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For the last couple of weeks, the Pakistani internet’s favourite punching bag has been Durefishan Saleem and her accent ...
10/08/2026

For the last couple of weeks, the Pakistani internet’s favourite punching bag has been Durefishan Saleem and her accent in her new drama Dar-e-Nijaat. People have not been able to digest the accent in which the actor spoke English in the show.

Now, Sanam Saeed has stepped up to be Saleem’s knight in shining armour and defend her colleague from the wrath of trolls. In an Instagram story on Monday, she called the situation “unsettling”.

Saeed said it was “very lame to see everyone so obsessed over an actor’s accent” and called it “downright mean and inconsiderate of someone’s feelings” for people to be bashing Saleem the way they are.

For context, Saleem plays Zaryab, the carefree younger daughter of a well-to-do family, in Dar-e-Nijaat. Her character, who has been educated in elite schools and is now considering going to the US for her education, is shown primarily speaking in English with her sister, her friends and her boyfriend Zamil (Nameer Khan).

What fans found strange in Saleem’s portrayal was her accent, which many said didn’t fit the character she was portraying.

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Your daily dose of Yumna Zaidi (Yumna Zaidi) 🌺
10/08/2026

Your daily dose of Yumna Zaidi (Yumna Zaidi) 🌺

With the news cycle bringing word of one tragedy after another targeting children, many Pakistanis are worried for the s...
10/08/2026

With the news cycle bringing word of one tragedy after another targeting children, many Pakistanis are worried for the safety of their young ones. Among them is actor Zara Noor Abbas, who is also wondering how she can protect her children as the country passes through “the worst times”.

In a story posted on her Instagram account on Sunday, she said things were so bad “not because we are seeing r**e and murder everywhere; but because there is no example being made out of something done so often and easily”.

She said it does look easy to commit these horrific crimes because they’re “happening all the time”. So much so, that the issue was no longer even gendered.

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Minaal Khan (Minal M. Khan) in her Disney era.
10/08/2026

Minaal Khan (Minal M. Khan) in her Disney era.

Actor Nadia Afgan is one of Pakistan’s most outspoken voices when it comes to animal rights and has often spoken up agai...
10/08/2026

Actor Nadia Afgan is one of Pakistan’s most outspoken voices when it comes to animal rights and has often spoken up against dog culling. She believes the way society has normalised animal cruelty is bad for everyone, especially the country’s children.

Appearing on the podcast The Street Talks Back on Friday, Afgan said Pakistanis were okay with killing dogs en masse and taught their children to fear the animals based on “colonial” ideas.

“We are taught to love things that are good and pretty. For dogs, we are told they are filthy, that they bite, we are taught to fear them from when we are children.”

Host Huma Haq — who founded the Jaandar Animal Welfare Organisation — said the way dogs walk on the streets of Pakistan as opposed to somewhere like Turkiye showed how cruelly society treats the voiceless animals. Afgan said these weren’t the same streets she grew up on.

The actor said she had been asked by people in her neighbourhood not to walk her dogs — a Labrador retriever and a husky — outside for fear that they might hurt kids. She said she responded by telling the neighbourhood that the dogs don’t hurt children — or anyone — and she has made it a point to introduce her dogs to kids whenever they’re out.

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It’s the first day of school in the Aziz-Hussain house ❤️Via IQRA AZIZ HUSSAIN🇵🇰
10/08/2026

It’s the first day of school in the Aziz-Hussain house ❤️

Via IQRA AZIZ HUSSAIN🇵🇰

Some Taylor Swift songs have been removed from social media videos posted by President Donald Trump’s campaign and the W...
10/08/2026

Some Taylor Swift songs have been removed from social media videos posted by President Donald Trump’s campaign and the White House, which has used two of the American superstar’s songs over the past ​week.

The White House and a representative for Swift did not immediately respond to requests for ‌comment.

Swift has not spoken recently about Trump, although she endorsed his Democratic rival, then-vice president Kamala Harris, in 2024. During the 2020 campaign, Swift posted on social media that Trump was “WELL AWARE we do not want him as our president.”

Trump has repeatedly criticised ​Swift. After she endorsed Harris, the Republican said on social media, “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” Last year he ​wrote: “Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer “HOT?”

Dozens of ⁠artists, including Sabrina Carpenter and Ariana Grande, have called on the Trump administration not to use their songs.

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09/08/2026

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After a hugely successful three weeks in cinemas that saw large numbers of advance bookings and packed theatres worldwid...
08/08/2026

After a hugely successful three weeks in cinemas that saw large numbers of advance bookings and packed theatres worldwide, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has reached the coveted $1 billion mark in global sales.

The film released on July 17 and has generated $429.65 million in the US and $578.8m internationally for a grand total just over $1bn. It is Nolan’s first film to cross the coveted threshold since 2012’s The Dark Knight Rises made a total of $1.08bn during its theatrical run.

Imax screens — for which the movie was shot — contributed $257m to the movie’s sales figures, and The Odyssey is expected to become the highest grossing film ever on Imax screens.

With the film still in cinemas, The Odyssey is also expected to surpass The Dark Knight Rises to become the director’s highest grossing film. His last film, Oppenheimer, managed $975m in ticket sales.

This comes as The Odyssey is set to open in China — the world’s largest moviegoing market — on Friday, likely giving its numbers a massive boost. The film will play across nearly 800 Imax screens in the country and thousands of standard cinemas.

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Aiman Khan and Muneeb Butt threw a colourful beach birthday party for their daughters Amal and Miraal! ⛱️
08/08/2026

Aiman Khan and Muneeb Butt threw a colourful beach birthday party for their daughters Amal and Miraal! ⛱️

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