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Disney’s new Star Wars director isn’t too ‘feminist’ – she’s too inexperienced

Disney’s new Star Wars director isn’t too ‘feminist’ – she’s too inexperienced
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy attends SITARA screening hosted by Gucci and CHIME FOR CHANGE at The Shop on January 26, 2020 in Park City, Utah. (AFP)
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Updated 05 January 2024
The Telegraph
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Disney’s new Star Wars director isn’t too ‘feminist’ – she’s too inexperienced

Disney’s new Star Wars director isn’t too ‘feminist’ – she’s too inexperienced
Updated 05 January 2024
The Telegraph
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January 5: The Telegraph reported Star Wars fans are in freefall. Disney recently unveiled award-winning documentarian Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy as the director of its next Star Wars movie, New Jedi Order, and a great shriek of horror has gone up among certain members of the fanbase. Obaid-Chinoy, who received an Oscar in 2012 for a film about acid attacks on women in Pakistan, will create history as both the first female director of a Star Wars feature and as the first non-white filmmaker to oversee a big-screen foray into the Force. Read more I 

Source says Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman met with Islamic Emirate leader

Source says Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman met with Islamic Emirate leader
Updated 11 January 2024
Tolo News
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Source says Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman met with Islamic Emirate leader

Source says Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman met with Islamic Emirate leader
Updated 11 January 2024
Tolo News

January 10: TOLOnews has reported citing a source that Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, the leader of Pakistan's Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, met with Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Islamic Emirate, Wednesday morning in Kandahar. Read more I

Mohammad Rizwan named Pakistan T20I vice-captain

Mohammad Rizwan named Pakistan T20I vice-captain
Updated 11 January 2024
ESPN Cricinfo
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Mohammad Rizwan named Pakistan T20I vice-captain

Mohammad Rizwan named Pakistan T20I vice-captain
Updated 11 January 2024
ESPN Cricinfo

January 10: Cricinfo reported The Pakistan Cricket Board [PCB] has appointed Mohammad Rizwan as the vice-captain of the T20I side ahead of the team's five-match series against New Zealand. The wicket-keeper batter replaces Shadab Khan in the role, who is on the road to recovery following an ankle injury, which ruled him out of the New Zealand tour. Read more I

Imran Khan's The Economist article not AI creation, clarifies PTI

Imran Khan's The Economist article not AI creation, clarifies PTI
Updated 11 January 2024
Geo News
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Imran Khan's The Economist article not AI creation, clarifies PTI

Imran Khan's The Economist article not AI creation, clarifies PTI
Updated 11 January 2024
Geo News

January 9: GEO News has reported As the opinion piece of the imprisoned former prime minister well in the debate, the Imran Khan-led party — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) — has issued a clarification that the most talked about article published by The Economist was not an artificial intelligence (AI) creation. Read more I

Imprisoned PTI boss ‘arrested’ in more cases

Imprisoned PTI boss ‘arrested’ in more cases
Updated 11 January 2024
Dawn
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Imprisoned PTI boss ‘arrested’ in more cases

Imprisoned PTI boss ‘arrested’ in more cases
Updated 11 January 2024
Dawn

January 9: DAWN has reported Former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested by Ra­w­a­lpindi police in at least a dozen cases pertaining to the May 9 violence, including the attack on the Gene­ral Headqua­rters (GHQ), as an accountability court in Islamabad ind­icted him and former first lady Bus­hra Bibi in the Toshakhana reference on Tuesday. Read more I

Two more cops on polio duty martyred in Bannu

Two more cops on polio duty martyred in Bannu
Updated 11 January 2024
The Express Tribune
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Two more cops on polio duty martyred in Bannu

Two more cops on polio duty martyred in Bannu
Updated 11 January 2024
The Express Tribune

January 10: The Express Tribune reported At least two policemen deployed for polio duty in the Teri Ram area of Bannu district were martyred while three others injured during a gunfight with unidentified armed men on Tuesday. One of the three attackers was killed, the other was taken into custody in an injured condition while the third one managed to escape. Read more I

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