Korean actor Park Hyung Sik has shared a teaser of his upcoming fantasy drama ‘Our Blooming Youth’ on his Instagram page. According to details, Sik plays a prince who suffers from a mysterious curse and encounters a genius woman (played by Min Jae Yi) who is being accused of murdering her family members. Both of them agree to help each other and soon develop a closer bond.
Other prominent Korean actors like Choi Woo Shik (Our Beloved Summer) and Lee Young-Joon reached out to congratulate the actor in the comments
K-drama fans would remember Hyung Sik from the popular comedy drama “Strong Girl Bong-Soon” where stars as the CEO of a video game company who hires a woman with incredible strength Bong Soon (played by Park Bo-Young) to become his bodyguard.
Pakistan star-cricketer Babar Azam has landed in a controversy as his alleged personal videos and photos went viral on social media.
According to Fox Cricket, Azam is being accused of allegedly sexting a teammate’s girlfriend after videos and voice recordings went viral online.
While the authenticity of the material remains unclear, it allegedly shows a topless Babar in intimate chats with a woman.
One of the accusations is that Babar promised the woman that her boyfriend’s spot in Pakistan’s XI was safe if she kept sexting him.
The accusation was first posted by verified Twitter account Dr Nimo Yadav, saying: “Babar Azam sexting with GF of another Pakistan cricketer and promising her that her bf won’t be out of the team if she keeps sexting with him is just.”
Babar posted a happy snap while appearing to be on holiday in Sydney on Monday.
“Doesn’t take too much to be happy,” he captioned the photo with the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background.
Pakistani cricket fans took to their social media and started supporting Babar Azam after the video and photos went viral on social media. The alleged viral video of Babar caused a stir among the netizens. Some of his fans claimed that this is a conspiracy against Babar to spoil his image while others said the video has been morphed and urged not to spread lies against the star batter.
Babar has been trending on Twitter since under the hashtag #StayStrongBabarAzam.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has hinted at the possibility that his party may return to the National Assembly (NA) to table a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif.
The PTI fears that its dissenting member Raja Riaz who is holding the parliamentary party leader’s position in the NA may decide to vote in favour of PM Shehbaz if President Dr Arif Alvi asks Shehbaz Sharif to take the trust vote.
Talking to the media at his Lahore residence, Khan said planning and consultations with party leaders and legal experts are going on to strategise how PTI’s turncoats can be stopped from siding with the ruling coalition of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM).
“He [Shehbaz Sharif] will have sleepless nights in the days to come”, Khan reportedly said to journalists.
He claimed that some Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNAs want to join the PTI.
“Some PML-N members of the National Assembly are in contact with the PTI and they have expressed their interest in joining our camp. We will test them before giving them party membership,” Imran said, adding that he saw elections taking place in March or April.
The former ruling party is considering “testing” PM Sharif’s strength in the house sensing that cracks are appearing in PDM’s ranks.
PTI’s senior leader Fawad Chaudhry has said that the party’s return to the National Assembly was linked with its plan to oust PM Sharif, reports Dawn.
He said PTI was seeking legal opinion on how it could bind its MNAs to vote in line with the party policy in case of a no-trust move, and if that can be achieved without joining the assembly.
Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Pervaiz Elahi on Monday clarified that no final decision has been taken yet on a merger between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q).
Clarifying that consultations are still underway, Pervaiz Elahi said that Imran Khan first offered Moonis the invitation to merge the two parties and then asked to be the president of the party.
However, he added that yesterday a meeting between the two parties took place in which all 10 PML-Q Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) were present. “It was mutually decided that we will ask the people in our constituents first,” he said.
Reacting to the show-cause notice sent to him by PML-Q, he said “Nothing as such has happened yet and they already have a problem,” he retorted.
Earlier, PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain suspended Elahi’s party membership after he hinted at a merger between his party and ally PTI.
The PML-Q issued show-cause notices to Elahi as well as Moonis Elahi, Hussain Elahi and Senator Kamil Ali Agha.
The notice gave Elahi seven days to provide an explanation for his comments, otherwise, proceedings would be initiated against him.
PML-Q electoral college office-bearers authorised Elahi, the party’s provincial president, to make decisions on behalf of the party with regard to its merger into the PTI.
However, Express Tribune has reported that according to sources within the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the PML-Q could not be merged with the PTI on Elahi’s wish as the party is registered in Shujaat’s name.
PML-Q ready to merge with PTI, decision expected today
On Monday, it was reported that PML-Q is ready to merge with PTI.
According to news reports, the majority of PML-Q is in favour of the merger. Elahi summoned a meeting to discuss the matter with his party.
PML-Q leader Moonis Elahi, son of Pervaiz Elahi, was reportedly ready to merge with PTI and a formal announcement was expected on Monday.
The Miss Universe pagaent officially wrapped up on Saturday night, with Miss R’Bonney Gabriel from USA being crowned as the winner. Gabriel marks the first time a Filipino-American has won the pagaent. At the Q&A stage of competition for the finalists, Gabriel was asked what would she do to show that Miss Universe is an ’empowering and progressive organization’ if she were to win. Miss USA responded by saying that she would use her work as a fashion designer to teach sewing to survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking.
“I teach sewing classes to women that have survived from human trafficking and domestic violence. And I say that because it is so important to invest in others, invest in our community, and use your unique talent to make a difference. We all have something special, and when we plant those seeds to other people in our life, we transform them, and we use that as a vehicle for change.”
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Faisal Javed Khan has put forward a bill to ensure royalties for artists. Taking to Twitter on Monday, the senator wrote that last year, a lot of awareness was raised about the need to ensure royalties for artists. He therefore was putting forward a bill in the Senate, ensuring creative people are prioritized. Royalties are payments made to artists when a show that they have worked on is re-run on television. “After getting the resolution passed unanimously last year. Glad to announce that today it was indeed a pleasure tabling the much needed royalties bill especially for the poor creative people of our country. #RoyaltiesForArtists Hoping to get it passed soon Insha’ALLAH”
After getting the resolution passed unanimously last year. Glad to announce that today it was indeed a pleasure tabling the much needed royalties bill especially for the poor creative people of our country. #RoyaltiesForArtists Hoping to get it passed soon Insha’ALLAH
“Artists have been facing the issue of rightful & just royalties for a long time due to redundant and out-dated provisions of relevant laws. The amendment in copyright ordinance 1962 aims at empowering copyright board to fix the royalties for licencing & assignment of work”
Artists have been facing the issue of rightful & just royalties for a long time due to redundant and out-dated provisions of relevant laws. The amendment in copyright ordinance 1962 aims at empowering copyright board to fix the royalties for licencing & assignment of work
Actors like Vasay Chaudhry applauded the bill, and marked it as an important decision to protect creative people in Pakistan, as he pointed out how shows are consistently aired on television shows, but actors or writers whose efforts led to the show’s success, are not given proper compensation.
Thank you @FaisalJavedKhan for sticking to this. NO Royalties are given to Pakistani actors,writers,Producers where as their work is run again n again n again on different platforms,without being given a single penny for those Rerun. https://t.co/1FlkOXHiX4
Last year, the hashtag #giveroyaltiestoartists began trending on Twitter as celebrities like Ushna Shah and Mansha Pasha used their twitter accounts to shed awareness on the limited support creative artists have to remain financially secure for their remaining life, after veteran actress Naila Jafri passed away battling cancer.
Royalties are meant to feed artists for life but in PK we are heartbreakingly forsaken. #NailaJafri shouldn’t have had to publicly request for what is hers on her cancer bed. Many artists have relied on the kindness of samaritan fans once their distress was made public. 1/2
When can we expect proper policies for artists and technicians in this country so that they dont have to make a video from a hospital bed in order to ask for that which would have been guaranteed in another country? @shiblifarazhttps://t.co/305RyjXvNo
Bollywood dancer and reality television star Rakhi Sawant recently announced her marriage with Bangalorean Muslim entrepreneur and model Adil Khan, which was ritually performed in May 2022.
The actress got married to her boyfriend as per Muslim customs. However, when the media contacted Adil, he called the marriage ‘fake’ and denied the reports. After learning about his reaction, Rakhi was left heartbroken and started crying in an interview.
“He asked me not to reveal the marriage for a year because of his sister’s wedding. I trusted him and went to Bigg Boss Marathi 4 house.”
“When I was in the Bigg Boss house, many incidents happened outside the house, which were unacceptable for me. Hence, I shared pictures of our wedding on social media. I was very scared. He loves me a lot but why is he denying my marriage? He must be getting pressure from his family,” Rakhi added.
She further added, “I did halal instead of haraam. Many people do ‘haraam’ but I did ‘halal’. I am not wrong.”
Sawant started crying and said, “My mother is hospitalised. She has brain cancer. I am worried for her. Adil has not been speaking with me since morning. You can ask him why he is not speaking with me. I don’t why such bad things are happening to me. Why why why?”
Adil’s Announcement
After days of silence, Adil Khan has now confirmed that they, in fact, have been married since last year and that he had maintained silence on the matter as he had some issues to take care of. Now, sharing a wedding photo of the couple, Adil said: “So here’s an announcement finally,I never said I am not married to you, Rakhi. Just had to handle a few things so had to be quiet, happy married life to us Rakhi (pappudi). “ Rakhi Sawant replied to the post saying: “Thanks jaan lots of love.”
Actresses Devoleena Bhattacharjee and Ankita Lokhande congratulated the couple.
While Rakhi Sawant shared the news of her wedding last week, no such confirmation came from Adil’s side, leading to rumours that there may be trouble in paradise. After days of silence, Adil to ETimes, “Well, yes, Rakhi and I are married. We are living together and happy.” However, when asked whether his family had accepted Rakhi, he said, “Woh process ab bhi chal rahi hai (it is an ongoing process). It will take some time.”
Rakhi’s Response To Adil’s Acceptance
After Durrani confirmed his marriage to the reality TV queen on Monday, the couple was papped recently in Mumbai where she claimed that her ‘bhai’ Salman Khan called Adil when the latter reportedly refused to accept her.
During her latest interaction with the media, Rakhi thanked Salman for helping her. “Bhai ka phone aaya tha inko… Mere bhai Salman ne mera ghar basa diya (Salman Bhai called him, he saved my marriage)”, she said.
The Krazzy 4 star was earlier captured behind the scenes of a photoshoot, during which Sawant said that she will completely stop wearing revealing dresses because it’s not allowed in Islam.
Rakhi previously converted to Christianity from Hinduism in the mid-2000s.
Earlier in an interview, the dancing diva revealed that Adil has gifted her a BMW car and a lavish home in Dubai. “Adil has bought a house in Dubai in my name. The other day, he’d gifted me a BMW. But frankly, my treasure is his love. His love is true. He is a loyalist. He is very serious about me, else which guy introduces his love so early to his family?”,
She recently traveled to Dubai to meet Adil’s family members, which signals the fact that their relationship is just getting more serious by the day.
Last year she announced her separation from her ex-husband Ritesh Singh via social media post. In her statement, the actor had said that she was ‘really sad and heartbroken’. It was during Bigg Boss 15 show when Rakhi introduced Ritesh for the first time on national television.
Ever since the news of her wedding came into the picture fans were quite excited to see who her husband is. Later when Ritesh and Rakhi entered Bigg Boss 15, fans could not keep calm as finally the mystery around her husband was lifted. But after being together and facing so many ups and downs the couple has parted ways. Today in an Instagram post, Rakhi shared a long note announcing her separation.
In a press interaction, Sawant stated that she is munching on sweet delicacies in depression after her husband left her.
Taking to her Instagram handle, Rakhi Sawant shared a post and wrote, “Dear fans and well-wishers, Just wanted to say that Ritesh and I have decided to part ways. After the Bigg Bos show a lot happened and I was unaware of certain things which were out of my control. We have tried to work out our differences and tried to make things work but I think it’s best we both move on amicably and we both enjoy our lives separately. I’m really sad and heartbroken that this had to happen before Valentine’s Day but the decision had to be made. I wish Ritesh the best in life at this stage in life I have to focus on my work and my life and keep myself happy and healthy. Thank you for understanding and supporting me always!”
Speaking with Times of India, Rakhi said crying, “He left me! I loved him so much and he left me. After Bigg Boss a few weeks ago, we started living together in my house in Mumbai, but yesterday he packed his bags and left. He said that he is in legal trouble because he didn’t divorce her first wife and now he doesn’t want to live with me anymore. He said that he lost an of money also in his business as he had to go through a lot of scrutiny after he entered the Bigg Boss house with me.” She added that her heart broke as after coming out of the Bigg Boss house she got to know that he already has a wife and a kid. Rakhi further said the she is trying to come to terms with the fact that everything has ended.
In the town Dara Adamkhel, guns and drugs are common but now Raj Mohammad, an academic and poet, has set up a small library which has over 500 members, AFP reports.
Dara Adamkhel is the main town in the Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, known as the center of illegal arms trade where markets and stalls are stockpiled with pistols, automatic rifles, as well as various types of bullets.
The library is only a short walk away from the markets where books like Virginia Woolf’s “Mrs Dalloway”, as well as the YA “Twilight Saga” series are available for readers.
Raj Mohammad was at first pessmistic about the idea of starting a library, as he tells AFP that in a town notorious for gun violence, a library would have no place. “Initially we were discouraged. People asked, ‘What is the use of books in a place like Darra Adamkhel? Who would ever read here?’
However, 33 year old volunteer librarian Shafiullah Afridi told AFP that more of the younger generation are interested in reading rather than engaging in the guns and drug business.
“Especially among the younger generation who are now interested in education instead of weapons.”
“When people see young people in their neighborhood becoming doctors and engineers, others also start sending their children to school,” he told the news outlet.
Despite the noise from gun testing and bombs raging outside, the librarians have ensured that they offer a quiet and peaceful environment within the library, enforcing a strict “no guns policy” as their members browse through the 4000 books in English, Urdu and Pashto. Along with popular fiction titles, the library has books on the history of Pakistan, guides for sitting the civil service exam and also selections on Islamic teachings.
“You could say we planted the library on a pile of weapons”, said Mohammad.
Pakistani and Indian celebrities had a wholesome interaction at a party held on Monday night. Pakistani actresses attended a party where Bollywood screenwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar and his daughter filmmaker Zoya Akhtar were also in attendance. Sarwat Gillani posted pictures of the interaction, thanking Fauzai Kehar for hosting the event.
“Had the pleasure to meet the Master, Javed Akhtar Sahab and his brilliant filmmaker daughter Zoya Akhtar.
Thank you @fauzia_kehar for opening your heart and home to us, you’re a wonderful host to say the least.”
Actor Srha Asghar recently spoke about her brother’s untimely death for the first time in an interview with Nadir Ali.
Srha Asghar told about her military brother who was stationed in Afghanistan. Srha said this about him in Nadir Ali’s podcast: “I think that I feel sad about the time when my brother died in the USA, I could not even go to his funeral, even if I could go I can’t tell about my feelings, I think I can’t attend funerals, and at that time I had my exams and my other brother was with me, I know it’s important to be at the funeral of brother but I could not go and even when I visited his grave , I didn’t react.”
The Pyaar Ke Sadqay star added, “I remember that I cried after two three days, my brother died in 2012, he was 31’yeard old, he used to serve in US Army and he got a bullet in Afghanistan. a troop hit his camp. I talked to him on skype before his death. He talked to everyone, it was difficult for me but I think how difficult would it be for my mother”.
