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  • ‘New elections in Punjab will be held before Ramzan’: Fawad Chaudhry

    ‘New elections in Punjab will be held before Ramzan’: Fawad Chaudhry

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that elections in Punjab will be held before the start of the holy month of Ramzan.

    Chaudhry, in a tweet, claimed that several members of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have contacted PTI for party tickets to contest elections in Punjab. He further stated that the candidate for each constituency would be evaluated on merit.

    “New elections will be held in Punjab before March 20,” he declared.

    Fawad maintained that the Punjab division of the party is ready for “every attack” from the PML-N.

    PML-N has stated multiple times that it would not concede to the PTI’s demand for snap polls.

    On the previous Saturday, Khan announced that PTI wouldn’t be part of “this system” and would quit all the assemblies. Following this, PTI members also agreed with the decision to dissolve Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) assemblies. However, an official announcement regarding the dissolution is yet to be made.

  • Azam Nazeer Tarar again takes charge as law minister

    Azam Nazeer Tarar again takes charge as law minister

    Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar on Wednesday once again took charge as the federal law minister.

    Tarar assumed charge once more at the request of Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif, after stepping down from the post last month citing “personal reasons”.

    PM Shehbaz asked federal ministers to ask Tarar to continue serving as the law minister and that he would not accept his resignation.

    On Tuesday, a delegation of the ministers — including Ayaz Sadiq, Rana Sanaullah, Khawaja Saad Rafique, Marriyum Aurangzeb, and Ishaq Dar — met the senator at his residence and gave him the prime minister’s message.

  • Khan congratulates COAS Gen Munir, CJCSC Gen Mirza on promotions

    Khan congratulates COAS Gen Munir, CJCSC Gen Mirza on promotions

    Imran Khan, Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), on Wednesday congratulated the newly appointed Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir and Chairman Joint Chief of Army Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Sahir Shamshad Mirza on assuming charge of their office.

    Khan took to Twitter today, six days after the government announced appointments to congratulate the two military officials.

    “We hope the new military leadership will work to end the prevailing trust deficit that has built up in the last eight months, between the nation and the state. Strength of the state is derived from its people,” the former premier wrote.

    He also shared a quote of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah regarding the role and “duty” of armed forces.

    “Do not forget that the armed forces are the servants of the people and you do not make national policy; it is we, the civilians, who decide these issues and it is your duty to carry out these tasks with which you are entrusted,” the quote written in an image tweeted by Khan read.

    Khan congratulated both army generals one day after the change of command ceremony was held in Rawalpindi. On November 24, the Prime Minister selected both officers for the highest military posts, ending weeks of speculation and uncertainty.

  • Pindi test might get delayed for 24 hours after almost half the English team picks up bug

    Pindi test might get delayed for 24 hours after almost half the English team picks up bug

    Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are currently discussing the possibility of delaying the first Test after almost half of the England 16-man playing squad have been infected with a virus or a bug, reports Geo Super.

    “England need 11 fit players to play in the Test. The England team doctor to confirm later in the day following which decision will be made,” sports journalist Faizan Lakhani wrote in a tweet.

    “13 to 14 members of England’s staff – including half the 16-man playing squad – have come down with an illness in Rawalpindi. The issue is thought to be a virus or bug rather than food poisoning,” ESPN has reported.

  • Sunita Marshall, Hassan Ahmed break silence over separation speculation

    Sunita Marshall, Hassan Ahmed break silence over separation speculation

    Amidst separation speculation, actors Sunita Marshall and Hassan Ahmed took to their Instagram handles to shut down unnecessary chatter about their relationship.

    After Hassan called out his model-cum-actress wife’s recent revelations about his mental health and struggling days, netizens started predicting a split between the two.

    However, Sunita clarified on Instagram that all is well on their end.

    Hassan also commented under her post and cleared the air.

    Sunita recently chatted with Fuchsia Magazine about earning more than her husband and supporting him during their early days in marriage, “I was doing well already when I got married to Hassan while Hassan was a struggling actor at that time and there was a time when he wasn’t even getting any work. he left his job for an acting career but was sitting at home due to lack of opportunities. I told him you can’t sit at home and should work.”

    “People thought I married a millionaire but that wasn’t the case.”

    After seeing the interview Hassan Ahmed made a video against his wife’s opinion, he said, “I wanted to talk about the interview which Sunita Marshall gave to Fuchsia Magazine, since it’s a public interview and I want to clarify it publicly, my wife Sunita Marshall gave a few opinions which are her own version of events, many of the things are incorrect in them, even if they are correct, they should be kept private, a lot of things coincide with my opinion, after seeing that interview I felt that they are having a pity on me which I don’t want, I am a strong man and It is my choice to share my struggles or not.”

    Netizens gave a polarising response to Hassan’s video.

    Have a look at it.

    Hassan Ahmed Angry At Wife Sunita Marshall on Sharing Private Information
    Hassan Ahmed Angry At Wife Sunita Marshall on Sharing Private Information
    Hassan Ahmed Angry At Wife Sunita Marshall on Sharing Private Information
    Hassan Ahmed Angry At Wife Sunita Marshall on Sharing Private Information
    Hassan Ahmed Angry At Wife Sunita Marshall on Sharing Private Information
    Hassan Ahmed Angry At Wife Sunita Marshall on Sharing Private Information
    Hassan Ahmed Angry At Wife Sunita Marshall on Sharing Private Information
  • Suicide attack by TTP on FC truck leaves two dead, 23 injured

    Suicide attack by TTP on FC truck leaves two dead, 23 injured

    An explosion in Quetta’s Baleli area on Tuesday left one policeman and one child dead. The explosion also left 23 people injured including 20 police men.

    Police said that a truck of Frontier Constabulary (FC) was targeted in the explosion. They said that the injured cops and civilians were rushed to a nearby hospital.

    Emergency responders and police rushed to the scene to provide rescue assistance. Police said, adding 16 Balochistan constabulary also suffered multiple injuries.

    Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed the attack. This is the third attack by the militant organisation since they announced an end to ceasefire on Monday.

  • ‘Sir budhe hone ka koi plan he apka ya inkar smjhain?’: Twitter reacts to Shehzad Roy’s latest picture

    ‘Sir budhe hone ka koi plan he apka ya inkar smjhain?’: Twitter reacts to Shehzad Roy’s latest picture

    Pakistani singer, social activist and discoverer of the fountain-of-youth, Shehzad Roy, posted his latest picture on Twitter, leaving fans going gaga over him.

    Minutes after the picture was posted on the social website, Twitterati questioned Roy if he would ever age.

    Here are few of the comments;

  • ‘Nazia Hassan must be turning in grave’: Adnan Siddiqui blasts Malaika’s ‘Aap Jaisa Koi’ version

    ‘Nazia Hassan must be turning in grave’: Adnan Siddiqui blasts Malaika’s ‘Aap Jaisa Koi’ version

    Bollywood is often criticised for remixing old classic songs now and ruining the original essence of cult songs. Now, Pakistan’s pop icon Nazia Hassan’s iconic track Aap Jaisa Koi has been revamped for Ayushmann Khurrana’s upcoming film, An Action Hero.

    The new version, sung by Zahrah S Khan and Altamash Faridi, was released on YouTube on Saturday. It also marks the comeback of the Chaiyya Chaiyya  diva Malaika Arora. Hassan’s vocals were initially picturised on Zeenat Aman, and late actors Feroz Khan and Vinod Khanna in the 1980 Bollywood film Qurbani. 

    Aap Jaisa Koi was a touchstone track in the disco movement back in the day.

    Actor Adnan Siddiqui tweeted his opinion on the remixed track on Twitter.

    He wrote, “Is there something in the air that the world has suddenly developed a penchant for ruining perfect classics? Even re-creation requires talent. Nazia Hassan must be turning in her grave. #AapJaisaKoi nahi..”

    The heavily auto-tuned newer remixed version has also been panned by netizens. Not only they termed it “unnecessary” but also “criminal” by social media users. Netizens took to Twitter to rant about how the Indian industry should stop “ruining classics” and focus on creating new music instead and how the originals remain “unmatched.” 

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    Earlier this year, Bollywood upset Pakistani fans after recreating Abrar ul Haq’s Nach Punjabun in the Varun Dhawan starrer, JuggJugg Jeeyo. In May this year, Haq had accused filmmaker Karan Johar and his Dharma Productions of stealing his music.

  • Dissolution of assemblies: Khan to make important announcement next week

    Dissolution of assemblies: Khan to make important announcement next week

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan will make an important announcement regarding the dissolution of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) assemblies next week, Geo News has reported.

    Khan will address all PTI members of the assembly via a video link. Meetings for both KP and Punjab parliamentary parties have also been called.

    The KP Parliamentary Party meeting will be held on Friday while the Punjab Parliamentary Party meeting will be held on Saturday, in which Khan will take both parties into confidence to dissolve the assemblies

    The meeting also decided that the PTI would approach the National Assembly (NA) speaker and push him to accept the resignations of its legislators.

    On Saturday, Khan announced that PTI wouldn’t be part of “this system” and would quit all the assemblies. Following the announcement, Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi showed support for Khan’s decision.

  • PKR remains largely stable after Pakistan receives $500 million

    PKR remains largely stable after Pakistan receives $500 million

    Strangely, the Pakistani rupee (PKR) did not increase or decrease at the time of closing on Tuesday. The PKR’s closing rate was Rs223.95 and showed no change from its previous closing rate of Rs223.95.

    The local currency only declined by one paisa on Monday.

    After falling for four straight days, the rupee’s slide against the US dollar came to an end today. The market confidence was bolstered by the Finance Division’s earlier confirmation of receiving $500 million from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

    What do Pakistanis think of the current dollar exchange rate?

    Some Twitter users claim that the government is controlling exchange rates, which will harm the economy in the long run since exporters are reluctant to accept payments made through banking channels and question why they should sell dollars to banks for less when the open market price is more than Rs250.

    The daily dollar rate announcement from SBP, according to a Twitter user, has lost all relevance because “the rate is controlled and not determined by market forces. The hefty difference between the interbank rate and the open market rate proves the point.”