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We are back with our weekly list of the top newsmakers in Pakistan. Scroll down to find out who made headlines and why.
SP Tahir Dawar’s Martyrdom Left Pakistan Aghast
Superintendent of Police (SP) and chief of Peshawar police’s rural circle, Tahir Dawar had gone missing from Islamabad on 26 October 2018. Nearly two weeks after his disappearance, the Afghan authorities revealed that a body, believed to be that of SP Dawar was found in Nanghar province.
What followed the announcement were nearly 48 hours of uncertainty as the martyred officer’s family waited to receive his mortal remains. This period of uncertainty was tactlessly handled by both the government and representatives of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) as they each engaged in cyber warfare to blame Dawar’s martyrdom on the other side.
Bereaved Pakistanis on the other hand, spent the greater part of the week questioning the security lapse that allowed Dawar’s kidnappers to not merely nab him from the federal capital – which has hundreds of security cameras placed all across its landscape – but also take him to Afghanistan undetected.
DG ISPR’s Twitter thread gave a glimpse of the insecurities rife in the minds of average citizens. While there were certainly many who asked for calm and defended the government’s position, however as far as this thread is concerned, the unhappy seemed to outnumber the sated.
https://twitter.com/fyka_ayaz/status/1063041442812231682
اس بچی کو کیسے یقین دلائیں گے کہ وہ سکون سے سو جائے کیونکہ آپ سرحدوں پر جاگ رہے ہیں pic.twitter.com/wQ9wH88RN4
— ندیّا اطہر (@naddiyyaathar) November 15, 2018
The Islamabad Chief Commissioner announced that a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) would be set-up to investigate the circumstances of SP Dawar’s kidnapping and consequent murder. However, the deceased’s brother, Ahmeduddin Dawar said in a statement that a locally constituted JIT would not be acceptable to the family. He stated that his brother’s murder involved two countries and so, an international investigation was in order.
Aamir Liaquat Husain Remarried
After much conjecture and confusion it was finally confirmed that Aamir Liaquat Husain was serious about bringing a second bride home.
Pictures from Liaquat’s valima went viral over the weekend where he was seen sitting next to his second wife, Syeda Tuba Anwar. According to her Twitter profile, Tuba is Manager Corporate Affairs at Bol Network.
Earlier in June when the news of his nikkah had broken out, Aamir Liaquat’s first wife, Bushra Aamir seemed to have been taken by surprise.
Disgusting, no, this can’t be true.. as far as I know she is just a team member.
— Syeda Bushra Iqbal🇵🇰 (@SBushraIqbal) June 23, 2018
However, once it was confirmed that the nikkah-nama doing rounds on social media was in fact true, Bushra had sent out a passive-aggressive message indicating that her husband had been cheating on her without her knowledge.
#quoteoftheday ✨ pic.twitter.com/f3JMX9Ei0m
— Syeda Bushra Iqbal🇵🇰 (@SBushraIqbal) June 23, 2018
Shortly after the valimia pictures became public, the televangelist met with stiff criticism for leaving his first wife in the lurch. Liaquat responded to his critics with this defense:
ہنگامہ ہے کیوں برپا رخصتی ہی تو بس کی ہے
ڈاکا تو نہیں مارا چوری تو نہیں کی؟؟#اچھی_بات@TubaAtweets— Aamir Liaquat Husain (@AamirLiaquat) November 17, 2018
#DeepVeerKiShaadi Kept South Asia Talking
After almost seven years of courtship, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh finally tied the knot on 14 November 2018. While both their Sindhi and South Indian wedding ceremonies took place in a secluded resort in Italy, fans across South Asia waited with held breath for a glimpse of their favourite actors in their wedding attires.
It took the couple over 24 hours to make the first few pictures available for public but once they were out, there was little else that South Asia seemed interested in talking about!
The newly weds have now returned to India where they will hold a post-wedding bash where the who’s-who of the Indian entertainment fraternity is expected to show-up.
Shahid Afridi’s Earnest Statement on Kashmir Left A Few Offended
https://twitter.com/SuddhanSadaf30/status/1062698577590411264
Shahid Afridi made headlines after a clip of his press talk in London went viral. During the media interaction, Afridi spoke at length about his feelings on the Kashmir issue, saying that if it took Pakistan and India to give-up their claims on the disputed territory to bring an end to the sufferings of the Kashmiri people, they must do it.
Read: Here’s Why What Shahid Afridi Said About The Plight Of Kashmiris Deserves Your Ear!
Afridi had also said, “We don’t need Kashmir; we can’t even handle the four provinces that we have.”
Following this statement there was an initial wave of uproar but once the entire video came out and people were able to understand the context in which the latter statement was made, most Pakistanis expressed solidarity with the cricketer and his humane take on the seventy year old dispute.
