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SOC Outreach expands to SINDH with “Inheritance”

Posted on by Ali Qasim

Lahore (NUT-DESK)

In order to educate women on their constitutional rights, multi-award winning production house SOC Films, under its community engagement platform, SOC Outreach, took their latest animation series, “Inheritance Rights of Women according to Pakistani Law”, across the province of Sindh.

To instill critical thinking in the next generation of Pakistanis, SOC Outreach conducted sessions in different colleges, and communities across Sindh screening animated films on the ‘Women’s right to access to property and inheritance’ according to the Pakistani law. 

“When you talk to Pakistani women no matter if they are living in an urban or rural area, the realization hits that a large number of them are unaware about their basic rights provided by the state. This lack of knowledge plays a major role in their unequal participation in the society. Our films aim to fill this information gap and educate them about their inheritance laws all across the country.” said Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

“In a society like Pakistan where women’s access to property and resources, and ability to earn and be financially independent is limited and challenging, an inherited property is one of the few women can acquire property, gain financial independence and escape cycles of violence.” said Javeria Kamran, Program Coordinator at The Legal Aid Society.

Understanding the need for improved legal awareness amongst women in Pakistan, the animated “Inheritance Rights of Women according to Pakistani Law” series, produced in collaboration with The Legal Aid Society [LAS] and National Commission on the Status of Women [NCSW], comprises of 9 animated films, shedding light on Women’s right to marital and legal property in Pakistan. The films are available in 8 regional languages.

For more information about SOC Films, please visit: http://www.facebook.com/socfilms https://www.instagram.com/soc_films/

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Kiran Tabeir marks ’11 years of togetherness’ with husband

Posted on by Ali Qasim

Lahore (NUT-DESK)

Actor Kiran Tabeir marked her 11th wedding anniversary with her husband Ali Hamza Safdar on Thursday midnight.

A well-known name of Pakistan’s showbiz industry, actor and host Kiran Tabeir took to the photo and video sharing site, Instagram on Thursday midnight to share a clip from her anniversary celebration, that sees the couple cutting a cake in the candlelit space.

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The ‘Meri Baji’ actor penned a heartfelt note to celebrate ’11 years of togetherness’ with the partner: “Definitely we Both deserve Appreciation..Because with All the craziness, disagreements, arguments (above all this my emotional Blackmailing 🙈 ) Between All this drama we Both Still manage to Love each other)”.

“Thank you so much Husband for All your Hard-work which you did to give me a Comfortable Life”, she further expressed.

Tabeir tied the knot with Ali in 2011, and both share a beautiful bond of love and friendship even after 11 long years of their marriage, the couple has managed to keep the spark alive between them.

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Ushna Shah all praise for Shahid Afridi: ‘Lala ney dil jeet liya’

Posted on by Ali Qasim

Lahore (NUT-DESK)

Pakistani actress Ushna Shah showered praise on former Pakistani allrounder Shahid Afridi, saying ‘the biggest star of Pakistan’ was ‘so humble’.

The actress met the star cricketer on a flight but she stopped short of describing about the flight. However, in her Instagram Story, Ushna Shah dropped the reveal that she had been on her way to Lahore where she will take part in the shooting of a film.

The actress further said she will play a leg-spinner in the upcoming movie.

“On a flight with Shahid Afridi bhai. Hands down the biggest star in Pakistan yet so humble,” said the Parizaad actress in a tweet.

“Blessed me with encouragement & duas & SO gracious & kind to everyone who would come up to him, especially children.”

Ushna Shah concluded her tweet saying, “Lala ney dil jeet liya.”

After being noticed in the 2014 thriller Bashar Momin, Ushna featured as the female lead in several critically acclaimed serials, including Duaa (2015), Neelam Kinaray (2016), Ab Kar Meri Rafugari (2016), Thoda Sa Aasman (2016), Lashkara (2018) and Ru Baru Ishq Tha (2018). 

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Jannat Mirza schools Aiman Khan for commenting on her makeup: ‘You have no right’

Posted on by Ali Qasim

Lahore (NUT-DESK)

Jannat Mirza is getting back at Aiman Khan for calling out her beauty regimen.

Turning to her Instagram on Tuesday, the famous TikToker shared a video of herself, responding to Aiman’s advice on her makeup.

“When someone w alot of makeup and surgeries on her face tells you not to put makeup,” she captioned her post taking a jibe at the mother-of-one.

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In a recent interview, Aiman Khan was asked by host Wajahat Rauf to give a piece of advice to a list of celebrities that aso featured Mirza’s name. “Please wear less makeup,” Aiman sent a message to the TikToker at the time.

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Imran Abbas has a befitting reply to why Ahad Raza Mir skipped Saboor Aly’s wedding

Posted on by Ali Qasim

Lahore (NUT-DESK)

Actor Imran Abbas on Tuesday gave a befitting reply to nosy fans who have relentlessly been inquiring about why Sajal Aly’s husband Ahad Raza Mir chose to skip his sister-in-law Saboor Aly’s wedding festivities.

Taking to his Instagram stories, Imran shared a question sticker that asked, “Do you know why Ahad Raza Mir did not attend Saboor Aly’s wedding?”

To this, the Khuda Aur Mohabbat actor retorted, “Kia aap jantay hain ke aap apne kaam se kaam kyun nahi rakhtay? (Do you know why you can’t mind your own business?)”.

“Jitna aap logon ki zindagi ke baaray mein sochtay hain ager apne baaray mein sochain to kaheen se kaheen pohunch jaayain (If you think about yourself as much as you think about others, you would be somewhere better),” added Imran.

The reply comes hot on the heels of fevered interest in Ahad and Sajal’s marriage after the former was notably missing at Sajal’s sister’s wedding. Sajal has since uploaded a picture with her husband, only to delete it moments later. 

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Aiman Khan stirs controversy with her ‘marriage’ comment

Posted on by Ali Qasim

Lahore (NUT-DESK)

Actor Aiman Khan has dropped a rather questionable statement while advocating early marriages in her recent interview.

Prominent actor of Pakistan’s drama industry, Aiman Khan has been in the news for the past week over her blunt statements in the latest interview.

After her Internet war with TikToker Jannat Mirza, another statement of Aiman Khan is creating headlines, where the host asked Aiman to comment on “whether all actresses should get married early because of a lack of eligible guys”, to which she replied, “Yes, they should get married. When it is time, get married”.

Aiman further added, “I think the longer you take to get married, it just doesn’t happen then. I mean, there are so many actresses who are still unmarried”.

Earlier this week, a clip from the recent appearance of the ‘Baydardi’ actor on a digital show went viral on social media, which sees the actor voicing a few words of wisdom for the fellow celebs. Though what came as a shocker for the audience was her unapologetic statement for TikTok star, Jannat Mirza to ‘wear less makeup’.

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Sana Javed, Umair Jaswal receive coveted Golden Visa from the UAE .

Posted on by Ali Qasim

Lahore (NUT-DESK)

After Humayun Saeed, celeb couple Sana Javed and Umair Jaswal are the latest Pakistani celebs to receive the coveted Golden Visa from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Sana took to Instagram on Friday to share the news with a snippet from a Khaleej Times article announcing the same. “Thank you, UAE!” she captioned the post.

Talking to City Times, the Khaani star shared her excitement about being honoured by UAE, saying, “We are very thrilled and honoured to get this Golden Visa. We are very grateful to the UAE.”

Her husband, singer-songwriter Umair, also described the honour as “an amazing feeling.”

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“UAE has always been a second home to us, and we meet so many of our loved ones here, so being honoured with this visa is absolutely fantastic,” he said.

With a golden visa, foreigners can live, work and study in the UAE without the need of a national sponsor and with 100 per cent ownership of their business on the UAE’s mainland.

Other stars who have received the prestigious golden visa include Cristiano Ronaldo, Shah Rukh Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty etc.

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Newlywed Saboor Aly & Ali Ansari dance their heart out at shendi event

Posted on by Ali Qasim

Lahore (NUT-DESK)

Celebrity couple, Saboor Aly and Ali Ansari officially tied the knot in an intimate wedding ceremony, held on Friday.

The newly wedded couple recently held a fun night, shendi event – a combination of shaadi and mehndi event and enjoyed with their showbiz industry friends and family members.

Pictures and videos form the fun event took the internet by storm, as fans can’t stop gushing over the beautiful couple.

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Hiba Bukhari stuns in bright red for Rukhsati

Posted on by Ali Qasim

Lahore (NUT-DESK)

Hiba Bukhari and Arez Ahmed were joined by family and celebrity friends for their wedding celebrations.

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Saturday marked the Fitoor star’s Rukhsati where the diva slipped into a bright red Lehenga paired with heavy gold jewelry. Groom Arez kept his look dapper in a black Sherwani and matching Turban.

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The lovebirds, who said their vows earlier this week, were spotted smiling ear-to-ear in viral photos on the internet. Earlier Hiba took to her Instagram Stories to share her pre-makeup look from the day.

The event, that was held in Karachi, was attended by various media personalities including Rabia Mughni.

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REAL MAGIC OF COKE STUDIO SEASON 14 REVEALED

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Lahore (NUT-DESK)

Celebrating the Real Magic of Pakistani music, Coke Studio has proudly released the official trailer for Coke Studio Season 14 – revealing the boundary-pushing artists that light up the season.

The Season is a new vibe, premised on the fact that music in 2022 is revolutionized. Fans are mainlining music direct and uncensored – the way creators intended. Bedroom producers and social media poets grab the same loyalty from their followers as mainstream stars. And they’re not afraid to say what’s on their mind.

If the old rules have gone up in smoke, it begs the question: what does a 14-year-old platform like Coke Studio really know about today? To answer that you have to take a look at the Coke Studio Season 14 roster; envisioned, assembled and let loose by visionary producer and curator Zulfiqar (Xulfi) Jabbar Khan.

It’s a mad mash-up of Gen Z soloists and the grandmasters that lit the way. This year’s reboot also embraces the bond between music, aesthetics and attitude. Each of the thirteen songs comes with a unique video, created by some of Pakistan’s most progressive directors including Kamal Khan, Murtaza Niaz, Jamal Rahman and Coke Studio veteran Zeeshan Parwez. Production managers and stylists were also invited to let their imaginations go wild. Visual storytelling is shoulder to shoulder with music this year because Pakistan’s film industry (having a low-key renaissance of its own) is impossible to ignore. With Pakistan’s premium live sound expert Ishaq Nazir and sound tech squad that included Sherry Khattak and Turaab Khan in pivotal roles, the result is a confessional season wrapped in delicious visuals and sound.

The cuts radiate optimism and big dreams. There are Abida Parveen, Naseebo Lal and Faisal Kapadia. There are Atif Aslam, Ali Sethi and the incandescent Meesha Shafi, Momina Mustehsan and Quratulain Balouch. But there is also formerly-indie-now-Grammy-nominated Arooj Aftab and socials-big artists like Hasan Raheem, Kaifi Khalil and Shae Gill – seriously talented performers on the cusp of blowing up. There are also risky cross-overs like Young Stunners in a ballad and metal overlaid by Faris Shafi. Dynamic performers such as Soch, Asfar Hussain, Lahore Jazz Ensemble, Zain-Zohaib, Karakoram, Eva B, Abdul Wahab Bugti and Ameer Buksh, Butt Brothers and Justin Bibis round out the roster. It’s all held together by visionary collaborators like Abdullah Siddiqui, ActionZain, Talal Qureshi, Adnan Dhool, Arsalan Hasan and Rovalio. Fusing them all together was the masterstroke of Xulfi and Coke Studio.

The season features an excellent line-up of instrumentalists, including Kami Paul, Veeru Shan, Awais Kazmi, Action Zain,  Melvin Arthur,  Saad ul Hasan, Haroon Daniel, Payam Mashrequi, Arsalan Hasan, orchestra section led by veterans Nijat Ali and Javed Iqbal, choir led by Turaab Khan, Asad Ali, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Bilawal Lahooti, Omair Farooq, Zain Peerzada, Sherry Khattak, Annan Noukhez, Yusuf Ramay, David Joseph, Aziz Kazi, Waqas Hussain, Rohail Nawab, Haider Abbas, Faiz Qazi, Joshua Amjad, Muzammil Hussain, Gul Muhammad and Mairah Khan.

Coke Studio 14 navigates hairpin turns in values and expectations as a platform for the thinkers of today. The performers, producers, directors and designers hold a mirror to the anxieties and the euphoria of now. It’s a complex ecosystem based on cooperation, not competition.

Their art verbalizes a collective feeling that we’re stumbling towards Faiz’s Promised Dawn. The lights have clicked on. We’re no longer shivering on the margins of the world, questioning whether we dare to exist. This is the era of Pakistan’s self-actualization, and as Pakistan’s biggest cultural export, Coke Studio knows it. “Artistic, talented, progressive – if we get our powers together, we are amazing” says Xulfi “For me, Coke Studio can open peoples’ hearts to Pakistan.” Each contributor bared their soul this season, embracing where they come from, speaking with conviction and man, it’s a joy to say: they’re ours, they’re ours, they’re ours. 

 The season reveal video can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXJ0c7XU88. The first episode of Coke Studio Season 14 will be released on 14th January 2022.

In the meantime, be sure to listen to your favorite songs from Coke Studio on Spotify https://open.spotify.com and keep yourself logged on to www.cokestudio.com.pk and https://www.instagram.com/coke_studio to follow the Coke Studio journey.

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