Satire: Male circles react sharply to Aurat March posters
The Aurat March has stirred heated debates among the males of Pakistan, who see the daring march aided with ‘provocative’ and ‘inflammatory’ slogans inscribed on placards and brandished by very smart, confident women in the face of TV cameras, a great challenge to their diminishing power. The Aurat March was taken out simultaneously in Lahore, …
SATIRE: Pakistani Trumps and Acostas make the headlines
Taking a cue from Donald Trump’s wisest decision of banning CNN correspondent Jim Acosta from the White House, the Donald Trumps of the Pakistani journalism have banned Jim Acosta of the cabinet – Fawad Chaudhry, alias Honest Chaudhry – from entering press clubs across the country. “You can’t enter our press clubs and eat the …
Eight MoUs to be signed during crown prince’s visit to Pakistan: FM Qureshi
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced on Wednesday that at least eight memoranda of (mis)understanding (MoUs) will be signed between Islamabad and Riyadh during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s upcoming two-day visit to Pakistan. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad, Mr Qureshi said the Saudi royal did not wish to visit Pakistan just to …
Roohi Bano: A trend-setter in Pakistan TV
TV actor par excellence Roohi Bano, who ruled the hearts of PTV drama fans for years for her incredible performances in the early years of the state television channel, is no more. She was 68. She died in Istanbul, with her sister and a nephew by her side, from kidney failure. She is survived by …
Malik Hakmeen Khan – he died with his boots on
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) lost one of its diehard and loyal members in former provincial minister Malik Hakmeen Khan on January 4. He began his political career from the PPP platform and breathed his last in the PPP fold. His coffin was proudly draped in a PPP flag. One of the founding members of …
Ali Raza Abidi – a rare politician (July 6, 1972 to December 25, 2018)
The tolerant, soft-spoken and pro-peace former lawmaker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-P (MQM-P) was shot at and injured outside his house in Karachi Defence late on December 25, 2018. His family says he was to dine out with them on that night and for that reason, he was home to pick them when two motorcyclists …