The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Friday arrested a woman with heroin-filled capsules in her stomach at Islamabad International Airport.
As per details, the woman was attempting to smuggle the drug to Sharjah.
As per details, the passenger had 100 heroin-filled capsules in her stomach. She was about to board Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-209 when she was detained by ANF officials.
ANF’s swift action thwarted the smuggling attempt.
2022 might feel like it was the longest year ever but it has also given us a lot of things to look back at fondly. From Mera Dill Yeh Pukare girl’s viral video to former PM Imran Khan’s iconic “Ham koi Ghulam Hain”, here are all the things that the Pakistani internet went crazy about in 2022:
Asif Ghafoor, a young boy, became an overnight star after a video of him dancing on the Pakistan Super League (PSL) anthem, ‘Agay Dekh’ went viral.
A clip of Pakistani television serial Judwa in which a bride gets swapped on her wedding night by her twin sister, confusing netizens about what was happening.
Former Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s “Kya Hum Ghulam Qaum Hain Kay Jou European Union Kahay Hum Woh Karein” reply to European Union (EU) envoys in Pakistan for their letter asking Islamabad to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine went viral across the country.
In a humorous video, a girl can be seen leaving the dining room with two slices of pizza but no ketchup, which worries her husband, as if eating pizza without ketchup was a big deal.
Mera Dil Ye Pukare Aaja went viral over the internet after a Tik Tok video of a girl named Aisha was widely shared on Tik Tok. It went so viral that people from across the border including Madhuri Dixit made a video on it.
Bilawal was speaking at a rally in Islamabad to mark the end of a 10-day long Awami March. “I am shaking Islamabad. Islamabad may kaampein taang rahi hai [Shivers are legging in Islamabad],” he said. Although he meant to say taangein kaamp rahein hain, his slip of tongue led to a meme fest.
However, PPP later said the video was morphed, with the real one showing Bilawal correcting himself a second later.
In the last month of the year videos of the Lahore based politician Chaudhary Akhtar Lawa trended on social media and his catchphrase, ‘Lahore da Pawa, Akhtar Lava’ (Akhtar Lava, the pillar of Lahore), spread like wildfire across social media platforms. Twitter and TikTok particularly went into a frenzy about him.
Senior actor Samiya Mumtaz recently opened up on her blockbuster drama serial Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan. The Sang-e-Mah star stated that she was hosting a show for Dawn English when acclaimed writer Umera Ahmed noticed her and approached her for the drama. Samiya stated that she wanted a fresh face for the character and thought that I fit the bill.
Mumtaz revealed that when received the drama offer, she was not even aware of Humayun Saeed’s existence. She genuinely questioned fellow actor Nadia Jamil about the offer, who insisted that she should definitely do it. Humayun and Umera were both well-known figures then also, and Nadia advised her to say yes right away. She gave her advice on how to charge for dramas as well. The rest, as they say, is history.
Samiya used to be recognised in public, which she wasn’t used to, as the drama went on to become a huge success. Mumtaz said that she initially used to wear a veil while going out so that she doesn’t get spotted by fans as she was overwhelmed with her popularity. The Daddy actor mentioned that although everyone she met was very warm towards her, but she wasn’t sure how to take it. Although she soon understood that this is not a permanent way to live.
Mumtaz was also flooded with offers and was approached for another drama with Faysal Qureshi but she didn’t take it down and Savera Nadeem was later cast for the project. She always wanted to do meaningful roles hence she remained super choosy even at the peak of her career.
akistani blockbuster The Legend of Maula Jatt will likely not get a theatrical release in India after a spokesperson for cinema chain INOX confirmed that the film’s release has been delayed indefinitely, Indian Express has reported.
The Pakistani action film was set to release in theaters across India on December 30. However, the decision to release the film met with intense criticism by Indian politicians including the president of the cinema wing of the MNS Ameya Khopkar who wrote on Twitter that Fawad Khan’s fans might just have go to Pakistan to watch the film.
In another tweet, Khopkar said he will not allow Maula Jatt to be released anywhere in India.
The last Pakistani film to release in India was Bol in 2011, which also featured Humaima Malick and Mahira Khan, both of whom star in Maula Jatt too.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is charing a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) as the country faces an uptick in terrorist incidents.
Senior civilian and military leaders are part of the meeting. The decision to convene the meeting of the NSC was taken in a meeting between PM Shehbaz and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Thursday.
Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and military chiefs are also present in the moot.
According to news reports, Director-General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum will brief the meeting on the recent terror wave in Pakistan and the situation at the Pak-Afghan border while an integrated strategy against terrorism is expected to be formulated.
The Nanbai Association of Lahore has summoned a meeting to discuss a raise in the price of roti and naan, ARY has reported.
The Association is considering raising the price of roti and naan by Rs11 in the provincial capital.
The owners of tandoors requested approval from the Lahore district administration to raise the price of naan and roti to Rs35 and Rs25 respectively, citing a hike in wheat prices for raising rates of the dietary staples.
An uptick of smuggling of wheat and subsidised flour bags to other provinces has led to the price of flour in the Punjab capital increase by Rs5 per kilogramme to Rs140.
Smuggling has exacerbated Punjab’s flour problem, increasing open-market prices to an all-time high. According to sources, subsidised flour bags were being smuggled into Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkwa at a cost of Rs2,400 per bag.
A woman in Indonesia faked her own death to avoid giving back a loan she owed.
The alleged scam artist — known only as “L” — reportedly owed an undisclosed sum to her associate Maya Gunawan, with the cash initially due to be paid on Nov. 20.
According to details, when the woman was unable to procure the money, she asked Gunawan to extend the payment date till Dec. 6.
That day came and went — and Gunawan was shocked when she logged onto Facebook Dec. 12 to discover a post from L’s daughter announcing her mom had been killed in a car crash.
According to the post, L had passed away following an incident on a bridge close to her home in Medan, North Sumatra. The post also said that she would be laid to rest 370 miles away in Banda Aceh.
The daughter, who claimed her mother had hacked into her Facebook account to write the lie, reportedly acknowledged the post was false.
According to the Daily Star, the picture of the gurney the daughter put up in the post was reportedly borrowed from a TV show, and the pictures of L in a shroud were taken to “make her lie more convincing.”
A former aide to Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif was arrested over his connection with the premier’s audio leaks, released in September and October, a media report has said.
On their YouTube show Talk Shock, veteran journalists Azaz Syed and Umar Cheema have revealed that ADC to PM Shehbaz, identified as Major Arsalan, had recorded and leaked the audio clips. Afterward, he was taken into detention by Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) General Nadeem Anjum on the directives of former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa.
According to Azaz, Major Arsalan had earlier served as an ADC to former Corps Commander Bahawalpur Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, and was allegedly transferring the Premier’s recorded conversations to Bahawalpur.
The major himself confessed to committing the crime, Azaz Syed said on the programme. He said that whenever there was an important meeting, Major Arsalan used to have a secret phone specifically for recording the conversation or calls.
Shehbaz Sharif had been told about the development.
It is pertinent to mention that since the ouster of former PM Imran Khan, several audio leaks came out to the public adding more drama to the country’s politics.
Earlier, Federal Minister for Interior, Rana Sanaullah claimed that the matter of the premier’s audio leaks is not related to an agency, but a few people, who had been identified. He added that these people belong to the staff of the PM House.
In one of the audio leaks, PM Shehbaz and an unidentified person talked about a power plant to be imported from India for PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz’s son-in-law. In the other audio leak, the unknown person is allegedly telling the premier that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is asking for their “shares” for the Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) as well.
Looking back at the year 2022, Pakistani cinema produced commercially and critically successful films like Kamli, Joyland and of course, Maula Jatt. This year was the start of listening to voices that didn’t just circle around men. Now actress Amar Khan has expressed hope that the conversation keeps going on, while the industry releases more movies that champion women voices and don’t revolve around male-centered notions.
Yesterday on Twitter, the actress shared a post applauding the success of Bollywood movie “Gangubai Kathiawari” which has surpassed all other productions to become the number 1 movie at the Indian box office. The post applauded director and writer Sanjay Leela Bhansali for breaking the stereotype that women-led movies don’t become instant hits, and that movies infused with emotional dialogues rather than intense action scenes wouldn’t interest anyone.
Amar Khan wrote that she hoped Pakistan would follow the same footsteps as its neighbor and soon start creating more films that were female-centered and also commercially successful.
“Rab kare 2023 mein koi aik adh bhansali border k is paar bhi janam le.Warna we have never made a female oriented commercially succesful film.They continue to be male centric!!”
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will start issuing new banknotes on December 29, 2022.
The new SBP Banking Services Corporation banknotes will include the signature of the new governor, Jameel Ahmad.
Banknotes containing the signatures of his predecessors will also remain legal tender.
Earlier, the SBP stated that banknotes of the old design, large-sized banknotes with denominations of Rs10, Rs50, Rs100, and Rs1,000 could be exchanged from the SBP till December 31, 2022.
The federal government extended the deadline for exchanging old designed large-size banknotes in Notification F.No.2(1)IF-III/2010 until December 23, 2021.
In a statement, State Bank stated that December 31, 2022, was the “last and final deadline for exchange of such banknotes, upon expiry of which, these banknotes shall no longer be exchangeable from the counters of the SBP Banking Services Corporation (BSC) and thus will lose their value.”