness with actor Maya Ali also contributed to the rumours, yet the two reportedly broke up and have not been seen together again.

    Maheen Siddiqui has also been the subject of speculation, with netizens speculating about her relationship with Azaan Sami Khan after photos and videos surfaced.

    However, the two have made it Instagram official, putting an end to all the rumors.

  • Sindh High Court orders all signboards removed from Karachi

    Sindh High Court orders all signboards removed from Karachi

    The Sindh High Court has ordered the removal of all signboards across Karachi within four weeks.

    The court also warned that contempt of court proceedings will be taken if court orders are not implemented.

    The Court heard a case regarding installing signboards, political banners, and advertisements on government properties and public places. The judge also expressed anger at Mayor Karachi and others for not implementing the Supreme Court’s orders.

    The court also directed the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, Karachi Development Authority, Defence Housing Authority, Cantonment Boards and others to remove the signboards across the city and submit a report by implementing the orders in the light of the Supreme Court order.

    The court said that if the court orders are not implemented within four weeks, contempt of court action will be taken against Mayor Karachi, DG KDA and others.

    The court ordered that cases be filed against those who put up illegal boards and said that anyone who has put up illegal boards should file a report. The banners were removed despite the order, and no cases were filed.

    The petitioner’s lawyer said that the Supreme Court had ordered the removal of signboards on government property. At the same time, the KMC included the installation of signboards on government property in its rules.

  • Who’s more beautiful according to Waseem Abbas: Hania Aamir or Sajal Aly?

    Who’s more beautiful according to Waseem Abbas: Hania Aamir or Sajal Aly?

    Senior actor Waseem Abbas was asked about beautiful actresses in the industry and his reply was very interesting.

    Waseem appeared as a guest on Geo News’ program ‘Hansna Mana Hai,’ where he engaged in an interesting and humorous conversation.

    During the program, host Tabish Hashmi asked whether Sajal Aly is more beautiful than Haniya Aamir. To this, the senior actor replied with a firm “no.”

    The actor’s response sparked a lot of reaction from the program’s participants. The host then humorously asked if Tabish Hashmi is more beautiful than Haniya Aamir. The actor shook his head and said, “Not at all.”

    It’s worth noting that Waseem Abbas played Haniya Aamir’s father-in-law in the drama ‘Mere Hum Safar.’

  • Bangladesh court opens murder case against ex-premier Sheikh Hasina

    Bangladesh court opens murder case against ex-premier Sheikh Hasina

    A court in Bangladesh opened Tuesday a murder investigation into ousted ex-premier Sheikh Hasina and six top figures in her administration over the police killing of a man during civil unrest last month.

    A week ago, Hasina, 76, fled by helicopter to neighbouring India as protesters flooded Dhaka’s streets in a dramatic end to her iron-fisted tenure.

    “A case has been filed against Sheikh Hasina and six more,” said Mamun Mia, a lawyer who brought the case on behalf of a private citizen.

    He added that the Dhaka Metropolitan Court had ordered police to accept “the murder case against the accused persons”, the first step in a criminal investigation under Bangladeshi law.

    Mia’s filing with the court also named Asaduzzaman Khan, Hasina’s former home minister, and Obaidul Quader, the general secretary of Hasina’s Awami League party.

    In addition, it named four top police officers appointed by Hasina’s government who have since vacated their posts, including former police inspector general Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun.

    It also named detective branch chief Harun-or-Rashid and senior Dhaka Metropolitan Police officers Habibur Rahman and Biplob Kumar Sarker.

    Police take control of Dhaka streets

     Bangladeshi police resumed patrols of the capital, Dhaka, on Monday, ending a weeklong strike that had created a law and order vacuum caused by recent uprisings.

    Officers vanished from the streets of the sprawling megacity of 20 million people last week after Hasina’s resignation and flight abroad ended her 15-year rule.

    Police were loathed for spearheading a lethal crackdown on the weeks of protests that forced her departure, with 42 officers among the more than 450 people killed.

    They had vowed not to resume work until their safety on duty was guaranteed but agreed to return after late-night talks with the new interim government, helmed by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.

    “It’s good to be back,” Assistant Commissioner Snehasish Das told AFP while directing traffic at a busy intersection. “As we feel secure now, we are back on duty.”

    Student-led protests against Hasina’s government had been largely peaceful until police attempted to disperse them violently. Yunus told reporters that Bangladesh was experiencing a “revolution” after Hasina’s ouster after ” the whole government’s business collapsed”.

    He said he had been instructed by the protests’ student leaders to take office, adding he told them, “Because you ordered me to do this, I take your order.”

    Several top Hasina allies, including the chief justice and the central bank governor, stepped down after students issued them ultimatums to quit their offices.

    However, Yunus said their resignations had been conducted legally.

    “I’m sure they will find the legal way to justify all of this because legally… all the steps were followed,” he said at a late-night briefing on Sunday.

    Around 450 of the country’s 600 police stations were targeted in arson and vandalism attacks over the past month, according to the national police union.

    In the police’s absence, the students who led the protests that toppled Hasina volunteered to restore law and order after looting and reprisal attacks in the hours following her departure.

    They acted as traffic wardens, formed overnight neighbourhood watch patrols and guarded Hindu temples and other places of worship, quickly settling the unrest.

    Arrests in India

    India has arrested nearly a dozen Bangladeshis attempting to cross the border to escape violence and political tumult following deadly protests that led to the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, border officials said on Monday.

    Hundreds more are waiting along the frontier pleading for permission to cross, India’s Border Security Force (BSF) said.

    BSF said 11 Bangladesh nationals had been arrested since Sunday trying to “sneak” across the frontier into West Bengal state. “Several hundred Bangladeshi nationals are still waiting in no-man’s land to cross over the border,” BSF deputy inspector general Amit Kumar Tyagi said.

  • DC Panjgur killed in attack in Balochistan

    DC Panjgur killed in attack in Balochistan

    The Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Panjgur Zakir Baloch was assassinated by unknown armed men in the Mastung District of Balochistan on Monday.

    Zakir Baloch was travelling on the National Highway near the Khada-Kucha area along with two people, District Chairman Malik Jan and Ahmed Jan, towards Quetta when at least 15 armed people attacked the vehicle, Geo News reported.

    All three suffered bullet injuries, after which the DC and his friends were shifted to a nearby hospital. Zakir succumbed to his injuries; however, his friends were referred to Quetta Civil Hospital’s trauma centre for further treatment.

    In recent years, the security situation has been getting worse as foreign-funded militant organisations increase their foothold in the troubled province.

    Journalist Iftikhar Firdous posted on X, “The deputy commissioner of Panjgur has been killed by at least two dozen attackers opening firing at his vehicle; local said that militants had set up a checkpoint looking for government officials.”

    Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the attack, expressing grief over the martyrdom of DC Zakir Baloch.

  • Torrential rains predicted in the coming week

    Torrential rains predicted in the coming week

    Torrential rains have been predicted in the country from August 14 to August 18.

    The weather department shared details of the new spell, saying monsoon winds from the West, Arabian Sea, and Bay of Bengal will affect the country. Heavy rains will descend in some places in Islamabad, Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Kashmir.

    There is a possibility of light rain in the coastal areas of Sindh during the evening or night of August 15 to August 18, according to the meteorological department.

    Additionally, rain continues in various districts of Balochistan, and the Meteorological Department has predicted a new spell of rain with wind and thunder in 16 districts from August 15.

    Meteorologists have also warned of strong winds and thunderstorms in the coastal areas of Khuzdar, Lasbela, Awaran, Kalat, Zhob, Barkhan, Musa Khel, Mastung, Sibi, Shirani, Kohlu, Bolan, Harnai, Nasirabad, Jafarabad and Makran during August 15 to 18. Intermittent rain and heavy rain in some places have been predicted.
    6.6 mm of rain was recorded in Barkhan and Kalat during the last 24 hours.

    Besides this, Monday was the hottest day in Nokundi, with a maximum temperature of 47 degrees Celsius.

  • Voice of Pokémon’s Misty, Rachael Lillis, dies at 46

    Voice of Pokémon’s Misty, Rachael Lillis, dies at 46

    Rachael Lillis, the voice actress known for her work in the Pokémon TV series, films, and video games since the late 1990s, has died from breast cancer at the age of 46.

    Lillis voiced major Pokémon characters, including Misty. Her death was announced by Veronica Taylor, who co-starred as Ash Ketchum, the lead character in Pokémon.

    Ms. Taylor wrote, “Rachael was an amazing talent, a bright light that shone through her voice whether speaking or singing.”

    “We all know Rachael Lillis from the many wonderful characters she played,” Ms. Taylor shared on social media on Monday.

    “She filled our Saturday mornings and before/after school hours with her beautiful voice, her terrific comic timing, and her remarkable acting skills.” She also mentioned that Lillis was grateful for the support she received during her illness. “It truly made a positive difference,” Ms. Taylor added.

    Laurie Orr, Lillis’s sister, also confirmed the news on a website that had helped raise money for Lillis’s cancer treatment. She expressed deep grief, saying, “This was unexpected, and we are completely heartbroken. Losing my dear little sister breaks my heart, but I find comfort knowing she is at peace.”

    Lillis was born in Niagara Falls, New York, in 1978, and studied opera at university before becoming a voice actress. Her voice was featured in 423 episodes of Pokémon between 1997 and 2015.

  • BLF commander killed by own comrade

    BLF commander killed by own comrade

    A top commander of the banned terrorist organisation, Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), identified as Shambeen alias Shahak, has reportedly been killed by his own comrade due to internal strife, Express Tribune has reported.

    Shahak was a highly wanted militant, alleged to be involved in multiple terrorist activities in the country. His assassination highlights the factions within the militant organisation.

    The BLF is said to be embroiled in an internal power struggle over authority and finances. Tribune reported that these internal conflicts are believed to be escalating.

    Meanwhile, Shahhak was directly involved in numerous attacks on security forces in Balochistan, including target killings of former associates who had surrendered to the state.

  • Trump holds meandering live ‘chat’ with backer Musk, after delay

    Trump holds meandering live ‘chat’ with backer Musk, after delay

    Donald Trump ran through his checklist of conspiracy theories Monday in a rambling conversation with his uber-wealthy supporter Elon Musk that was initially derailed by what the tech titan said was a technical glitch.

    In a very one-sided conversation on X, Trump vented about a “zombie apocalypse” of immigration, repeatedly blasted President Joe Biden as “stupid”, and mused about developing a new missile defense system based on the one that defends Israel.

    The Republican standard-bearer also dismissed climate change, whose sea-level rises he said would simply create more real estate opportunities.

    “The biggest threat is not global warming, where the ocean is going to rise one-eighth of an inch over the next 400 years,” he told Musk.

    “You’ll have more ocean front property, right? The biggest threat is not that. The biggest threat is nuclear warming, because we have five countries now that have significant nuclear power, and we have to not allow anything to happen with stupid people like Biden.”

    What was billed as a “no limits” conversation between the two started more than half an hour late, with many of those logging on unable to listen in live.

    Musk, the world’s richest man according to Forbes, claimed the platform formerly known as Twitter had experienced a cyber “attack.”

    Read more: ‘I am very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands’: Trump welcomes Musk’s takeover

    Border ‘apocalypse’

    The conversation was intended to help reinvigorate Trump’s stuttering campaign, which has flagged since Biden dropped out of the race, to be replaced by a surging Kamala Harris.

    The young men who view Musk as a hero are a prized target for Trump, whose following tends to skew older.

    More than a million users listened in live to the conversation on X. Musk, who has said he previously voted Democrat, has thrown his weight — and his wealth — behind Trump since a gunman tried to assassinate the Republican at a rally last month.

    The apparent technical difficulties come after Musk fired swathes of staff at the platform, and also served as an uncomfortable reminder that the Tesla boss had once backed Trump’s rival Ron DeSantis, whose campaign launch on the platform was also beset by problems.

    When things finally got under way, Musk said the “massive attack illustrates there’s a lot of opposition to people just hearing what President Trump has to say.”

    Trump was banned from Twitter after a mob of his supporters stormed the US Capitol in January 2021, but Musk reinstated him when he took the platform over and renamed it.

    The South African-born billionaire has emerged as a major voice in US politics, but is accused of turning X into a megaphone for right-wing conspiracy theories.

    He is one of the Democrats’ fiercest critics, leveraging his 194 million-strong following on X to assail liberal efforts to boost diversity and inclusion — what he calls the “woke mind virus” — and the White House’s handling of the southern border.

    “We have people streaming over,” Musk told Trump, likening the border to the “zombie apocalypse” depicted in the film “World War Z.”

    “It’s just not possible for the United States to absorb, you know, everyone from Earth,” said Musk, identifying himself as a “legal immigrant.”

    Read more: Elon Musk restores Donald Trump’s Twitter account

    Cost ‘cutter’

    In his “chat” with Musk, Trump returned often to a favorite theme — boasting about his relationship with autocrats like Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping, and insisted America would be safer under his stewardship.

    “One of the things we’re going to do is we’re going to build an Iron Dome,” he said, referring to Israel’s missile defense system.

    “We’re going to have the best Iron Dome in the world… because it just takes one maniac to, you know, start something.” Musk reiterated his strong support for Trump, saying the ex-president “was the path to prosperity and Kamala is the opposite.”

    At one point he also appeared to be touting for a job under a future Trump administration, suggesting he would like to serve on a cost-cutting committee.

    “I think it would be great to just have a government efficiency commission that takes a look at these things and just ensures that taxpayer money… is spent in a good way,” he said. “I’d be happy to help out on such a commission.” Trump appeared sold on the job application.

    “You’re the greatest cutter,” he told the man who slashed swathes of staff months after taking over Twitter.

  • Not a suicide; Sania Zehra was murdered

    Not a suicide; Sania Zehra was murdered

    Major developments in the death of 20-year-old Sania Zehra, a mother of two, whose death took social media by storm, have unveiled crucial details of her demise.

    Azma Bokhari, Punjab’s Information Minister, informed the media on Monday that Sania’s death was not a result of suicide. It was in fact a homicide.

    Sania’s father, Syed Asad Abbas Shah, had already claimed in the FIR that his daughter’s husband had killed her.

    The provincial minister asserted that the husband is a suspect along with his mother, as all evidence points towards their role in Zehra’s killing.

    “No evidence of suicide has been found in the Sania Zehra case. The mother-in-law and husband had put a noose around the girl’s neck together,” she said during a press conference.

    The revelations have surfaced two days after the Punjab government constituted a six-member committee to oversee the probe into the murder case. The committee was authorised to find discrepancies in the FIR’s contents and the victim’s autopsy report.

    Azma, along with Chairperson of the Women Protection Authority Hina Pervaiz Butt, updated the media that the wounds on the girl’s shoulder and neck were not due to the noose used for suicide. “Forensic lab traces such cases. Forensics have found evidence against Sania’s mother-in-law and husband,” she added.

    Hina Butt stressed that she knew it was not a suicide case after seeing photographs of the crime scene. “Evidence later revealed that the girl was murdered and hanged. Mother-in-law and husband polygraph test positive,” Butt said.

    Forensic test report

    Punjab Forensic Science Agency also submitted all its test reports stating that the forensics found no evidence of suicide.

    “All the tests and investigations show that it is not a case of suicide. Sania Zehra was killed on July 9, and her [murder] was presented as a suicide,” the submitted report read.

    Zehra’s neck was not swollen or elongated due to the noose. “The DNA of Sania’s husband and mother-in-law matched with the dupatta used as the noose,” as per the forensic report.

    The noose around Zehra’s neck did not cause her death, and the scar on the neck and shoulder was not because of the dupatta, the report added.

    “The DNA of the sample found from Sania’s nail was also matched with that of her husband,” it read.

    Earlier, the reports came out allegedly confirming that Sania hanged herself, implying that she committed suicide. The reports also asserted that she was not pregnant.

    Since the Punjab government established the suicide, The Current talked to Azma Bukhari, and she confirmed that Sania’s pregnancy could not be confirmed, blaming it on the forged post-mortem report. She said that Sania’s uterus was not opened, and the medical officer got changed at the last minute, which raised concerns about this aspect being compromised in the post-mortem investigation.

    Azma admitted that even though the parents say that she was pregnant, the government can’t confirm because the post-mortem report was influenced.

    The case so far

    On July 9, 2024, Zehra was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her home. Her father, Syed Asad Abbas Shah, reported the death to the police, accusing Zehra’s husband and in-laws of murder, claiming Sania showed signs of torture, including a broken jaw and bruised ribs.

    However, the victim’s husband, Ali Raza fled the scene and was initially not held accountable.

    The case attracted significant social media ire, prompting Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz to instruct officials to investigate.

    A joint investigation team was formed, and on July 13, the body was exhumed for a forensic report which confirmed asphyxia from hanging as the cause of death.

    Husband Ali Raza was later arrested on July 20, facing charges related to forgery and dishonesty as he hid the truth of his first marriage from Sania and her family.

    Despite claiming the death was a suicide following a domestic argument, Raza was arrested again after a press conference where he shared his version of the story and framed it as a case of suicide.

    Read all the details of the case: Sania Zehra case: Hanging confirmed, pregnancy dismissed