In an Instagram post, Rihanna has apologised to the Muslim community after using a controversial song at her latest Savage X Fenty fashion show. She received a backlash online for using the song Doom by artist Coucou Chloe, which includes a remixed Hadith. Rihanna says the use of the song was “irresponsible” and an “honest, yet careless mistake.”
Netflix is now facing criminal charges for “Cuties,” a show which faced immense backlash for sexualizing children while attempting to highlight issue of racism. A Texas county grand jury indicted the streaming giant for promoting the “lewd” visual material “against the peace and dignity of the state.” The document also states that the film held no serious “literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.”
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government is ready to introduce a law to limit the weight of school bags carried by children. Under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa School Bags Limitation of Weight Act 2020, school bags of children in nursery class should not weigh more than 1.5kg, and bags carried by children in class one should not weigh more than 2.4kg.
At a global e-conference hosted by International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG), Pakistan was labelled one of the top ranked countries in Asia for its social protection intervention amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The study conducted by UNICEF, UN and IPC-IG reveals that Pakistan covered highest number of responses to social protection in Asia through Ehsaas Emergency Cash.
Rihanna has come under fierce criticism after lingerie models at her latest fashion show danced to a song which appeared to remix an Islamic hadith. In the show, Savage X Fenty Volume, models can be seen dancing to a song called “Doom” which remixes audio that includes a Hadith which is about the signs of the Judgment Day and the end of times.
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has asked TV channels to review ‘indecent’ adverts and chalk up a strategy to get their advert approved by an internal committee prior to the telecast. The statement by the authority came days after an advert featuring Mehwish Hayat to promote Gala biscuits came under severe criticism for being against the values of the society.
Senior journalist Ansar Abbasi has criticized Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and the incumbent government over a TV commercial and demanded of Prime Minister Imran Khan to take action and ban such “vulgar dance” videos on national televisions. Referring to a commercial of a local manufacturing biscuit company (TV commercial), featuring Mehwish Hayat, Ansar called the dance a ‘mujra’.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Capital Development Authority (CDA) Affairs Ali Nawaz Awan, became a joy for Twitter users for inaugurating a U-turn in Islamabad. The PM’s aide inaugurated the U-turn in the Satra Meel area of Bhara Kahu, but users could not help but relate it to the government’s repeated decisions to go against its promises.
14-year-old, Sirine Jahangir has reached the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent, becoming the first ever British-Pakistani to enter the show’s semi-finals. The visually impaired singer left everyone stunned with her powerful performance. The young starlet, who lost her vision at the age of nine, sent shivers down spines with an incredibly moving and personal rendition of Ruelle’s Carry You.
Everyday Muhammad Zarnosh picks up his toolbox and reaches for his young son’s hand, to work as a repairman in an impoverished neighborhood in Karachi. Zarnosh, now in his thirties, experienced gradual vision loss since birth but lost complete eyesight ten years ago. Since then, he has had to depend on friends and family to move around, but that hasn’t stopped him from working.