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  • Of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz and Katrina Kaif: Mehwish Hayat’s new song sparks outrage

    Of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz and Katrina Kaif: Mehwish Hayat’s new song sparks outrage

    Saqib Malik’s upcoming film Baaji already had a star-studded cast with the likes of Meera Jee and Osman Khalid Butt, but its glamour quotient increased by several folds after its makers dropped a new song featuring none other than dancing queen Mehwish Hayat.

    The song titled Gangster Guriya has Mehwish channel her inner rebel and show off her moves in a couple of glamourous outfits. The vocals of the song have been done by Bollywood singer Sunidhi Chauhan while Osman is the man behind the lyrics and choreography.

    In its essence, Gangster Guriya is an item number and that is pretty much enough to flare up Pakistanis, especially given the recent debate around the inclusion of such songs in films. In fact, very recently, Hamza Ali Abbasi, on a talent show schooled a young girl for dancing to an item song. Interestingly, the girl’s performance was on Mehwish’s item song, Billi from Na Maloon Afraad.

    Following the release of the song, Pakistanis are calling for Mehwish’s Tamgha-e-Imtiaz to be cancelled.

    In case you are blissfully unaware, Mehwish’s Tamgha has been embroiled in controversy ever since it was announced that she will be receiving one earlier this year. However, Mehwish slammed all trolls and critics who said she didn’t deserve it. But Pakistanis don’t leave a chance to drag it in at every opportunity.

    Here are some of the censored comments from social media:

    https://twitter.com/toxicbaig/status/1141582223239536641

    Someone even appealed to PM Imran Khan to take notice.

    Even the disappointed cricket fan wasn’t spared.

    Several others pointed out that Mehwish’s avatar in the song bears a striking resemblance to Katrina Kaif’s from Husn-e-Parcham, Zero.

    However, there were others who liked Mehwish’s new avatar and song.

    Watch the full song here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkweRSdM0-4
  • The World’s Best Airline Flies From Your City Too

    The World’s Best Airline Flies From Your City Too

    We’re not spoiled for choice when it comes to international travel. 2018 winner of the Skytrax World Airline awards, was Singapore airlines but this year, it’s Qatar Airways, an airline which operates from major cities in Pakistan.

    Qatar Airways Economy Class.
    Photo credit: Qatar Airways

    The annual awards are announced in Paris and voted for by more than 20 million passengers worldwide.

    Singapore Airlines took second place and another Pakistan favourite, Emirates just made the top five by making it to 5th place.

  • Veena Malik finds an unexpected supporter

    Veena Malik finds an unexpected supporter

    Veena Malik has lately been making the news a lot thanks to her controversial statements on Twitter and endless trolling of Maryam Nawaz.

    Earlier this week, Veena engaged in a Twitter spat with Indian tennis star Sania Mirza who slut-shamed her by referring to her controversial magazine photoshoot. Though Sania later deleted her tweet, it wasn’t before Veena was able to screenshot it, share it and call her out for deleting it.

    Many supported Veena and called out Sania for her remarks. Later, Veena defended herself saying that the magazine photo shoot she is so often called out for was photoshopped. She even said that she has not been part of the film industry for the past five years and has pleaded to God for forgiveness several times. Among those lauded Veena for opening up and being honest was Aamir Liaquat’s wife, Tuba Aamir.

    Tuba tweeted that Veena doesn’t owe answers to anyone and told her to keep going and ignore the negativity before going onto say, “Sinners judging sinners for sinning differently.”

  • PM Imran misquotes Rabindranath Tagore, credits his words to Khalil Gibran

    PM Imran misquotes Rabindranath Tagore, credits his words to Khalil Gibran

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has misquoted Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore — tweeting his words while crediting Lebanese-American writer and poet Khalil Gibran instead, journalist Gharidah Farooqi pointed out Wednesday.

    “Those who discover and get to understand the wisdom of Gibran’s words, cited below, get to live a life of contentment [sic],” the premier had tweeted earlier in the day.

    While the tweet was liked and retweeted by thousands of PM Imran’s follower, journalist Gharidah Farooqi pointed out what was wrong with it.

    Retweeting, she wrote: “Sir, these are Rabindranath Tagore’s words, not Khalil Gibran’s. I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”

    The premier has not yet reacted to the journalist’s tweet.

  • Video of Fawad Chaudhry slapping journalist Sami Ibrahim emerges

    Video of Fawad Chaudhry slapping journalist Sami Ibrahim emerges

    Days after Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry slapped senior anchorperson Sami Ibrahim, a video of the incident has emerged.

    The incident took place last week at a wedding in Faisalabad, where the minister slapped Ibrahim “after getting angry” in wake of the ongoing spat between the two.

    Earlier in June, the senior anchorperson had alleged that some elements within the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were hatching a conspiracy against Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan to oust him and to weaken the Pakistan Army.

    He had alleged that Fawad was a part of the group conspiring against the government.

    The minister had responded by using slurs against the anchorperson, drawing widespread criticism from politicians, civil society and members of the journalist community.

    He had also accused Sami of blackmailing him when he was the information minister for refusing to put his channel, Bol TV, into category A for advertisements.

    Last Friday, Fawad tweeted that he had initiated criminal proceedings against the senior anchorperson and he would teach him a lesson in accordance with the law.

    However, later that night when both of them met at the wedding function in Faisalabad, they had a bitter argument, which led to the minister slapping him on the face.

    WATCH VIDEO:

    The incident had led to PM Imran speaking to the journalist and telling him “his party doesn’t encourage any individual acts that intentionally or unintentionally undermine someone’s self-esteem.”

  • ‘#WomenEmpowerment’: Meet Pakistan Army’s third woman major general

    ‘#WomenEmpowerment’: Meet Pakistan Army’s third woman major general

    Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari has tweeted to pay her respect to Nigar Johar Khan, the third woman in the country’s history to hold the rank of major general in the Pakistan Army.

    “Respect. #womenempowerment,” Mazari wrote while sharing a picture of the officer.

    Hailing from a Pashtun family of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Panjpir village in Swabi, Maj Gen Nigar Johar Khan is the daughter of Col Qadir, who served in the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

    She is from the 5th MBBS course of Army Medical College (AMC) and has served as female company commander of Ayesha company at the same college.

    In 2015, she was featured in an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) video honouring women officers of the country’s armed forces. At the time, she was the deputy commandant of Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Rawalpindi.

    Apart from being a doctor, she is a sharpshooter and is currently serving as the commandant of Pak-Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi.

    The first two major generals, Shahida Badsha and Shahida Malik also belong to the Army Medical Corps. Another officer, Dr Shehla Baqai became the fourth female Major General in Pakistan Army last year.

  • KP government plans to introduce helicopter service to Kalam, Chitral

    KP government plans to introduce helicopter service to Kalam, Chitral

    KP Tourism Minister Atif Khan in a recent media talk revealed that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is planning to start a helicopter service to make it easier for people to reach popular tourist spots.

    Many of KP’s tourist destinations, including Swat’s Kalam Valley, Chitral and Kumrat are difficult to reach due to lack of infrastructure, proper roads and difficult terrain. Most of the roads are narrow and not carpeted and hence dangerous. Helicopter services will cut down the travel time and make it easier for tourists to reach these areas.

    The minister did not share details as to what the cost of this service will be or when it will begin.

    The Imran Khan led government is working on an extensive plan to boost tourism in the country and make Pakistan a tourist hotspot.

  • Al-Huda’s Farhat Hashmi says there is no such thing as marital rape

    Al-Huda’s Farhat Hashmi says there is no such thing as marital rape

    Televangelist Farhat Hashmi has often been criticised for her regressive views and statements.

    Recently, a video on her’s surfaced on Twitter in which she is saying that marital rape does not exist. According to Hashmi, a woman cannot say no to her husband and advises wives to submit to their husbands’ ‘demands’.

    Hashmi said that she wouldn’t prefer to talk on the relations between a husband and wife because they are private but because it is about religion she feels she should address the matter. Farhat then went onto say that a lot of marriages and households are affected because of such matters as they are not openly discussed.

    Farhat then went onto say that women have developed a mood of resistance and are more focused towards their careers because of which they don’t have enough time for their husbands. She said that “Allah ki raza, shohar ki raza main hai aur Allah ki narazgi, shohar ki narazgi main hai.“

    Farhat also said that men work hard to keep their wives so the least the wives can do is to ensure they are sexually satisfied and that a woman’s mood shouldn’t count. Farhat asserted that in order to keep Allah happy, a women must keep her husband happy. She even quoted a Hadith to support her stance.

    However, Farhat said that oral and anal sex is unlawful and haraam. She also said that if a woman is sick or is physically weak then she doesn’t have to oblige to her husband’s demands.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUefgcrXIQs&feature=youtu.be&t=25
  • Of ‘not-so-untimely’ ailments

    Of ‘not-so-untimely’ ailments

    Pakistani politicians are rather infamous for falling sick right
    after they are sentenced to imprisonment, taken into custody for investigation or
    even if summoned by a court.

    While some think of the sudden ailment as “nothing but an
    easy way out of the ordeal that could follow”, several others believe otherwise.

    Here are five politicians who fell prey to an untimely, or
    perhaps timely, sickness.

    1. Pervez Musharraf

    Soon after All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) chief and former
    military ruler Pervez Musharraf was charged with treason, he underwent chest
    and back pain. He was shifted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH), where he
    spent months and failed to appear before the court.

    Even though Musharraf’s name was put on the Exit Control List
    (ECL), the Interior Ministry allowed him to leave the country for treatment
    back in 2016 and he hasn’t returned since.

    2. Nawaz Sharif

    Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was advised to undergo a
    heart surgery soon after the emergence of Panama Papers in April 2016 amid
    calls for a probe into his offshore assets by the opposition.

    Since the case started and his subsequent imprisonment last year, the ex-PM has time and again sought bail on medical grounds, even the permission to travel abroad for treatment, and has taken multiple trips to the hospital from jail.

    3. Ishaq Dar

    The former PML-N lawmaker tendered his resignation as the country’s finance minister after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) initiated an inquiry into his assets back in 2017.

    Dar fell ill, with his counsel requesting an exemption from the court. He later traveled to the United Kingdom (UK) and hasn’t returned since. The politician’s medical reports say he is severely ill; however, he has been spotted walking upright on London streets time and again.

    4. Asif Ali Zardari

    The former president’s little visit to the hospital after he
    was taken into NAB custody last week, wasn’t the first of its kind. Earlier, he
    had used his medical reports to fight a corruption case filed against him in a
    British court.

    Zardari had pleaded that he was diagnosed with a range of
    psychiatric illnesses during his detention in jail. He, however, went on to
    become the president of Pakistan in 2008.

    The list doesn’t end here as several other political figures, including ex-petroleum minister Dr Asim Hussain and ex-information minister Sharjeel Memon, have also sought medical attention in times of trouble.

    The Current asked people about what they think of all these untimely ailments and here is what they had to say:

  • Indian magician drowns after ‘magic’ act goes wrong

    Indian magician drowns after ‘magic’ act goes wrong

    Chanchal Lahiri, an Indian man, who was popular by his stage name “Jadugar Mandrake,” drowned while trying to perform an underwater magic stunt.

    The 40-year-old magician on Sunday tied himself up with chains and ropes and was lowered by winch into a river in Kolkata in a yellow and red costume.

    Unfortunately, he failed to emerge from the waters, much to the horror of onlookers including his family and team members. Authorities initially believed that the vanishing act could be part of the stunt but immediately mobilised help to rescue him when he failed to make an appearance.

    Lahiri had previously said that he had successfully pulled off a similar stunt 21 years ago and wanted to perform one again.

    “I was inside a bulletproof glass box tied with chain and locks and dropped down from Howrah bridge. Then I came out within 29 seconds,” he said.

    He admitted it would be tough to free himself this time.

    “If I can open it up then it will be magic, but if I can’t it will be tragic,” he said.

    He also said he was undertaking the death-defying stunt to “revive interest in magic”.