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  • VIDEO: Policeman wins hearts by helping a differently-abled man

    VIDEO: Policeman wins hearts by helping a differently-abled man

    A video of a police officer helping a differently-abled man is winning hearts over social media in Pakistan.

    The video, which has been shared on Islamabad police’s official Twitter account video shows a police constable, Amir Baig, helping the disabled man cross the street and lift him up on the embankment on the side of the road.

    Once the man is lifted, he thanks the cop before going on his way.

    Inspector-General of Police in Islamabad has awarded Rs10,000 and a certificate to the officer for his noble gesture.

    Meanwhile, people praised the officer on social media for his heart-warming act.

  • Realme XT #64MPQuadCameraXpert stands out at star-studded launch

    Realme XT #64MPQuadCameraXpert stands out at star-studded launch

    The megapixel camera race has truly made a comeback for smartphones. But this time, it’s nice to see mid-range phones leading the pack rather than the high-end ones while putting better cameras in the hands of the masses.

    On October 26, 2019, Realme fans and media gathered at the
    Royal Palm Golf and Country Club in Lahore for the launch party of Realme XT
    #64MPQuadCameraXpert. Celebrities in attendance included Rawalpindi Express Shoaib
    Akhtar, superstars Ahsan Khan and Nimra Khan among others.

    Realme has decided to be first-past-the-post this time
    around, bringing a whopping 64 MP lens to its quad-camera set on the new Realme
    XT. The quad-camera set was just seen on the Realme 5 and 5 Pro. That’s quite a
    slew of devices and lenses from the Chinese brand that has stepped out from
    under the Oppo umbrella.

    While XT’s nomenclature is like Realme’s ‘flagship’ X, it is much closer in look, feel, specs and operation to the Realme 5 Pro, with the big difference being a 64 MP lens instead of a 48 MP. The drop notch, quad-camera strip on the back, lovely patterns and gradients, are very similar to the 5 Pro.

    The Pearl White review unit was a thing of beauty, with
    light bouncing off and also giving shape to gorgeous patterns on the phone’s
    back. The way it looks belies its price point and to the uninitiated, this
    could well look like a phone that is at flagship-level prices. The camera
    assembly juts out, but there’s a case in the box to do away with that
    awkwardness. However, the case robs the back of some of its sheen, which is a
    pity. If you are not butter-fingers, try doing without one if you want to
    flaunt it.

    A remarkable feat in a place where new smartphones are launched nearly every other day and every player wants a slice of the pie, the Realme XT is yet another smartphone from the brand and it comes with a whole new shtick.

    A whopping 64MP camera makes it a great buy. The Realme XT
    is an easy recommendation. Between competent internals, fetching design and the
    all-new camera, it is one of the best high-end mid-rangers in the market right
    now. Realme has been pretty good with pushing out quality-of-life updates to
    hardware, and if the company sticks to it, you can expect image quality and
    design to improve further.

    The smartphone has a quad-camera setup featuring an 8MP
    ultra-wide-angle lens, 2MP depth sensor and 2MP macro lens. For selfies, it
    offers a 16MP Sony IMX 471 sensor up front.

    Under the hood runs Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 712 processor. The phone is powered by a 4,000mAh battery with support for 20W VOOC 3.0 flash charge. Its storage stands at 128GB with an 8GB RAM.

    On the software front, it will ship with ColorOS 6 based on Android Pie. Realme has added system-wide dark mode, new fonts, and Android Pie’s ‘Digital Wellbeing’ on the XT.

    As it stands, the Realme XT is definitely one to consider if
    you’re in the market for one of the best high-end smartphones under Rs55,000.

  • Neelam Muneer expresses concern over Fazlur Rehman’s Azadi March speech

    Neelam Muneer expresses concern over Fazlur Rehman’s Azadi March speech

    Actor Neelam Muneer has expressed concern over Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Azadi March speech, wherein the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) had mentioned “institutions’ support to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government” and sought Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s resignation.

    Taking to Instagram, Muneer said she respected all religious scholars, but the country could not afford anarchy.

    “I highly respect all religious scholars from the bottom of my heart. I seek guidance from their lectures and speeches on [a] daily basis. Today, Maulana Sahib, threatening to arrest Imran Khan from his house, broke my heart,” she wrote.

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    “Our country can’t afford anarchy or civil disobedience. We the youth need to take charge of our destiny and the only way to do that is to not listen to anyone who wants to create chaos in Pakistan.”

    She further urged youngsters to unite against all entities “trying to destroy Pakistan.”

  • Mahira Khan, HSY set the dance floor on fire

    Mahira Khan, HSY set the dance floor on fire

    Aisa ho nahi sakta keh Mahira Khan kisi shaadi per dance karain aur uski video viral na ho.

    And that is exactly what happened when Mahira took over the dance floor with close friends designers Hassan Sheheryar Yasin, Kamiar Rokni and Feeha Jamshed at a recent wedding.

    Watch them groove and twirl to Noor Jahan’s classic melody Sonay Diya Kangana in this video:

    Credits – HSY Instagram

    Mahira was last seen alongside Bilal Ashraf in the hit film Superstar. She is gearing up to shoot for her next film Nabeel Qureshi’s Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad alongside Fahad Mustafa.

    Watch more: Mahira Khan’s dance through the years

  • VIDEO: ‘Sent my kid to madrassa for education, they forcefully took him to sit-in’

    VIDEO: ‘Sent my kid to madrassa for education, they forcefully took him to sit-in’

    A man has accused Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) of “forcefully” taking his madrassa-going son to Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Azadi March in Islamabad and threatening him when he questioned them about his son.

    “I sent my son to the madrassa for education, but they forcefully took him to Islamabad. When I asked them about my son’s whereabouts, they told me that he had gone to the sit-in,” he said in a video doing rounds over the internet.

    The man also claimed that when he asked his son’s teacher about the youngster, the cleric said he didn’t know anything about it and later threatened the man’s younger son.

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    “I sent him for education, not sit-ins. What was our fault? I demand from the authorities to take action against those who forcefully took my kid with them,” he said further.

  • Pakistani makeup artist recreates Deepika’s iconic look

    Pakistani makeup artist recreates Deepika’s iconic look

    Makeup artist and stylist Shoaib Khan has been taking Instagram by storm recently with his incredibly mind-blowing transformations. The makeup artist first wowed everyone with his Maleficent look and now he has recreated Deepika Padukone’s iconic look from her debut film Om Shanti Om.

    “Finally! The look I’ve been meaning to do for so long! My Inspiration, My Queen, Deepika Padukone, arguably the most elegant and sensational actress I’ve ever seen!,” Shoaib wrote in the caption.

    “I just love every bit of her, be it her beauty, her acting skills or her personality! How smart & sophisticated this lady is with everything, the way she carries herself and pulls off every look is literally to die for!”

    Members of the film fraternity including Minal Khan, Hira Mani, Sadaf Kanwal and Amna Ilyas also lauded Khan for his skills.

    Previously, Shoaib had also transformed himself into the Joker and we can’t decide who looks better. The iconic facial expression of the character with a painted white face, red coat, and sporting green hair left us all shook.

    Shoaib also shared with his fans how artists work with devotion regardless of what’s going on in their personal lives.

    “Being an artist we feel every emotion more than any other person, and you can see those emotions through our work. No matter what’s going on in our lives we still have to be at work on time and do our work with all the dedication,” he wrote in the caption.

    He shared that he could relate to the Joker on some levels which is why he recreated this look.

    “Recently I watched Joker and I don’t know I felt that this story is telling lots of people’s stories and I could relate to it, so I thought my next look should be dedicated to this great character and I tried my best to give all my emotions in one look.”

    Lastly, here is Shoaib as Angelina Jolie from Maleficient.

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  • VIDEO: ‘We are impartial,’ military spokesperson tells disgruntled Fazl

    VIDEO: ‘We are impartial,’ military spokesperson tells disgruntled Fazl

    Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major General Asif Ghafoor has said that Pakistan Army is an impartial institution and its support lies only with the democratically elected government.

    Speaking to a private media outlet on Friday night, the military spokesperson said that Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman was a senior politician and he should elaborate as to which institution he was talking about in his Azadi March address.

    Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor’s statement came as JUI-F’s anti-government march on Friday reached Islamabad and Fazl trained guns at the “illegitimate” Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.

    Addressing the protesters, he said that they did not want any confrontation with the institutions, but wanted them to be impartial. “We are giving you two days to stop backing the government,” he said, reiterating his demand for the institutions to be impartial.

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    Following the JUI-F chief’s fiery speech, the ISPR DG said that the army had only discharged its constitutional and legal duties during the 2018 election. “The opposition should take its reservations to the authorities concerned.”

    He added that unrest at such a crucial time was not in the better interests of the country.

    “So far there has been good coordination between the government and opposition committees,” Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor said and added that democratic issues should only be resolved democratically.

    He also said that no one will be allowed to harm the country’s stability.

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    “We don’t know on what basis he [Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor] has issued the statement,” the JUI-F chief said later in the day while speaking to media after attending a multi-party conference of opposition leaders at his residence.

    Fazl added that the statement should have come from a politician instead of the ISPR chief since he represents the institution of army.

    Earlier, the JUI-F chief gave Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan two days’ time to tender his resignation. “After this, we will make our own decision. We will not wait anymore.” He expressed his readiness to have a dialogue with the institutions, but said that the government had to go.

  • Azadi March: ‘Hamid Mir advised Shehbaz to run off before Fazl’s dangerous speech’

    Azadi March: ‘Hamid Mir advised Shehbaz to run off before Fazl’s dangerous speech’

    A journalist affiliated with BBC has claimed that senior journalist and analyst Hamid Mir on Friday advised Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Shehbaz Sharif to run off ahead of Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s fiery speech against the Imran Khan government.

    “A few moments ahead of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief’s dangerous speech, Mir advised Shehbaz to take flight,” Rifatullah Orakzai tweeted.

    Sharing an image of the trio laughing inside Fazl’s Azadi March container, Orakzai further wrote that Mir’s advice had the JUI-F chief, Shehbaz and Mir himself in fits of laughter.

    Earlier, the journalist also addressed the protesters from atop the container to guarantee that women journalists would be permitted to cover the Azadi March.

    “I addressed the gathering after I got a ton of grumblings from women reporters that they were not being permitted to cover the jalsa,” Mir said later, adding that he was approached by JUI-F leadership to make the declaration from the phase that women columnists could cover the walk and that they were permitted to report the occasion.

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    “I, at that point, made the declaration on stage and expressed gratitude towards Fazl,” he said.

    A number of women journalists had on Friday complained that the conservative JUI-F was barring them from covering its anti-government sit-in in the federal capital.

    The revelations had come amid criticism for the religio-political party for having no women participation in its Azadi March.

  • ‘You won’t find a place to hide,’ Fawad warns Opp against underestimating govt

    ‘You won’t find a place to hide,’ Fawad warns Opp against underestimating govt

    Federal Minister for Science & Technology Fawad Chaudhry has warned Azadi March protesters against underestimating the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, saying that it is “exercising self-restraint only on Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s call”.

    Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam- Fazl (JUI-F) is currently holding a sit-in in Islamabad against the “illegitimate” Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government that they say “stole people’s mandate”.

    Protesters belonging to the JUI-F as well as other opposition parties on Friday reached Islamabad as Fazl gave the premier a two-day deadline for his resignation following fiery speeches by Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.

    With government members stepping up to support PM Imran, Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday tweeted to warn the opposition members.

    “Don’t dare to underestimate #PTIGovernment we are exercising self-restraint because @ImranKhanPTI has desired so, if he makes a call these bunch of opportunists ll not find a place to hide in Pakistan,” he wrote.

    Opposition parties are yet to react to the federal minister’s statement.

  • Online violence impacts mental health of female journalists in Pakistan: report

    Online violence impacts mental health of female journalists in Pakistan: report

    A report titled ‘Hostile Bytes – a study of online violence against women journalists’ launched by Media Matters for Democracy (MMfD) says that 95 percent of women journalists feel online violence has an impact on their professional choices, while 77 percent self-censor as a way to counter online violence.

    It also says that 105 out of 110 women believe online violence impacts the mental health of female journalists.

    “The sexualised and personal nature of abuse directed towards them not only affects them on a personal level, but also affects journalism in general that is heavily occupied by men leaving no room for women’s voices. In times when their voices should be amplified, hate campaigns against women journalists is a very well-thought out strategy to ensure systemic oppression of women in professional spaces,” says Hija Kamran, programs manager at MMfD and the author of the study.

    For more details about the report, read this Twitter thread: