Dying has now become more expensive in Faisalabad.
According to a report in Samaa News, digging a grave used to cost anything between Rs 4,000-5,000 but now costs at least Rs 10,000 and in some cases, prices have gone up to Rs 12,000.
A resident of Faisalabad toldthe media outlet that while Prime Minister Imran Khan says peace is in the grave, “we can’t even get that because dying too costs so much now”.
The price of getting a permanent grave (pakki qabar) made now costs something between Rs 25,000 and Rs 30,000.
Recent rise in prices of essential items has already cost the public a lot; now you can’t even die in peace due to the rising costs of digging graves and getting a permanent grave.
PTI government decided to delete over 800,000 names from the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) last month as it had come to their notice that some government officers and their families were also BISP beneficiaries. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Welfare and Poverty Alleviation Sania Nishtar explained that they did this by utilising forensic data as these people were ‘undeserving’.
I wish to thank the Cabinet for approving my proposal: exiting 820,165 @bisp_pakistan beneficiaries. Using forensic data analysis, we found they were ineligible for support based on the crtieria below. This translates into saving of PKR 16 billion for the government annually. pic.twitter.com/diwEzQ1IGq
The more astounding part is that over two thousand top officials of provincial and federal governments were also BISP beneficiaries. According to details shared by ARY News, 2,543 government officials of Grade-17 to Grade-21 were receiving the BISP income support tri-monthly handouts, meant for the poor segments of society.
Sania Nishtar confirmed the news on Twitter.
True: 2,543 exited from @bisp_pakistan are government officers/their spouses Grade 17 and above. We have written to Chief Secretaries and Ministries officially. At @bisp_pakistan disciplinary action is underway. Safeguards built for future under @Ehsaas_Pk governance reform
Some officers were receiving money in the name of their wives and other members of families, which were registered in the list of the people entitled for income support.
The highest number of undeserving beneficiaries were in Balochistan where 741 registered officials were registered.
In Sindh, 342 officials of grade-18 gained profit from the scheme.
The decision to exclude more than 800,000 people from BISP list was criticised by the PPP. Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto had demanded the government to retract from the decision.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday lost his way in Parliament House.
After attending a meeting of the PTI parliamentary committee, PM Khan started walking towards his chamber in the Assembly. PM Khan was so busy talking to Interior Minister Ijaz Shah that he suddenly found himself in unknown territory.
He asked his security official where he was. “Where are you taking me?” asked a perplexed prime minister in a corridor. His security officer then told him that this secret passage will also take him to the Assembly Hall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pobhe8BLIw
Meanwhile, Pakistani Twitter did not leave a chance to troll the PM.
PM IK once again lost in parliament. This is so not fair on him. Why must he be expected to know how to enter and exit parliament?
Interestingly, PM Imran wasn’t the only one who lost his way in parliament yesterday. PML-N MNA Maiza Hameed went to the room where PTI parliamentary committee was being held instead of PML-N meeting.
مائزہ حمید غلطی سے تحریک انصاف کی پارلیمانی پارٹی اجلاس میں پہنچ گئیں
Neelam Muneer and Imran Ashraf’s Kahin Deep Jalay is halfway through and though the drama is problematic at points and follows the typical nand-bhabi jealousy, it is still a fun, masalaydaar watch and works.
Written by Qaisra Hayat and directed by Saima Waseem, Kahin Deep Jalay is centred on Rida, played by Neelam Muneer, who is the only sister of three brothers. Her brothers and mother, played by Saba Faisal, dot on her and pamper her to no extent. Despite that she is not a spoiled brat. Rida’s brother Fahaam is married to their Khala’s daughter Shamila, played by Nazish Jahangir, who is the main antagonist in the plot. Shamila bhabhi is a materialistic woman and is super jealous of Rida because of the love and attention she receives from her brothers. Let’s just say her middle name is ‘troublemaker’.
On the other hand, we have the humble Zeeshan, played by Imran Ashraf, an ordinary guy from a middle-class background. He sees Rida at her brother’s wedding and falls head over heels in love with her. Eventually Rida and Zeeshan get married and begin their new life together. The latest episode shows the beginning of their new life and sets the grounds for the troubles that are to come.
While the plot is typical, the heavy dose of masala and dramatic dialogues coupled with superb acting make it a fun and entertaining watch. The drama is perfect for those times when you feel like watching something that doesn’t require too much attention or brain cells.
All the lead actors have performed brilliantly and Imran particularly has slipped into his character of a romantic hero with ease. His expressions and the way he shies away everytime he sees Rida are brilliant. Nazish as the spiteful and vengeful Shamila bhabhi is also great – you cannot help but hate her character.
Fahaam bhai and Shamila bhabi
Meray Paas Tum Ho may be the drama everyone is talking about these days, but Kahin Deep Jalay is not too far behind either – the drama is usually trending at number four or five on Youtube and has a couple of millions views on each episode. If you’re the sort of person who likes their dramas to be extra, slightly Star-plussy (I just made up that word) and full of masala, you’ll definitely enjoy Kahin Deep Jalay.
It airs every Thursday at 8pm on Geo Entertainment.
If you want to get a discount at a wedding hall in Bahawalpur, you have to get married again! On your second, third or fourth marriage, a wedding hall in Bahawalpur offers special packages to men. The only caveat is that the first wife has to make the booking.
According to Samaa News, the owner of Al-Farooq Marriage Hall said that they offer 50 percent discount to men getting married for the second time, 75 percent to men getting married the third time and if men get married for the fourth time, they can get the hall for free at their valima. Talk about incentives!
A Bahawalpur hall has an offer which may interest those looking to get married again.
Al-Farooq Hall will offer a 50% discount on second weddings, 75% to those marrying for the third time and men getting married for the fourth time can host their valima for free #SamaaTVpic.twitter.com/8gA8WJTXdf
“Many
people have told them that they can’t afford second weddings, so I thought of
giving them an offer and making their lives a little simpler,” he told SAMAA
TV. “We are in the business of bringing people together, we don’t want
relationships to fall apart.”
Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda had said on Monday that Ahsan Iqbal should be hanged for three days.
In a tweet, Mr. Vawda said: “Ahsan Iqbal alias Aristotle alias hypocrite is a bigger thief than Nawaz Sharif. He should have been arrested first but he was caught so late. I will bring forward the list of his front companies and relatives. Their looting [corruption] has brought our country to the edge of destruction. Such people should be hanged for at least 3 days.”
احسن اقبال عرف ارسطو عرف منافق نواز شریف سے بھی بڑا ڈاکو ہے۔ اس کو سب سے پہلے پکڑنا چاہئے تھا لیکن بہت بعد میں پکڑا گیا۔ اس کی فرنٹ کمپنی اور رشتہ داروں کی فہرست جلد سامنے لاونگا۔ ان کی لوٹ مار نے ملک کو تباہی کے دہانے پر لا کھڑا کیا۔ ایسے لوگوں کو کم از کم 3 دن لٹکانا چاہئے
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal was arrested on Monday by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in relation to the Narowal Sports City Complex case
Ahsan Iqbal is accused of using funds of the federal government and the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) for a sports city being established in Narowal, which is a multi-billion-rupee project.
Iqbal while speaking to the media before heading to NAB had said that when the PML-N came to power in 2013, he, as planning minister, had taken up several projects that were incomplete and sports city was one of them.
He said that the funds spent on NSC were approved by the cabinet, parliament and the National Economic Council (NEC).
Comes as no surprise to be honest, but Mahira Khan has been crowned Pakistan’s sexiest woman, fifth year in a row. Meanwhile, Mehwish Hayat is the second sexiest Pakistani woman of 2019.
According to British publication, Eastern Eye, Mahira has been voted the fourth sexiest woman in Asia in 2019 and the third sexiest woman of the decade. The magazine compiles the list based on votes from fans around the world.
Speaking about the honour, Mahira said, “I am so grateful to all my fans who continue to vote for me every year. This one is for a decade of love, ups and downs, support and magic. I have never considered myself sexy, but I believe when you do you – that’s sexy. And I hope I can continue to do just that.”
Mehwish Hayat also featured on the list among the top 10 at number nine.
Meanwhile, Alia Bhatt won the title of the Sexiest Asian Woman of 2019, while Deepika Padukone came second. TV star Hina Khan ranked third on the list followed by Surbhi Chandna (5), Katrina Kaif (6), Shivangi Joshi (7), Nia Sharma (8), Mehwish Hayat (9) and Priyanka Chopra (10).
The magazine also released the list of Sexiest Women of the Decade. Deepika topped the list, while Priyanka was number two and Mahira number three.
Last week, the magazine had released its list of Sexiest Asian Men. Bilal Ashraf had been voted Sexiest Pakistani Man.
On International Human Rights’ Day, former Malir SSP Rao Anwar was blacklisted by the United States. Rao Anwar was blacklisted on Tuesday for engaging in “serious human rights abuse” by carrying out alleged fake police ‘encounters’ in which scores of individuals including Naqeebullah Mehsud were killed.
Rao Anwar is among 18 individuals from six countries that the Trump administration has imposed economic sanctions on for suspected human rights violations.
“During his tenure as the Senior Superintendent of Police in District Malir, Pakistan, Rao Anwar Khan (Anwar) was reportedly responsible for staging numerous fake police encounters in which individuals were killed by police, and was involved in over 190 police encounters that resulted in the deaths of over 400 people, including the murder of Naqeebullah Mehsood,” the US Treasury said in a statement.
It said Rao Anwar “helped to lead a network of police and criminal thugs that were allegedly responsible for extortion, land grabbing, narcotics, and murder”.
According to the press release, Rao Anwar has been designated “for being responsible for or complicit in, or having directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse.”
Ahmed Ali Butt is quite the funnyman and he has proven that on several occasions.
Whether it is on camera, or in his interviews (check out his exclusive interview with The Current here), or in his Instagram captions, he sure knows how to tickle your funnybones.
Recently, Ahmed has been playing with Meray Paas Tum Ho‘s dialogues and it’s characters and results are very comic. See below:
Exhibit A – The infamous Do takay ki larki dialogue
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5yMV8iBjNb/
Exhibit B – A happy selfie of lots of celebrities to mark the entry of Shawar’s wife, Maham (played by Savera Nadeem) in the drama
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ztdpuD-dm/
Exhibit C – A selfie with Danish after he makes millions
A teenage girl charged with killing her own sister was acquitted by a model court in Karachi after her parents pardoned her and her three accomplices, one of which was her fiancé at the time.
According to reports, eighteen-year-old Alveena along with her fiancé Mazhar Mehfooz had murdered her 16-year-old sister Aleena in December 2017 in what police claimed was a staged robbery.
According to the prosecution, the female accused and her fiancé had confessed to slitting the throat of the victim since she shared a friendship with one of the two accused brothers and allegedly helped both visit her home in the absence of her parents and to blackmail the female accused after getting her intimate pictures in their mobile phones.
According to the FIR registered at the time of the incident, two men broke into the house for robbery and stabbed the 16-year-old to death for putting up resistance. They also took away cash, jewellery and other valuables.
The two co-accused brothers Ahsan and Abbas were charged with blackmailing the female accused and forcing her to kill her own sister.
After recording evidence and hearing final arguments from both sides, an additional district and sessions judge acquitted the accused.
The judge also accepted the compromise applications moved by the accused persons and the parents of the victim. In their application and affidavits, the parents of the victim said that they had pardoned all four accused, including their daughter Alveena and her husband Mazhar, in the name of the Almighty, without any duress and pressure and waived off their right to claim compensation as well.
