A very positive and timely initiative has been taken by Unilever Pakistan, as it launched the first Pakistani drama portal with legal and high quality content, “DramaTime”. Drama Time will help fight the piracy and both the end viewers and television networks will benefit from it with minimal advertising. At the moment the website hosts dramas from networks such as Hum TV Network, APlus/ATV, Express Network, TV One and Urdu1.

The blue carpet event was hosted by , the attractive Mansha Pasha and one of the famous comedian Yasir Hussain. The Chief Guests were Sultana Siddiqui  from Hum Network and Bilal Lakhani from the Express Group. Numerous celebrities were part of the event, Feroze Khan, Aijaz Aslam, Behroaz sabzwari, Rubina Ashraf, Saba Hameed, Sarwat Gillani, Yasir Hussain, Mehwish Hayat, Nosheen Shah, Ahsan Khan, Wajahat Rauf, Shazia Wajahat, Hina Bayat, Tipu Shareef, Sanam Jhung amongst many others. The PR was by BodyBeat Events & PR.

Pictures from the event.

Children these days do not have an easy life. They go through a lot of pressure and pains as they have problems in academics, social life as well as how the families are structured. Meanwhile there are health problems that nearly every kid goes through. Teething for example is very difficult for kids and nearly every child has associated symptoms when they are teething. Nida Yasir did a special show for children and experts weighed in on what can be done for the children.

Experts shared that giving soft and disinfected teethers as well as some recommended homeopathic medicines can help with the pain. They also shared that having the right levels of calcium and Vitamin D in the body will help with the irritability and pain caused. Here is what experts had to say:

Children in their teenage years are also seen complaining a lot about pain and mostly it is unexplained. The expert shared that children these days are suffering from stress and anxiety and many do come with anxiety attacks. Children suffer from body pains, nausea and even vomiting.

Expert said that keeping an eye is very important on changes in a child’s behaviour and proceed accordingly.

Here is how stress is affecting people:

We have seen the greatest transformation pictures of many people after they join showbiz. We have so many examples like; Sohai Ali Abro, Sana Nawaz, Hareem Farooq and many more who transformed themselves.

Pakistani actor Waqar Alie has completely transformed himself. He made an appearance as Elephant in drama serial Romeo Weds Heer and has been part of different films, advertisements, and web-series as well.

After six months of continuous efforts, he has achieved his desired weight and people are completely inspired by his transformation.

Have a look at some before pictures of Waqar:

After transformation pictures of the young boy:

Waqar Alie is surely giving us major transformation goals and we can’t get over his new look.

Love knows no boundaries is a term we have often heard in our lives. This happened in Pakistan when a homeowner in Bahria Town Islamabad fell in love with her house help. The woman lives alone and has no family left, thus she wanted someone reliable to help her with house chores. She asked an acquaintance to arrange a house help and in came Sufiyan who would become the love of her life.

Sufiyan’s good manners won Nazia’s heart and the two are inseparable now. Sufiyan is Salman Khan and Tom Cruise of Nazia’s heart while Nazis is Sufiyan’s Katrina Kaif.

Here listen to the love story of the two love birds:

People congratulated the newlyweds and many also had hilarious responses with many looking for house help jobs:

Fizza Ali has been a part of our showbiz industry for quite some time now. She started off her acting careers with PTV when she was a very young and innocent face but she has worked so hard to groom herself both personally and professionally.

Fizza recently came on a morning show Salam Zindagi with her sister as the show was about the relationship and bonding between sisters. During the segment “Mizaaj Aashnai” Faisal asked the sisters who is the one “jisko khany k doran chup karana parta hai”? Sara, Fizza’s older sister held out the board saying Fizza on it.

Then came the revelation about the fact that Fizza eats a lot and as it takes so much time that she can’t keep quiet for that long. Fizza said that there are times when people have to take the plate away from her because she has no limits when it comes to eating. She then said that now she is trying to limit herself like two parathas with only two eggs in breakfast and two tortillas only, if she is having rice in her lunch. She further added that she eats only three tortillas  in her dinner.

Javeria Saud was also invited to the show along with her sister, was bewildered to hear about Fizza’s eating habits and said “yeh lambi hai iski sara khana haddyun m jata ho ga”.

Lollywood diva Mehwish Hayat is a prominent and leading actress of Pakistan who marked herself in industry within no time. Mehwish Hayat is known for her on-point fashion sense and charming personality. On the work front, Mehwish Hayat is highly praised for her outstanding performance in film “London Nahi Jaunga”.

A couple of weeks ago Mehwish Hayat was spotted at “GMP Eid Special Show” with the lead cast of film “London Nahi Jaunga”. Mehwish while sharing an interesting story from the set of her film, mentioned that “We were shooting in London and I took some of my stuff along just in case if I needed them. I had black stiletto shoes with me and I lost one of the shoe at the set. I was constantly searching for the shoe for two to three days but I couldn’t find it. At the end, when I was unable to find my shoe I said Humayun that you’ll get me a new pair of shoes now.”

“The price of the shoes was $1100, but I paid 50% of the actual amount”, added Humayun.

Imran Abbas Naqvi is one of the biggest male stars in Pakistani drama industry. He started his career in the industry officially over two decades ago and he has been doing well with highly successful projects like Khuda Aur Mohabbat to his credit. Imran Abbas is mostly known for his romantic roles and mainly acts in intensely romantic dramas. He is an architect by education who ended up becoming a great artist by hard work and resilience.

Though Imran Abbas is today known not just for his great acting but also for his looks. He has been known to care about how he looks and always maintains his style whenever he appears on the screen but Imran was not always a suave, fit man that he looks now.

Once Imran was just a teenager with a cutesy cut as he appeared on the screen of PTV in the 1993 drama Agosh. He was just a kid back then and looked very different from the polished Imran we see today.

Here is Imran in PTV’s Agosh:

Imran has come a long way since then and now works with the biggest names in the industry with nearly every project of his becoming a hit!

Recently, the very talented and fearless actor Naveed Raza made an appearance in Time Out With Ahsan Khan along with his friend and colleague Maham Aamir. Well, actor Naveed Raza is known for his blunt personality and he doesn’t shy away from saying truth and here he revealed another interesting fact.

Naveed Raza revealed about the rude and completely disrespectful behavior of Alizeh Shah with Yasir Nawaz on the sets of Mera Dil Mera Dushman, which he was also part of.

Naveed Raza said, “Why don’t we name and shame a certain actor who commits wrong, let’s take her name, it was Alizeh Shah who misbehaved with Yasir Nawaz, I think, no matter how superior, talented and famous you are, you have to respect the seniors, why are you bringing you personal life on set, it’s a work place, yasir Nawaz is not just our friend he is the big name of our industry. He has a profile, he’s proven his mettle, who has given you right to say no to do scenes with him that “I won’t do certain scene with you”, who gave you the right to cut his lines, how can you say to director that let him make sit far away from me, while he was drying up his hair, you should be thankful that he’s sharing screen with you”.

He further said, ” things had gotten so worse on that set , covid also came and she also started fussing on dates, and everything . Humayun Saeed called has to call her and said to cooperate, she even misbehaved with him. When Humayun said, “don’t you have to work in industry?” , she said, “now, you people will give me work?”

“You will also understand that this is wrong “, added Naveed.

A video clip went viral where scriptwriter Khalil-ur-Rehman and Marvi Sirmed are indulged in a heated debate on the popular slogan ‘Mera Jism Meri Marzi‘.

The short clip shows Khalil-ur-Rehman is bashing and using abusive language for Marvi Sirmed and the host is trying to stop Marvi Sirmed from speaking.

As soon as this clip went viral, social media was going crazy. Many started different hashtags in support of Khalil-ur-Rehman while others came out in support of Marvi Sirmed.

Till then there was no complete clip from the show and now another clip is making rounds on social media in which both the parties are using the harsh language for each other.

The host in the video clip is clearly saying ‘Don’t be abusive please or else I have to close down the show.”

In spite of stopping both the parties, Qamar and Marvi Sirmed kept on using the bad language for each other.

The host of the show ended the show and said, “It is very difficult for me to continue the show and I am ending the show here.”

Watch unaired portion from Neo News show:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9aClmFB04Q/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Are you team Marvi or Team Qamar? Share with us.

Recently, Antonio Guterres, United Nations (UN) Secretary General, arrived in Pakistan on a four day visit. The UN Chief held meetings with UN Refugee Agency officials on Monday alongside Mahira Khan, nited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador for Pakistan.

Following the meeting, Antonio Guterres took to his Twitter to thank Mahira Khan for her support.

“As we mark 40 years of Pakistan’s solidarity with Afghan refugees, it was a pleasure to meet @Refugees Goodwill Ambassador @TheMahiraKhan. I thank her and all Pakistanis for their extraordinary support,” tweeted Antonio Guterres.

As we mark 40 years of Pakistan’s solidarity with Afghan refugees, it was a pleasure to meet @Refugees Goodwill Ambassador @TheMahiraKhan

I thank her and all Pakistanis for their extraordinary support. pic.twitter.com/wsdsSestCk

— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) February 17, 2020

Mahira Khan was named as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador for Pakistan in November 2018.

Later, Khan also took to her Twitter to thank Antonio, stating, ” It was a pleasure meeting you as well. Looking forward to a lot more work alongside my fellow Pakistanis and @Refugees @antonioguterres”

It was a pleasure meeting you as well. Looking forward to a lot more work alongside my fellow Pakistanis and @Refugees ♥️🇵🇰 @antonioguterres https://t.co/gG1inSSPS9

— Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan) February 18, 2020

Umsha Couture is a boutique label founded by Uzma Babar in 2010 and specializing in pret, luxury couture, and bridals. Uzma has established an acute recognition among her discerning audience for the ability to work with traditional cultural artistry, merging design with an array of modern and classic cuts and drapery. Her brand Umsha; named after her two children; Umar and Aysha has developed rapidly from a small-scale workshop to a popular commercially viable luxury label. Umsha is about creating clothes that blend beautiful designs with real-world applicability. Uzma defines her designs as modern pieces of art painted with a traditional brush. She believes “women today want something modern, but cannot forgo the beauty of our culture; my clothes represent an optimum blend of both”.

Uzma Babar recently launched her formal festive collection’21. The rising star Dur-e-Fishan Saleem is currently impressing the audience with her prowess in the drama serial Pardes modeled for the latest collection of Uzma Babar. Dur-e-Fishan indeed looked stunning and enchanting in all of the formal wear. Dur-e-Fishan was seen wearing multiple outfits and she nailed every look.

Let’s have a look at the pictures of Dur-e-Fishan Saleem:

Umro Ayyar is the new sci-fi film that is coming out on Eid ul Adha. This is the first time that a Pakistani film with such good Vfx is releasing in Pakistan. Sanam Saeed, Usman Mukhtar, Faran Tahir and Sana are the stars who are making the headlines since the day trailer was released. Umro Ayyar is marking a new beginning of Pakistani film making and fans are looking forward to it.

The Lahore premiere has come up with the biggest stars in the country. Along with the cast, Fawad Khan, Sara Loren, Sahiba and Rambo, Saba Qamar and many other stars made the night glow with their presence. Check out some of the pictures from the premiere last night:

Usman Mukhtar and Sanam Saeed are two big stars of Pakistan. They have worked in dramas and films and they are great in their craft. They are a part of Pakistan’s first superhero film Umro Ayyar: The Beginning and people were looking forward to seeing them on silver screens for some time now. During the film’s promotions the team including the director Azfar Jafri were on Hum News and a hilarious moment came out.

Azfar Jafri can do great mimicry and his impressions of both Usman and Sanam were out of this world. He mimicked Usman and his easy persona to perfection. He shared how Usman used to speak about the scene and what his personality is like on set.

He also mimicked Sanam Saeed and shared that Sanam is a no-nonsense person on set. She is straight-forward and says what needs to be said without caring how blunt it looks. He also did Sanam’s perfect impression and even sounded like her in what he was doing.

Here are the funny mimicries of your favourite stars by the director of Umro Ayyar; Azfar Jafri:

Umm-e-Ayesha is a Geo Television’s famous Ramazan drama serial that started airing from 1st Ramazan. It airs daily at 6:00 pm. The story features the journey of a young girl Ayesha, played by Nimra Khan. The drama is a 7th Sky Entertainment Presentation. Abdullah Kadwani & Asad Qureshi are the producers. Saleem Ghanchi has directed the drama which is written by Hina Huma Nafees. The cast also includes Omer Shahzad, Mehmood Akhtar, Nida Mumtaz, Tara Mahmood, Rehma Zaman, Eman Asim Mehmood, Diya Rahman, Mohsin Gillani, Beena Chaudhry, Ayesha Rajpoot and others.

The Geo TV’s drama serial Umm-e-Ayesha’s office scene from episode 6th is going viral on Instagram. In the scene, the main lead character Ayesha went to her colleague’s desk and started preaching her manners (in the light of Islam). She also corrected her way of drinking water in front of other colleagues. The scene is getting mixed reactions. First see the office scene that is doing rounds on Instagram:

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The scene is getting mixed reactions. Many are saying that whatever Ayesha did was right but doing it in front of public was an inappropriate thing which is not acceptable to everyone. Some social media users are saying that preaching publicly is an arrogant thing to do. Most of them are saying that this kind of preachiness may become annoying, if done repeatedly by someone. Viewers are saying that Ayesha could have corrected her colleague in a more subtle way. Besides this, the fans are loving the drama and its message, they are of the view that Umme Ayesha is teaching the basic principles of Islam in a beautiful way. They are also praising Ayesha’s character. They are of the view that society needs more girls like Ayesha. Read all the comments:

Umm-e-Ayesha is a Geo Television’s popular Ramazan drama serial. It started airing from the 1st Ramazan Ul Mubarak. The serial aired daily at 6:00 pm. The story featured the journey of a young practicing Muslim girl Ayesha, played by Nimra Khan. The drama was a 7th Sky Entertainment Presentation. Abdullah Kadwani & Asad Qureshi produced the drama. Saleem Ghanchi directed the drama which was written by Hina Huma Nafees. The cast also featured Omer Shahzad, Mehmood Akhtar, Nida Mumtaz, Tara Mahmood, Rehma Zaman, Eman Asim Mehmood, Diya Rahman, Mohsin Gillani, Beena Chaudhry, Ayesha Rajpoot and others.

Today, the last episode of Geo TV’s drama serial Umm-e-Ayesha aired on the channel. Fans loved the final episode and termed the ending beautiful, especially the heartwarming last scene between Ayesha and Aswad. Fans appreciated the message of the drama serial Umm E Ayesha, which was in line with the spirit of the month of Ramadan. The last scene of the drama was the highlight of the show, featuring Umm E Ayesha reciting the beautiful Naat “Allah Hu” in her lawn, with Aswad joining her. They both recited the Naat beautifully. Watch the Naat scene here:

Read the comments about the Naat scene:

Fans loved the drama serial and are sharing beautiful comments on last episode. They appreciated the message oriented drama serial which hooked them during the busy Ramadan routine. Fans expressed that they watched Umm E Ayesha because it highlighted the message of Islam. Read the comments:

Jannat Say Aagey is an upcoming Geo Television serial which is written by the ace Pakistani writer Umera Ahmed. Previously, her scripts like Shehr-e-Zaat, Zindagi Gulzar Hai, Alif, Durr-e-Shehwar, Daam, Man-o-Salwa, Qaid-e-Tanhai, Digest Writer, Maat, Kankar, Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan, Doraha and Hum Kahan Ke Sachay Thay went extremely popular. Well, Jannat Say Aagey will be directed by Haseeb Hassan who previously directed Alif and it was also aired on Geo Television.

The star studded cast of Umera Ahmed’s Jannat Say Aagey is revealed. The cast features Kubra Khan, Goher Rasheed, Talha Chohour and Ramsha Khan. Reportedly, Saboor Aly has also joined the cast. The cast is posting a few BTS pictures as well but they are not giving too many details about the drama.

Well, the shooting of the drama Jannat Say Aagey is soon ending, a major part of the drama has already been shot. After wrapping up the shoot, the post production of the drama will be done and then it will air on Geo.

For months, we’ve all been waiting for some news on Umera Ahmed’s upcoming projects. The admins of her page have been answering some questions to give us a better idea of what she’s working on. Here’s what I’ve learned so far.

Umera Ahmed’s next projects are a novel, Doar, and her next drama is Master Aur Afsar.

Umera Ahmed won’t be writing for television anymore. Master aur Afsar will be her last drama. Her novel Aks will not be dramatized either.

She has joined 7th Sky Entertainment as the Consulting Editor. They will also  be producing her final show.

I’m very happy for Umera Ahmed, but I will miss her shows. There’s still no word on the film she is writing, but I hope to learn more soon. 7th Sky seems to be upping their game and this is a great way to start. I wish her good luck and hope she’s very successful in her new position.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.

-H.S

As per unconfirmed reports published in many Urdu papers, Umera Ahmed the acclaimed drama writer is approached by Agha Sajjad Gull a leading film producer of Pakistan to write for his upcoming film.

Agha Sajjad Gull has been a leading producer of Pakistan. He is the owner of Evernew studios Lahore as well as Evernew productions. The production house produced many super hit films till late 1990’s like Tere Pyar Mein, Deewane Tere Pyar Mein, Jo Darr Gaya Woh Marr Gaya, Ghar Kab Aaoo Gay, Kalay Chorr to name a few. After Tere Pyar Mein (1999), Evernew productions shifted its attention towards Television productions . They did produce few films like No Paisa No Problem, Chalo Ishq Larain which were not much successful.

On television Evernew productions produced few famous plays like Aaye Gi Baraat series.

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Umera Ahmed is a brilliant Pakistani writer who has been thoroughly garnering fame since she started writing. In start , she used to write for digests . Her novels Amar Bail , Man O Salwa, Peer E Kamil and Thora Sa Aasman were too popular among readers.

She has always written regarding society , religion and social injustices . She always tries to focus on the religious values and grounding of a believer or a person.

Lately, the writer has started writing for almost all the famous television channels . Not only this , she has also rendered all her previous famous writings to channels except Peer E Kamil .

Recently, a fan raised a question in which she asked about the conflict between Umera’s opinion and her action of working for main stream media.

The question reads , ” Why are you writing dramas when you can change mindsets of people with the help of your books , don’t you think it’s like Gunah E Jaariya ( continuous sin ) ?

Umera replied to the question in detail and said , ” You are probably right when you say that films ,dramas songs stand directly against the teachings of Islam ”

“I have used the word probably because I am confused about it too , although I have been trying to clear my confusion for quite some time ” Umera further added.

She further said, “Is it permissable to write stories and fiction in Islam ? Is it right to add romance in those stories? , I am also confused regarding it”.

Adding more to it, she said , “I used to be a teacher where I used to teach girls and boys and was reluctant about my job too . I worked with male colleagues and constantly used to feel that the job had a bold environment to work ”

She further said that she was equally confused when she went to UK for writing course . She said that life is full of confusions.

Umera said to the fan that the time will clear all the confusions and you will get an answer to all your questions as there was a time when religious scholars used to say that television is Haram and using camera is not allowed but now we find all those scholars on the same television screens.

She said , “there are two mindsets modern and orthodox and both don’t work well with me , I then seek help from the text that’s in Quran . I also seek guidance from authentic Ahadees when I am in confusion”
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Umera Ahmed is a brilliant writer whose latest novel Hum Kahan Ke Sahay Thay was recently dramatized. Fans loved her novels but they are not happy on the poor execution of her novels. They said that it was only Zindagi Gulzar Hai which was well made by the drama makers rest all her dramas are being destroyed by the makers.

The fans said that it is high time that her novels should not be dramatized because now a days they over dramatize the characters and drag the story which becomes draw back of writer.

Novel fan pages on Facebook posted about it and indulged in a debate regarding the dramatization of her novels.

Have a look at the posts.

Fans were equally participating in the post and came up with their concerns about the poor execution and bad dramatization of well connected scripts.

Have a look at comments under the post in which fans argued over the dramatization of the novel.

Umera Ahmed is a household name in Pakistan not only because she has given Pakistani viewers some unforgettable dramas to watch on television but also because of the novels she has written which have always left a mark on the minds of the readers. Umera Ahmed has many hit plays to her credit but many people did not know that Umera Ahmed had filed a legal case against Syed Shakir Uzair, Babar Javed and Hassan Zia until now. Umera Ahmed won this case and it is only now that she wants the general public to know the reason behind the suite and why she thought it was very important for her to take a stand on this issue.

Here is what Umera Ahmed has to say. She wants everyone to read this and most importantly she wants all the writers to take a stand for what is right.

All the channels are coming up with unique shows and Geo is the same as they have come out with a new drama, Jannat Se Aagay. The drama showcases the effect of media on people and they have used the example of a morning show host and how her on-screen persona changes a viewer. It also dives into the personal life of morning show hosts and shows a hypothetical situation of how a host’s life is affected. Jannat Se Aagay is surely making people think about how they perceive people in the media and more is to come from this drama.

The drama is directed by Haseeb Hassan and written by Umera Ahmed. Nadia Khan who has remained a morning show queen is not happy with the depiction of a morning show host and criticized Umera Ahmed for her writing.

This is what Nadia Khan had to say about Jannat Se Aagay’s writing:

People are now not happy with Nadia’s remarks and are calling her out for what she said about Umera’s script and writing. This is what the netizens have to say: