ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) has rejected the appeal of federal government to restrain Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) chief Hafiz Saeed from his social welfare activites. The two-member bench rejected the appeal of federal government against the verdict of Lahore High Court (LHC) on JUD’s welfare and charity work and licensed Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Falahi Insaniyat […]
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Saudi woman drives F1 car to mark an end to female driving
Saudi woman, Aseel Al Hammad drove Renault Formula 1 car in front of her fans. She drove around the French Grand Pixir Circuit and declared the historic day as a beginning of a new time for Saudi women in motorsports. The lap of Le Castellet’s Paul Ricard came on the day when the ban on […]
Saudi Arabia overturns ban on women driving
Saudi Arabian women celebrated being able to drive for the first time in decades Sunday, as the kingdom overturned the world’s only ban on female motorists, a historic reform expected to usher in a new era of social mobility. The move is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s wide-ranging drive to modernise the conservative […]
Austria to shut 7 mosques, deport imams
Austria on Friday decided to cease seven mosques in the country over allegedly running via “foreign funding”, while it also said the concerned clerics would be deported. Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz said that the step has been taken in a bid to “counter political Islam” in Austria. Officials also claim that few mosques have […]
The Muslim veil ban debate: signs of an evolved world?
It is a great pleasure and honour for all of us to be here today, in a quantum leap of a revolutionised understanding of the world, where the product of a time that once divided it into blocs, now sees into the everyday life and curiosities of its citizens, and treats them with dignity and […]
Geo TV off-air in various parts of Punjab
LAHORE: As of Sunday, Geo TV channel is off-air in various parts of Punjab as journalists and users over the Social Media platforms protest against the channel’s blackout from the cable and demand its recovery. Geo TV journalist Talat Hussain said via his Twitter account that the news channel of the franchise is not the […]
Atif Aslam to sing track written by Salman Khan
In the times when Indian Film Association has banned Pakistani artists from working in Bollywood, renowned singer Atif Aslam is going to sing a romantic song in Salman Khan’s upcoming action-thriller, ‘Race 3’. According to Mumbai Mirror, it is announced that Atif, who has been a Race usual with hit songs like ‘Pehli Nazar Mein‘ for Race (2008) and ‘Allah […]
Indian critics say ‘Pari’ is a mediocre movie
Now that the Anushka Sharma starrer Pari is out and banned in Pakistan, and it’s obvious that we’re not going to get to see it, the ratings from across the border have been telling us that we’re really not missing out on much. While many lauded the film for its cinematography and some jump-in-your-seat scares, most dragged it […]
Atif Aslam refuses to promote Bollywood song after Indian ban
MUMBAI/ISLAMABAD: Following politician Babul Supriyo’s ban on Pakistani artistes working in the film industry earlier this month, Pakistani singer Atif Aslam has been repeatedly shrugging off requests to promote his latest song, Sehmi Hai Dhadkan, from the upcoming Bollywood film Daas Dev, says producer Sanjeev Kumar. Kumar said in a statement: “Atif said he will do it, but it […]
Cine workers’ body bans Pakistani artists from Bollywood
MUMBAI: The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) has banned Pakistani artists and technicians from displaying their skills in the Bollywood industry. The ban placed by the film industry workers’ union in Mumbai, on Thursday, comes from a unanimous vote and prohibits Pakistani artists from performing in films as well as TV serials produced […]