<p>They say immitation is the best form of flattery. Pakistani fans of popular Netflix show 'Money Heist' would beg to differ though.<br />
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On Sunday, Pakistani actor Aijaz Aslam announced the launch of his film. '50 Crore' on Twitter. Aslam shared a teaser and did not divulge too many details but instead tweeted 'coming soon'.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="und"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/50crore?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#50crore</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/action?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#action</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ComingSoon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ComingSoon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aijazaslam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aijazaslam</a> <a href="https://t.co/GwGKtGkLhp">pic.twitter.com/GwGKtGkLhp</a></p>
— aijaz aslam (@aijazz7) <a href="https://twitter.com/aijazz7/status/1317692986357145601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p>The teaser- featuring some prominent faces from the entertainment world, though looked similar to the Spanish show&nbsp; 'La Casa de Papel' (The House of Paper) aka Money Heist and speculated if the show was a Pakistani version of 'Money Heist'.<br />
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Since the actor did not share much details of the teaser, fans were quick to jump into inclusion and #MoneyHeistPakistan started trending on Twitter with several making fun at the similarities with the show. The teaser also inspired many to make hilarious memes.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I bet money heist Pakistan's gonna have an unemployed IT graduate as the professor</p>
— Cristiano Rona-Daldo (@Guilty4Fries) <a href="https://twitter.com/Guilty4Fries/status/1317862064178823169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Real Money Heist Pakistan. <a href="https://t.co/Sjd6YvKaLB">pic.twitter.com/Sjd6YvKaLB</a></p>
— ریحان🔥 (@tmhara_kashif) <a href="https://twitter.com/tmhara_kashif/status/1317941767661039616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Imagine if the story of money heist Pakistan revolves around the pakistani politicians 💀</p>
— Abdullah// Danyal Zafar stan account (@bruhabdullah5) <a href="https://twitter.com/bruhabdullah5/status/1317886961965817856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MoneyHeist?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MoneyHeist</a> Pakistan made copy of money heist<br />
Le shahrukh Khan and Bollywood <a href="https://t.co/s8kLqgl95B">pic.twitter.com/s8kLqgl95B</a></p>
— Taha Khan (@tahakhan_302) <a href="https://twitter.com/tahakhan_302/status/1317923429505503234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">What the hell is this?<br />
Pakistan copying Money heist in the same exact way. Ajeeb yar 😂😂 <a href="https://t.co/dNwwHG1IuT">pic.twitter.com/dNwwHG1IuT</a></p>
— Malik Waqas Saleem (@waqassaleem650) <a href="https://twitter.com/waqassaleem650/status/1317806305256628224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Money heist Pakistan wale bank jayenge, woh bolenge peche dou sign kardo phir paisay milenge.</p>
— anastipu (@teepusahab) <a href="https://twitter.com/teepusahab/status/1317799654692630528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Money heist Pakistan can never work. They’d be stuck in the traffic outside any bank lol</p>
— Jiya. (@jjjjaaayyyyy) <a href="https://twitter.com/jjjjaaayyyyy/status/1317889823609397253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<p>Much like the original show, '50 Crore' features actors who have&nbsp; been given names after different cities of Pakistan.<br />
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The cast includes Aijaz Aslam as Rahimyar Khan, Omer Shahzad as Duska, Naveed Raza as Lala Musa, Asad Siddiqui as Mirpurkhas, Faryal Mehmood as Chaman, Saboor Aly as Sahiwal, Anoushay Abbasi as Bela, Noman Habib as Sheikupura, and Zhalay Sarhadi as Mianwali.</p>

<p>The actors are part of a team led by a chief (or professor) who is played by Faysal Qureshi.<br />
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While the outrage on Internet continued, Aslam appeared in anither video urging people to wait for the full video to come out before passing a judgement.<br />
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“I request all of you to wait 8-10 days and you will know what it is. When you see it do give your opinion,” said Aslam. He said that the project he had done with 11 celebrities, is “different”.<br />
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“Judging before time should not be done. Rest is up to you. Different thing is coming and you should appreciate it,” said Aslam.</p>


They say immitation is the best form of flattery. Pakistani fans of popular Netflix show 'Money Heist' would beg to differ though. On Sunday, Pakistani actor Aijaz Aslam announced the launch of his film.

They say immitation is the best form of flattery. Pakistani fans of popular Netflix show 'Money Heist' would beg to differ though. On Sunday, Pakistani actor Aijaz Aslam announced the launch of his film. '50 Crore' on Twitter. Aslam shared a teaser and did not divulge too many details but instead tweeted 'coming soon'. #50crore #action #ComingSoon #aijazaslam pic.twitter.com/GwGKtGkLhp — aijaz aslam (@aijazz7) October 18, 2020 × The teaser- featuring some prominent faces from the entertainment world, though looked similar to the Spanish show 'La Casa de Papel' (The House of Paper) aka Money Heist and speculated if the show was a Pakistani version of 'Money Heist'. Since the actor did not share much details of the teaser, fans were quick to jump into inclusion and #MoneyHeistPakistan started trending on Twitter with several making fun at the similarities with the show. The teaser also inspired many to make hilarious memes. I bet money heist Pakistan's gonna have an unemployed IT graduate as the professor — Cristiano Rona-Daldo (@Guilty4Fries) October 18, 2020 × Real Money Heist Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/Sjd6YvKaLB — ریحان🔥 (@tmhara_kashif) October 18, 2020 × Imagine if the story of money heist Pakistan revolves around the pakistani politicians 💀 — Abdullah// Danyal Zafar stan account (@bruhabdullah5) October 18, 2020 × #MoneyHeist Pakistan made copy of money heist Le shahrukh Khan and Bollywood pic.twitter.com/s8kLqgl95B — Taha Khan (@tahakhan_302) October 18, 2020 × What the hell is this? Pakistan copying Money heist in the same exact way. Ajeeb yar 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/dNwwHG1IuT — Malik Waqas Saleem (@waqassaleem650) October 18, 2020 × Money heist Pakistan wale bank jayenge, woh bolenge peche dou sign kardo phir paisay milenge. — anastipu (@teepusahab) October 18, 2020 × Money heist Pakistan can never work. They’d be stuck in the traffic outside any bank lol — Jiya. (@jjjjaaayyyyy) October 18, 2020 × Much like the original show, '50 Crore' features actors who have been given names after different cities of Pakistan. The cast includes Aijaz Aslam as Rahimyar Khan, Omer Shahzad as Duska, Naveed Raza as Lala Musa, Asad Siddiqui as Mirpurkhas, Faryal Mehmood as Chaman, Saboor Aly as Sahiwal, Anoushay Abbasi as Bela, Noman Habib as Sheikupura, and Zhalay Sarhadi as Mianwali. The actors are part of a team led by a chief (or professor) who is played by Faysal Qureshi. While the outrage on Internet continued, Aslam appeared in anither video urging people to wait for the full video to come out before passing a judgement. “I request all of you to wait 8-10 days and you will know what it is. When you see it do give your opinion,” said Aslam. He said that the project he had done with 11 celebrities, is “different”. “Judging before time should not be done. Rest is up to you. Different thing is coming and you should appreciate it,” said Aslam.

Pakistan to get its own version of 'Money Heist'? Twitter reacts with hilarious memes

<p>A Pakistani court has ordered the government to open an investigation into online &quot;blasphemy&quot;, threatening to ban social media networks if they failed to censor content deemed insulting to Islam, lawyers said on Thursday, according to&nbsp;an AFP report.</p>

<p>Judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court asked the government to form an investigative committee to report back next Monday on the issue, saying he could order social media sites to be blocked if offending content remained online.</p>

<p>&quot;The judge ordered the government to make a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) with only Muslim officials to look into the blasphemy issue,&quot; said advocate Tariq Asad, who represents the hardline Red Mosque&nbsp;which brought the case to court.</p>

<p>This comes after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Tuesday that &quot;blasphemous&quot; content on social media would be removed or blocked, and that whoever posted it would be &quot;strictly punished&quot;, Reuters reports. This report&nbsp;characterises this stance as something positioned&nbsp;to appeal to his conservative base before next year&#39;s election.</p>

<p>The issue of blasphemy came to the fore in January when five secular activists known for their outspoken views against religious extremism and the powerful military were disappeared, presumed abducted by state agencies according to opposition parties and international rights groups. Four of them were later returned to their families weeks later, but not before they were tarnished by a virulent campaign to paint them enemies of Islam deserving execution.</p>

<p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/17/pakistan-asks-facebook-twitter-help-identify-blasphemers" target="_blank">Guardian </a>reports today that Pakistan has asked the popular social media sites Facebook and Twitter to help identify Pakistanis suspected of blaspheming, so it can prosecute or bring forward their extradition. The report says that Pakistan&#39;s interior minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, said an official in the country&#39;s Washington embassy came to the two companies with this aim. Minister Khan said that the country&#39;s authorities had so far singled out 11 individuals for questioning about suspected blasphemy, according to the report.</p>

<p>Rights groups say the label of blasphemer is liberally applied by religious conservatives in order to silence criticism of extremism.</p>

<p>Under Pakistan&#39;s blasphemy laws, anyone found guilty of insulting Islam can be sentenced to death.</p>

<p><strong>Past incidents</strong></p>

<p>AFP contextualizes the current blasphemy issue by giving some brief history:</p>

<p>At least 65 people including lawyers, judges and activists have been murdered by vigilantes over&nbsp;blasphemy allegations since 1990, according to recent think tank report.</p>

<p>Pakistan previously banned Facebook for hosting allegedly blasphemous content for two weeks in 2010 while YouTube was unavailable from 2012 to 2016 over an amateur film about the Prophet Muhammad that led to global riots.</p>

<p>But Islamabad later came to agreements with major internet firms to block within Pakistan material that violated its laws, generally once the companies had performed their own cross-checks.</p>

<p>Yasser Latif Hamdani, a lawyer who worked to get YouTube unblocked, said previous web censorship had also originated with court orders and the judge could succeed in implementing a fresh set of bans.</p>

<p>&quot;In this case you would have to apply to the Supreme Court to overrule it. Would they? He&#39;s going to couch it in religious language...It could create a lot of problems if he does that,&quot; he said.</p>

<p>(WION with inputs from agencies)</p>


Also, a report today said Pakistan asked Facebook and Twitter to help identify nationals, even those abroad, suspected of insulting Islam

A Pakistani court has ordered the government to open an investigation into online "blasphemy", threatening to ban social media networks if they failed to censor content deemed insulting to Islam, lawyers said on Thursday, according to an AFP report. Judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court asked the government to form an investigative committee to report back next Monday on the issue, saying he could order social media sites to be blocked if offending content remained online. "The judge ordered the government to make a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) with only Muslim officials to look into the blasphemy issue," said advocate Tariq Asad, who represents the hardline Red Mosque which brought the case to court. This comes after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Tuesday that "blasphemous" content on social media would be removed or blocked, and that whoever posted it would be "strictly punished", Reuters reports. This report characterises this stance as something positioned to appeal to his conservative base before next year's election. The issue of blasphemy came to the fore in January when five secular activists known for their outspoken views against religious extremism and the powerful military were disappeared, presumed abducted by state agencies according to opposition parties and international rights groups. Four of them were later returned to their families weeks later, but not before they were tarnished by a virulent campaign to paint them enemies of Islam deserving execution. The Guardian reports today that Pakistan has asked the popular social media sites Facebook and Twitter to help identify Pakistanis suspected of blaspheming, so it can prosecute or bring forward their extradition. The report says that Pakistan's interior minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, said an official in the country's Washington embassy came to the two companies with this aim. Minister Khan said that the country's authorities had so far singled out 11 individuals for questioning about suspected blasphemy, according to the report. Rights groups say the label of blasphemer is liberally applied by religious conservatives in order to silence criticism of extremism. Under Pakistan's blasphemy laws, anyone found guilty of insulting Islam can be sentenced to death. Past incidents AFP contextualizes the current blasphemy issue by giving some brief history: At least 65 people including lawyers, judges and activists have been murdered by vigilantes over blasphemy allegations since 1990, according to recent think tank report. Pakistan previously banned Facebook for hosting allegedly blasphemous content for two weeks in 2010 while YouTube was unavailable from 2012 to 2016 over an amateur film about the Prophet Muhammad that led to global riots. But Islamabad later came to agreements with major internet firms to block within Pakistan material that violated its laws, generally once the companies had performed their own cross-checks. Yasser Latif Hamdani, a lawyer who worked to get YouTube unblocked, said previous web censorship had also originated with court orders and the judge could succeed in implementing a fresh set of bans. "In this case you would have to apply to the Supreme Court to overrule it. Would they? He's going to couch it in religious language...It could create a lot of problems if he does that," he said. (WION with inputs from agencies)

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