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  • Chief Traffic Officer Amara Athar has good news for women

    Chief Traffic Officer Amara Athar has good news for women

    Amara Athar, the first woman chief traffic officer of Lahore, has announced good news for women.

    After taking over the post, she has asserted that the department’s priority will be to get more girls to ride motorcycles and increase the capacity of women drivers.

    Pointing out that traffic jams are a major problem in the city, Athar said that her aim is to improve traffic flow within limited resources.

    Who is Amara Athar?

    Amara Athar was appointed as the Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) of Lahore by Punjab government on December 12.

    The BS-19 police officer is the first woman police officer on central traffic control assignment in the provincial capital and the fourth woman police officer posted in Lahore.

    Dawn reports that according to an official, under Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Usman Anwar’s policy, female officers have been prioritised for field assignments to counter the “decades-old tradition of ‘male dominant’ policing in the province”.

    An official claims that while there were a number of male contenders for the top position of the Lahore traffic police, the IGP preferred a woman officer, especially after the outstanding performance of another female officer, Aysha Butt, who was posted as Gujranwala CTO who has reportedly bring about significant reforms in a short period since her appointment.

    Butt has built Pakistan’s first traffic theme park at Gujranwala with a long walking track that has traffic signs on both sides to create public awareness about traffic rules.

  • Former child artist Zuhab Khan is all grown up and getting married

    Former child artist Zuhab Khan is all grown up and getting married

    Zuhab Khan, the famous child artist, is all grown up and getting married! He recently announced his plans to marry fellow actress Wania Nadeem. Khan, the grandson of the late legendary artist Moin Akhtar, acted in many popular dramas as a child star, including ‘Ummeed-e-Sehar’, ‘Main, Maa, Aur Woh’ and ‘Kash Mein Teri Beti Na Hoti.’

    Responding to a question in an interview about getting married at the age of 22, Zuhab Khan said, “I can get married in the next three months or within a month, but I personally want to get married after three years.”
    He stated, “I want to achieve some goals, and even if I achieve those goals within the next four months, I can still get married.”
    He announced that he is getting married to actress Wania Nadeem. “The girl is ready to get married, she is saying lets get married tomorrow, but I have advised her not to. First, build your career, and then we will get married. Nowadays, she is also working in dramas.”

    Wania Nadeem recently entered the entertainment industry after being a TikToker. Her drama ‘Khushboo Mein Base Khat’ is set to be aired on Hum TV soon.

  • Pakistan Super League season 9 schedule has been changed

    Pakistan Super League season 9 schedule has been changed

    The schedule of Pakistan Super League (PSL) season nine has been changed due to the general elections of 2024.

    The opening ceremony of PSL season nine will take place in Lahore on February 13, while the final will be played in Karachi on March 19, 2024. Earlier, the starting date of PSL nine was fixed on February 8, but general elections have also been fixed for the same day by the Election Commission of Pakistan, leading to the administration changing the schedule of the domestic league.

  • Greta Gerwig, director of ‘Barbie,’ to lead jury at 77th Cannes Film Festival

    The Cannes Film Festival announced Thursday that Greta Gerwig, director of summer blockbuster “Barbie”, will preside over the jury at its 77th edition in May.

    The 40-year-old Gerwig, also an actor and screenwriter, takes the baton from Sweden’s Ruben Ostlund, whose jury awarded the 2023 Palme d’Or to courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall”.

    She is the first American woman filmmaker to take on the role, the festival said in a statement.

    Gerwig’s presence will provide a youthful flair to Cannes, which has not had such a young president since 1966, when it was led by then-31-year-old Sophia Loren.

    She is also the first woman since actor Cate Blanchett in 2018 to assume the prestigious position, where men remain over-represented.

    “I love films — I love making them, I love going to them, I love talking about them,” Gerwig said in a statement.

    “As a cinephile, Cannes has always been the pinnacle of what the universal language of movies can be”.

    Aside from “Barbie”, a vivid feminist satire about the all-conquering line of plastic dolls, Gerwig has also directed “Lady Bird” (2017) and “Dr March’s Daughters” (2020).

    She is currently working on an adaptation of “The Chronicles of Narnia” for Netflix.

    The festival described Gerwig, who has starred in more than two dozen films, as a heroine for modern times who has rattled the status quo.

    “This is an obvious choice, since Greta Gerwig so audaciously embodies the renewal of world cinema,” said Cannes boss Iris Knobloch and festival delegate Thierry Fremaux

    “Beyond the seventh art, she is also the representative of an era that is breaking down barriers and mixing genres, and thereby elevating the values of intelligence and humanism,” they added.

    In announcing a high-profile woman director, the world’s largest film festival stole back the spotlight from its younger competitor, February’s Berlinale.

    The festival in the German capital on Monday announced its own jury president, 40-year-old Mexican-Kenyan actor Lupita Nyong’o, the first black person named to the role.

    In choosing Gerwig, Cannes is also highlighting its continued ties with the powerful American film industry.

    The Cannes Film Festival has yet to unveil the rest of the jury or the films in the official selection.

  • Shahnawaz given death penalty for murdering Sarah Inam

    Shahnawaz given death penalty for murdering Sarah Inam

    Sarah Inam’s husband Shahnawaz Amir, son of renowned journalist Ayyaz Amir has been sentenced to death for murdering his wife.

    Session Judge Nasir Javed announced the verdict, fining the convict Rs10 lac as well. Shahnawaz’s mother Samina Shah has been acquitted for lack of proof as compliant to the murder, reports Geo.

    Sarah’s lawyer demanded the death penalty during the November 16 hearing.

    Sarah Inam’s father talked to the media after the verdict was announced and expressed his satisfaction with the death penalty but showed his concern over his mother getting off Scott-free.

    The father was accompanied by Shaukat Mukadam, Noor Mukadam’s father and the two appealed to the Supreme Court for a logical conclusion of Noor’s case.

    Shahnawaz was arrested in September last year from his farmhouse in Islamabad. Sarah was reportedly murdered just a day after she arrived in the country from Dubai where she had been working. Her husband was initially remanded to police custody a day after his arrest and the period of his physical remand was extended several times.

    Shahnawaz’s father, Ayyaz Amir was discharged from the case and his mother Samina Shah, nominated as co-accused in the case, was granted post-arrest bail in November last year.

    The postmortem revealed that Sarah had suffered multiple head fractures leading to her death, after having been hit on the head with a dumbbell.

  • PUBG Mobile roadmap 2024: PMGO, PMSL and much more to know

    PUBG Mobile roadmap 2024: PMGO, PMSL and much more to know

    Player Unknown Battlegrounds (PUBG) mobile is all set to introduce a brand new roadmap for the PUBG mobile E-sports year 2024. PUBG mobile has introduce a new global event named Pubg Mobile Global Open (PMGO). The major changes in PUBG mobile E-sports year 2024 is the expansion of leagues in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), America, Central and South Asia.

    James Yang, the senior director of PUBG Mobile Global E-sports revealed three Global leagues in year 2024; the PUBG Mobile Global Championship, PUBG Mobile World Invitational (PMWI) and the new event PMGO.

    The PMGO will take place in Brazil in months of March and April in 2024 with prize-pool of 500,000 USD. This event includes teams from the host region qualifiers, regional PMSL qualifiers and PMSL partnership teams.

    Another major change is the addition of PUBG Mobile Super League (PMSL) which will replaces the PUBG Mobile Pro League (PMPL). The PMSL will bring the PUBG mobile competition to another level, and will have offline events for each PMSL league. The South East Asia (SEA) region will have three seasons of PMSL while EMEA, America, Central and South Asia (Now United) will also have two leagues seasons.

    James Yang explained, why the SEA region will have one extra PMSL league than other regions. He said, “This is due to the developed E-sports system in these regions, and we would see that three seasons will have better because the audience wants to see more competition”.

    Below the second tier there will be PMSL regional qualifiers to give a chance for Underdogs teams to compete against Professional players. The fourth tier will have smaller regional tournaments like PUBG Mobile Club Open (PMCO).

  • Bilawal gives interesting answer to question about marriage

    Bilawal gives interesting answer to question about marriage

    In an informal conversation with journalists in Peshawar, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was asked about marriage, prompting him to give an interesting answer.

    Talking to senior journalists in Peshawar, the former Foreign Minister was asked when he was getting married. “I have to get married, or you? What is your problem? Do you have a girl in your sights that you are asking about marriage,” Bilalwal replied. .

    He said that Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa wrote in the decision that the date of the election is a line in stone, and we have faith in his word.

    The PPP Chairman Bilalwal, also stated that his party is trying to reduce the fever of hate in the political charged climate, adding that unfortunately, some parties are still involved in politics of hatred.

  • ECP to announce election schedule on December 17

    ECP to announce election schedule on December 17

    The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will announce election schedule on December 17, allowing candidates to submit their nomination papers the next day, The News has reported on Thursday.

    ECP will take 54 days to complete the process of conducting polls in the country on February 8, next year.

    Article 220 of the constitution says that once the election schedule is announced, the caretaker government is bound to support the ECP to conduct free and fair elections in the country.

    On the other hand, ECP has halted the training of district returning officers (DROs) and returning officers (ROs) designated for the forthcoming general elections set to take place on February 8 next year.

    The ECP spokesperson issued a notification saying that the Lahore High Court (LHC) had ordered the training of DROs and ROs to stop.

    Election commissioners of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan have been notified. The training of DROs and ROs is currently in progress in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, and Quetta.

    Previously, the high court declined the order of the ECP appointing ROs from the bureaucracy for the upcoming general election on February 8, 2024.

  • Sonu Nigam apologises to Omar Nadeem for plagiarising song

    Sonu Nigam apologises to Omar Nadeem for plagiarising song

    India singer Sonu Nigam has recently apologized to Omar Nadeem for unintentionally plagiarizing one of his songs. Sonu Nigam showed humility and respect by publicly acknowledging the similarities and extending a sincere apology to Omar Nadeem.

    The controversy arose when fans observed resemblances between Sonu Nigam’s new release and a 14-year-old song by Omar Nadeem. Social media buzzed with discussions highlighting similarities in melody, rhythm, and even some lyrical elements. Sonu Nigam swiftly addressed the concerns after hearing about the debate.

    Omar Nadeem responded gracefully to Sonu Nigam’s apology, appreciating the acknowledgment of the similarities. His understanding approach resonated positively with fans on both sides of the border.

    As fans, we can appreciate the commitment of these artists to fostering an atmosphere of collaboration and camaraderie, even in the face of unexpected controversies.”

  • Sadia Iqbal improves in ICC Rankings

    Sadia Iqbal improves in ICC Rankings

    Pakistan’s left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal has moved up to the fourth position in the women’s International Cricket Council’s (ICC) T20 rankings.

    Sadia has played 28 T20Is, taking 29 wickets, with best figures of 3/19 against Bangladesh in 2019.

    Sadia Iqbal said, “Cricket is a game of challenges and milestones, reaching the fourth place in the world T20 bowling ranking is an important milestone in my career. My success is due to the collective efforts of the team and the support of the fans.”

    Another Pakistani left-arm spinner, Nashra Sandhu, is also among the top ten bowlers in the ICC Women’s T20 rankings, with 53 wickets in 51 T20s and is ranked eighth on the list.