Anti-Semitic abuse directed at Jemima - a new low for PDM supporters?

[MenInG]

She has nothing to do with PTI. Surely people have the common sense to realise that.

It just seems that people aren't thinking straight and their actions are out of control.

We are dealing with some junglee journalists in Pakistan - commonsense doesn't work.

 

[MenInG]

LONDON: PMLN-UK supporters on Sunday held a protest in Richmond outside the residence of Jemima Goldsmith, the ex-wife of former prime minister Imran Khan, in retaliation to the PTI workers' protest outside Avenfield flats — the London home of Nawaz Sharif.

Both sides protested at the family homes of their opponents for about three hours and then dispersed.

PTI had originally called for a march from Hyde Park to the American Embassy in Walsall but cancelled the plan of protest outside the US embassy and gathered outside the residence where former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is currently staying.

Supporters of both parties gathered from all over the UK to register their support for their leadership – and against the other parties.

PML-N supporters waved flags, held banners and placards, and chanted slogans in favour of their party supremo Nawaz Sharif.

Jemima had expressed her anger after the protest was announced outside her home and also stated that she had fears of stalking and harassment. Around 20 policemen stood outside in two vans to ensure that the protest remained peaceful.

PML-N’s Zubair Gull said that his party was forced to stage the protest outside Jemima’s house to “teach PTI a lesson” that they are not “scared" and PTI members will not be "spared” if PML-N leaders are continuously “targeted”.

He said PML-N was organising the protest to highlight the alleged corruption, nepotism, and incompetence of the PTI government.

“Imran Khan’s family was living in London but he was asking sons of others to break the law and go on a rampage to preserve his power,” claimed Gull.

On the other hand, PTI UK’s leader Mian Waheed-ur-Rahman said the party was protesting against the foreign intervention in Pakistan. He alleged that former prime minister Imran Khan was removed from power through a conspiracy and his supporters will continue protesting.

Another PTI leader Amjad Khan said that protests were planned initially outside US Embassy but PTI leadership from Pakistan directed them not to go outside the US mission and focus on Avenfield flats.

After PML-N UK announced the protest, Jemima Goldsmith took to Twitter and said it looked like she was back in 90s Lahore – a reference to the time when she was married to Imran Khan and lived in Lahore with her in-laws.

“Protests outside my house, targeting my children, anti-semitic abuse on social media…. It’s almost like I’m back in 90s Lahore. #PuranaPakistan,” she had tweeted.

Jemima had responded to a tweet by PML-N’s Abid Sher Ali who had announced the protest.

Jemima Goldsmith has not made any political statement after the ouster of Imran Khan but her brothers Zac Goldsmith, who is a UK government minister, and Ben Goldsmith have expressed support for their former brother-in-law.

Last week, the British government distanced itself from Foreign Office minister Lord Zac Goldsmith after he intervened in Pakistani politics and tweeted in support of Imran Khan.

Downing Street was asked whether Lord Goldsmith, who is Foreign Office minister for the Pacific and international environment, was speaking on behalf of the government.

A spokesperson responded: “With regard to Pakistan, we respect Pakistan’s democratic system and we would not get into its domestic political affairs. We have longstanding ties with Pakistan and are monitoring developments.”

GEO

 

[Bewal Express]

LONDON: PMLN-UK supporters on Sunday held a protest in Richmond outside the residence of Jemima Goldsmith, the ex-wife of former prime minister Imran Khan, in retaliation to the PTI workers' protest outside Avenfield flats — the London home of Nawaz Sharif.

Both sides protested at the family homes of their opponents for about three hours and then dispersed.

PTI had originally called for a march from Hyde Park to the American Embassy in Walsall but cancelled the plan of protest outside the US embassy and gathered outside the residence where former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is currently staying.

Supporters of both parties gathered from all over the UK to register their support for their leadership – and against the other parties.

PML-N supporters waved flags, held banners and placards, and chanted slogans in favour of their party supremo Nawaz Sharif.

Jemima had expressed her anger after the protest was announced outside her home and also stated that she had fears of stalking and harassment. Around 20 policemen stood outside in two vans to ensure that the protest remained peaceful.

PML-N’s Zubair Gull said that his party was forced to stage the protest outside Jemima’s house to “teach PTI a lesson” that they are not “scared" and PTI members will not be "spared” if PML-N leaders are continuously “targeted”.

He said PML-N was organising the protest to highlight the alleged corruption, nepotism, and incompetence of the PTI government.

“Imran Khan’s family was living in London but he was asking sons of others to break the law and go on a rampage to preserve his power,” claimed Gull.

On the other hand, PTI UK’s leader Mian Waheed-ur-Rahman said the party was protesting against the foreign intervention in Pakistan. He alleged that former prime minister Imran Khan was removed from power through a conspiracy and his supporters will continue protesting.

Another PTI leader Amjad Khan said that protests were planned initially outside US Embassy but PTI leadership from Pakistan directed them not to go outside the US mission and focus on Avenfield flats.

After PML-N UK announced the protest, Jemima Goldsmith took to Twitter and said it looked like she was back in 90s Lahore – a reference to the time when she was married to Imran Khan and lived in Lahore with her in-laws.

“Protests outside my house, targeting my children, anti-semitic abuse on social media…. It’s almost like I’m back in 90s Lahore. #PuranaPakistan,” she had tweeted.

Jemima had responded to a tweet by PML-N’s Abid Sher Ali who had announced the protest.

Jemima Goldsmith has not made any political statement after the ouster of Imran Khan but her brothers Zac Goldsmith, who is a UK government minister, and Ben Goldsmith have expressed support for their former brother-in-law.

Last week, the British government distanced itself from Foreign Office minister Lord Zac Goldsmith after he intervened in Pakistani politics and tweeted in support of Imran Khan.

Downing Street was asked whether Lord Goldsmith, who is Foreign Office minister for the Pacific and international environment, was speaking on behalf of the government.

A spokesperson responded: “With regard to Pakistan, we respect Pakistan’s democratic system and we would not get into its domestic political affairs. We have longstanding ties with Pakistan and are monitoring developments.”

GEO

I have it from a good source that less than 40 people turned up at Jemimas house. Surely the Nooras could have found a few extra asylum seekers to engage in the protest.

 

[Mamoon]

A question for all PTI supporters who are defending the assault on Junaid Safdar.

If you were Junaid Safdar, what would you have done? Leave your family and join PTI?

 

[Major]

I have it from a good source that less than 40 people turned up at Jemimas house. Surely the Nooras could have found a few extra asylum seekers to engage in the protest.

If you had it in good authority, and know thenpeople, why didnt you try to stop this? You defend the guy 24/7 at the end of the day and waste money on his election campaign

 

[DeadlyVenom]

I have it from a good source that less than 40 people turned up at Jemimas house. Surely the Nooras could have found a few extra asylum seekers to engage in the protest.

Imran has successfully cultivated a line of thinking that any supporter of PMLN is a traitor. Its unlikely you will see many people publicly declare their support.

Even in their heartlands in Punjab the people ( youth + woman) are with Imran.

 

[Bewal Express]

If you had it in good authority, and know thenpeople, why didnt you try to stop this? You defend the guy 24/7 at the end of the day and waste money on his election campaign

Why should I. If these Noora idiots want to show what tools they are, then let them. After all the hype a few idiots that are looking for asylum is funny. The PTI march in London and Bham were huge. NS and the all the guys are not well and if we see them they will get abuse like no tomorrow.

 

[Bewal Express]

Imran has successfully cultivated a line of thinking that any supporter of PMLN is a traitor. Its unlikely you will see many people publicly declare their support.

Even in their heartlands in Punjab the people ( youth + woman) are with Imran.

That's because they are. It was interesting in the cricket match I attended it was 90% IK and 10% the traitors. The discussions were heated and more interesting than the cricket.

 

[Bewal Express]

They didn't have money to pay more than 40 people .

I was actually surprised that it was that low. But there is real a hatred for these people that I have never seen before.

 

[Major]

That's because they are. It was interesting in the cricket match I attended it was 90% IK and 10% the traitors. The discussions were heated and more interesting than the cricket.

interesting so anyone against Imran is a traitor

 

[Bewal Express]

A question for all PTI supporters who are defending the assault on Junaid Safdar.

If you were Junaid Safdar, what would you have done? Leave your family and join PTI?

I am not defending any Assaults, Juanid Safdar is a poor guy, his dad is a security guard and his mum is on benefits from her dad, why is he being Assaulted?

 

[Bewal Express]

interesting so anyone against Imran is a traitor

I didn't think so before. But joining Foreigners to overthrow our govt so that they could get basis, Yes. And its not just me. It was the overwhelming feeling amongst the people discussing this. I think it's time IK called a spade a spade and said it himself. PK need to hear the truth.

 

[bones]

I have it from a good source that less than 40 people turned up at Jemimas house. Surely the Nooras could have found a few extra asylum seekers to engage in the protest.

Just seen the footage I will be honest and say that it looks like it’s between 150-200 people. Yesterday in Birmingham and Manchester you had easily 5,000 and possibly 10,000 such were the gatherings.

Overseas there simply isn’t any comparison. It would be better if PML overseas didn’t bother cause it just makes the support look smaller than we thought it be was. In Pakistan they will be able to gather large crowds but to to the scale of PTI? I don’t think so.

 

[bones]

interesting so anyone against Imran is a traitor

That’s perhaps not the way to phrase it but anyone who is with PDM after this American backed regime change, do they really have Pakistan at their heart.

Many people are with IK because of the regime change and not his policies. I know because I and my family are like this.

 

[Mamoon]

I am not defending any Assaults, Juanid Safdar is a poor guy, his dad is a security guard and his mum is on benefits from her dad, why is he being Assaulted?

I ask again.

If you were Junaid Safdar, what would you have done? Leave your family and join PTI?

 

[Bewal Express]

I ask again.

If you were Junaid Safdar, what would you have done? Leave your family and join PTI?

As the son of a security guard and a mother on benefits from a convict its a difficult one, so we need to ask ourself,
Is he a a beneficiary of the stolen billions or not? Yes or no?

 

[Bewal Express]

Just seen the footage I will be honest and say that it looks like it’s between 150-200 people. Yesterday in Birmingham and Manchester you had easily 5,000 and possibly 10,000 such were the gatherings.

Overseas there simply isn’t any comparison. It would be better if PML overseas didn’t bother cause it just makes the support look smaller than we thought it be was. In Pakistan they will be able to gather large crowds but to to the scale of PTI? I don’t think so.

Many of those that look like these thugs were journalists and bye standers. Look at this and see what they are getting as a reward in the afternoon. Lol


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Biryani even in London <a href="https://t.co/Hmz1rSTVEX">pic.twitter.com/Hmz1rSTVEX</a></p>— Siasat.pk (@siasatpk) <a href="https://twitter.com/siasatpk/status/1515821095248711688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[MenInG]

Animals but expected behaviour


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is a video of hundreds of men protesting for hours outside my 88 yr old mother’s house in Surrey yesterday. <br>The man with the tannoy is threatening - <br>“If Jemima and her children don’t come down here, then we will enter her bedroom.”<a href="https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@metpoliceuk</a> is this legal? <a href="https://t.co/0aNE7J0Hmx">https://t.co/0aNE7J0Hmx</a></p>— Jemima Goldsmith (@Jemima_Khan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jemima_Khan/status/1516047491053101062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[IMMY69]

Animals but expected behaviour


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is a video of hundreds of men protesting for hours outside my 88 yr old mother’s house in Surrey yesterday. <br>The man with the tannoy is threatening - <br>“If Jemima and her children don’t come down here, then we will enter her bedroom.”<a href="https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@metpoliceuk</a> is this legal? <a href="https://t.co/0aNE7J0Hmx">https://t.co/0aNE7J0Hmx</a></p>— Jemima Goldsmith (@Jemima_Khan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jemima_Khan/status/1516047491053101062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Explains why I had to wait 15 minutes for an Uber yesterday.

 

[Saj]

Recipe for disaster this.

Sooner or later there is going to be a very ugly incident at one of these needless protests and somebody is going to get badly hurt.

I would have thought that when protestors start accumulating outside a property, then they should be moved on very quickly.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

PMLN supporters have a habit of calling PTi supporters member of a cult.

Well there is nothing more cult like than this behaviour.

The protestors at Nawaz Sharifs house want to know about the stolen wealth of the country and how his family of parasites can live alife of luxury in exile in the UK. This is a valid reason for a protest.

The cult PMLN supporters are protesting because of the protest against their leaders residence. There is no logic or thought behind it, they are rallied into a protest with no purpose simply because their cultish mindset demands it.

 

[IMMY69]

PMLN supporters have a habit of calling PTi supporters member of a cult.

Well there is nothing more cult like than this behaviour.

The protestors at Nawaz Sharifs house want to know about the stolen wealth of the country and how his family of parasites can live alife of luxury in exile in the UK. This is a valid reason for a protest.

The cult PMLN supporters are protesting because of the protest against their leaders residence. There is no logic or thought behind it, they are rallied into a protest with no purpose simply because their cultish mindset demands it.

So you know why you'll get very few replies?
Because there is far too much truth in what you say

 

[Deewana Mastana]

They distributed biryani at 2pm for all the people that turned up.

 

[Bewal Express]

These 2 buday re-enacting their fantasies in the demo outside JGs House.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is trademark Abid Sher Ali arranged rally. Iss tarah ki gandi harkatein aur kaun karwa sakta hai. Great job <a href="https://twitter.com/AbidSherAli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AbidSherAli</a> &#55357;&#56399;&#55357;&#56397; <a href="https://t.co/PqPYHE8Kaj">https://t.co/PqPYHE8Kaj</a></p>— Adeel Habib (@Adeel786) <a href="https://twitter.com/Adeel786/status/1516630138275913730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Bewal Express]

They distributed biryani at 2pm for all the people that turned up.

Opening their Roza early!

 

[KingKhanWC]

These 2 buday re-enacting their fantasies in the demo outside JGs House.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is trademark Abid Sher Ali arranged rally. Iss tarah ki gandi harkatein aur kaun karwa sakta hai. Great job <a href="https://twitter.com/AbidSherAli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AbidSherAli</a> ���� <a href="https://t.co/PqPYHE8Kaj">https://t.co/PqPYHE8Kaj</a></p>— Adeel Habib (@Adeel786) <a href="https://twitter.com/Adeel786/status/1516630138275913730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Disgusting scmbags.

Im sure the females in their own family are very proud of them.

I'd love to bump into these old men one day, they wont be dancing ever again.

 

[Bewal Express]

Disgusting scmbags.

Im sure the females in their own family are very proud of them.

I'd love to bump into these old men one day, they wont be dancing ever again.

I hope people know who they are in their areas. Surely they must ring some bells

 

[daytrader]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is also a fake account. Please report. My children are not on social media. Thank GOD. <a href="https://t.co/7UY0szUsvc">https://t.co/7UY0szUsvc</a></p>— Jemima Goldsmith (@Jemima_Khan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jemima_Khan/status/1521887316159209473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[MenInG]

Regarding the campaign against Jemima Goldsmith, he said: “My ex-wife was also targeted in the past and a campaign was run against her, accusing her of being part of the Jewish lobby. Likewise, a false case was filed against her, accusing her of exporting antique tiles from the country”.

GEO

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What the hell is wrong with these people <a href="https://twitter.com/pmln_org?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@pmln_org</a> ? Another mass demonstration announced outside my 88 year old mother’s house this weekend. This is the third time! What has my Mum got to do with Pakistani politics? It’s disruptive for her & a total waste of police time.</p>— Jemima Goldsmith (@Jemima_Khan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jemima_Khan/status/1542515952146735104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2022</a></blockquote>
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[daytrader]

The unholy alliance is out to get everyone that supports Imran Khan

 

[BunnyRabbit]

[MENTION=147292]RedwoodOriginal[/MENTION] [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION] lol these PTI vs PMLN supporters are so much like WWE vs AEW twitter/internet warriors except they get physical in real life.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

[MENTION=147292]RedwoodOriginal[/MENTION] [MENTION=46929]shaz619[/MENTION] lol these PTI vs PMLN supporters are so much like WWE vs AEW twitter/internet warriors except they get physical in real life.

Yeah they are far worse. This toxic discourse is one of the reasons why I gave up on politics in this country years go.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Yeah they are far worse. This toxic discourse is one of the reasons why I gave up on politics in this country years go.

lol same.

 

[Bewal Express]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What the hell is wrong with these people <a href="https://twitter.com/pmln_org?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@pmln_org</a> ? Another mass demonstration announced outside my 88 year old mother’s house this weekend. This is the third time! What has my Mum got to do with Pakistani politics? It’s disruptive for her & a total waste of police time.</p>— Jemima Goldsmith (@Jemima_Khan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jemima_Khan/status/1542515952146735104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2022</a></blockquote>
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These Noora idiots are dumb and immoral. I bet they do it to show loyalty to the bhagora so that they or their relatives can be rewarded with a job. Total losers

 

[cricketjoshila]

Why are they demonstrating in UK? And why is UK government allowing its territory to be used by a political party of another country to harass residents of UK?

 

[JaDed]

Why are they demonstrating in UK? And why is UK government allowing its territory to be used by a political party of another country to harass residents of UK?

UK is notorious for supporting thugs, dirty money issues that have been uncovered after Russia Ukraine should be proof enough.

 

[Vatta]

How to win friends and influence people the Noora way.



Absolute mouth breathing, thugs.

 

[MenInG]

Jemima Khan's new movie starring Sajal Ali screens at TIFF (Toronto)

Jemima Khan screened her new film ‘Whats Love Got To Do With It’ at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday.

Written and produced by Khan, the film is also creating waves because of its multicultural cast, starring Lily James, Shazad Latif, Emma Thompson, Shabana Azmi and Sajal Ali among others.

Having been writing the movie for 10 years, according to the Toronto Star, Khan exclaimed that it “It feels like 300”.

The Working Title production is already getting good reviews, with The Hollywood Reporter calling it a ‘Vibrant Multicultural Rom-Com.’

This is also a very personal project as “all the characters in the film are based on characters I have met along the way in my life”, she stated at a post-screening celebration, reported the Toronto Star.

The cross-cultural British romantic comedy focuses on filmmaker Zoe, played by Lily James, and her journey to love, which mainly include swiping on dating apps along with bad dates and her close friend Kazim, played by Shazad Latif who decides to opt for an arranged marriage with Maymouna played by Sajal Ali.

The film is slated for release in the UK on January 27, 2023.

Khan's two sons, Sulaimain and Kasim, were also in Toronto to support their mother.

In a cast interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Khan expressed her view on arranged marriages or ‘assisted’ marriages as she sees them.

Recounting her experience of having lived in Pakistan for about 10 years, she shared how she has seen very successful ones, even amongst the younger generation, and of course some not so.

The movie, as she would call it, is her own exploration into finding out what it takes to find lasting love, as someone who has been "quite useless at it, personally", she shared self-deprecatingly.

On representation in the film, Khan said how when she was living in Pakistan a common complaint she heard was that in the west Pakistanis are only depicted as "terrorists, fundamentalists" or largely "backward" or "unaspirational".

She therefore, has tried to depict a very "different" type of story, showcasing a second-generational British-Pakistani family, promising there are definitely no "terrorists" in the film.

Khan previously was in the news for taking her name off as a consultant to the series, ‘The Crown’ as she did not like how the characterisation of Diana was shaping up. Another project that is in the works is one with Julian Fellowes, the creator of Downtown Abbey.

Called ‘Five Arrows', it is a drama about the Rothschild family and their influence across Europe in the 19th century.

https://www.brecorder.com/news/40197044

 

[MenInG]

Jemima and Imran's sons

 

[PakLFC]

Jemima still looks like a proper diva I her heart she still love Pakistan and always will do.

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last night £150K + was pledged so far for Pakistan flood relief - short and long-term- via <a href="https://twitter.com/UNICEF_uk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@unicef_uk</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/PakEnvironment_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PakEnvironment_</a> thanks to some v generous people. Thanks to ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SadiqKhan</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MayorofLondon</a>⁩ ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/Benaresofficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Benaresofficial</a>⁩ for your support. <a href="https://t.co/8MP5SLqvFn">https://t.co/8MP5SLqvFn</a></p>— Jemima Goldsmith (@Jemima_Khan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jemima_Khan/status/1613219322498883584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[MenInG]

[VIDEO] Jemima Khan's movie "What's love got to do with it"

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What’s Love Got to Do with it? hits Australian cinemas this Thursday 26 January. In an ode to love and Pakistan, writer Jemima Khan wanted to show the Pakistan she got to know when she moved there for love.

Marrying former Pakistan cricket captain and former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, Ms Khan feels as though she almost grew up in Pakistan, living there between the ages of 20 and 30. While there, in what she says are formative years, she saw a side of the country that is seldom displayed in western media – the vibrant, joyful, and colourful Pakistan.

The film follows Zoe Stevenson (Lily James), a documentary maker from London as she searches for her next project. She meets up with childhood friend, Kaz Khan (Shazad Latif) who tells her he has decided to follow the same path as his parents and find his match via an assisted marriage. Unlucky in love, dating app addict Zoe is fascinated by the idea and decides to make it the focus of her next documentary.

“Lily James and Shazad Latif are best friends in real life, they have that kind of easy chemistry. The idea that they’ve known each other as kids was kind of true and I hope that that reads on the screen,” says Ms Khan.

Before meeting Imran and learning more about his culture, Ms Khan says she had never even heard the term ‘assisted’ marriage; rather she had heard of ‘arranged’ marriage. She says there’s a tendency to conflate arranged marriage with forced marriage, which is an unfair assessment.

“The difference between assisted marriage, which is essentially an introduction by the people who know and love you best, and forced marriage, which is a horrendous practice, it’s worlds apart,” she says.


At 21 years of age, Ms Khan found herself living with her in-laws, Imran’s father, sisters, sisters’ husbands, and their children. During this time, she was exposed to arranged marriages, both ones that had stood the test of time and those that were just beginning. She says some of them were really successful and happy, seemingly challenging the notion of love that we have been exposed to in your average rom-com.

“I was sort of intrigued by this notion that you walk into love instead of falling into love. That you simmer then boil; you don’t start with love, you end with love,” she says.

Of all his siblings, her ex-husband Imran was the only one to enter a love marriage (with her), one that is unassisted, and he has been the only one to go through a divorce. Ms Khan says there is something to the inbuilt pragmatism of assisted marriage that could be helpful in terms of long-term satisfaction. She notes that she is just like the next person, completely ruined by rom-coms, which she says are to blame for the love-at-first-sight trope, the opposite to an arranged marriage.

“This mythologised idea of romantic love that can sometimes be quite unrealistic and leave you with expectations that are quite hard for a partner, a relationship to match up to,” she says.

Without wanting to get too deep, Ms Khan says she believes our unrealistic expectations of love have grown in the absence of religion.

“We need to believe in the one, and we need to sort of almost make the other person this higher power and are everything; that is not terribly helpful because I don’t think any other person can be that.”

In the film, Zoe’s mother Cath, played by Emma Thompson, tries to take a page from the Khan family book and set her daughter up with the local vet. Ms Khan would be thrilled at the idea of playing matchmaker for her sons and choosing her ideal daughter-in-law.

“I’d adore it. Who wouldn’t want to veto and have total control over who their daughter-in-law is going to be; it would be amazing. But I don’t think they’re going to ask me to,” she smiles.

She says her sons played a part in casting the film, and as a producer as well as the writer, Ms Khan was involved in casting decisions. Having dinner with her two sons one night, they asked why she hadn’t cast Asim Chaudhry, and encouraged her to watch his show, People Just Do Nothing. Instantly taken with the show, Ms Khan knew he would be a great addition to the cast and wrote the role of Mo the Matchmaker.

“He laughs now. I slipped into his DMs and said please will you be in [the film], mainly to impress my kids. I wrote the part especially for him,” she says.

When it came to casting Kaz’s wife-to-be, Maymouna (Sajal Ali), Ms Khan went to someone in the know in Pakistan. As talent agencies aren’t common in the country, the writer reached out to an old friend, the unofficial king of culture in Lahore.

“I was like ‘Yusuf, tell me. I need a beautiful actress who is nuanced and foreign and clever. She needs to be just as great as Lily James’ and he was like ‘okay, you need to meet Sajal Ali’,” Ms Khan says. Ms Ali landed the role of Maymouna in the film.

Jemima Khan’s film What’s Love Got to Do with it? (M) is in Australian cinemas from Thursday 26 January.
https://canberraweekly.com.au/jemima-khan-on-love-assisted-unaided-and-her-new-film/

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just spotted on the M25 (in the UK) <br> <a href="https://t.co/gjYDk9R2hG">pic.twitter.com/gjYDk9R2hG</a></p>— Jemima Goldsmith (@Jemima_Khan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jemima_Khan/status/1647189278500306944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2023</a></blockquote>
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[KingKhanWC]

Cool truck

 

[topspin]

These 2 buday re-enacting their fantasies in the demo outside JGs House.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is trademark Abid Sher Ali arranged rally. Iss tarah ki gandi harkatein aur kaun karwa sakta hai. Great job <a href="https://twitter.com/AbidSherAli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AbidSherAli</a> ���� <a href="https://t.co/PqPYHE8Kaj">https://t.co/PqPYHE8Kaj</a></p>— Adeel Habib (@Adeel786) <a href="https://twitter.com/Adeel786/status/1516630138275913730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Finally sense has prevailed &#55357;&#56911;&#55356;&#57340;&#55356;&#56821;&#55356;&#56816; <a href="https://t.co/8K5IV1BgKt">pic.twitter.com/8K5IV1BgKt</a></p>— Jemima Goldsmith (@Jemima_Khan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jemima_Khan/status/1656652275442499588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[MenInG]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1659311882367279106

 

[FearlessRoar]

Another day, another conspiracy theory surfaces.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1750451830943822084

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s sons face threats of violence if they visit father in jail

Imran Khan’s children have received threats over their safety if they go to Pakistan to meet their father in jail, a source close to the family of the former prime minister of Pakistan has told The Independent.

Last week Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to 14 years in prison on corruption charges. This came just a day after another special court convicted the former leader of Pakistan of leaking state secrets and handed him a 10-year prison sentence. Finally, on Saturday, a court ruled his marriage was conducted illegally and handed him and Bibi another seven-year term.

Pakistan goes to the polls this Thursday and Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party says these hastily issued convictions are a brazen attempt to discredit them on trumped-up charges, with Khan continuing to ride high in favourability polls despite being jailed for the past six months and banned from holding political office.

But the crackdown Khan faces also extends far beyond the political realm. The source close to the family said that the two sons of the former prime minister, Suleman Khan, 27, and Qasim Khan, 25, who both live in the UK, have received “threats of violence”.

Meanwhile, relatives in Pakistan have also faced jail or handed their own criminal cases to answer, the source said. “His nephew has been held in a military jail for six months and no one knows [his] whereabouts,” they said. “His sister has a case pending for cybercrime and intimidation; some of the family escaped abroad before no-fly restrictions were applied to the rest.

Imran Khan’s sons face threats of violence if they visit father in jail

With Pakistan going to the polls this Thursday, Khan has been handed three criminal convictions in a week and his PTI party has faced a heavy-handed crackdown by the authorities

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Bewal Express]

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s sons face threats of violence if they visit father in jail

Imran Khan’s children have received threats over their safety if they go to Pakistan to meet their father in jail, a source close to the family of the former prime minister of Pakistan has told The Independent.

Last week Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to 14 years in prison on corruption charges. This came just a day after another special court convicted the former leader of Pakistan of leaking state secrets and handed him a 10-year prison sentence. Finally, on Saturday, a court ruled his marriage was conducted illegally and handed him and Bibi another seven-year term.

Pakistan goes to the polls this Thursday and Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party says these hastily issued convictions are a brazen attempt to discredit them on trumped-up charges, with Khan continuing to ride high in favourability polls despite being jailed for the past six months and banned from holding political office.

But the crackdown Khan faces also extends far beyond the political realm. The source close to the family said that the two sons of the former prime minister, Suleman Khan, 27, and Qasim Khan, 25, who both live in the UK, have received “threats of violence”.

Meanwhile, relatives in Pakistan have also faced jail or handed their own criminal cases to answer, the source said. “His nephew has been held in a military jail for six months and no one knows [his] whereabouts,” they said. “His sister has a case pending for cybercrime and intimidation; some of the family escaped abroad before no-fly restrictions were applied to the rest.

Imran Khan’s sons face threats of violence if they visit father in jail

With Pakistan going to the polls this Thursday, Khan has been handed three criminal convictions in a week and his PTI party has faced a heavy-handed crackdown by the authorities

www.independent.co.uk

Worst fascism in PK history