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  • The best part about 2022 was witnessing the rise of Shae Gill.

    The best part about 2022 was witnessing the rise of Shae Gill.

    2022 could be best regarded as the year Pakistani music went global, with singer Arooj Aftab winning a Grammy for her song ‘Mohabbat’, then Ms. Marvel debuting on Disney Plus while showcasing Pakistani singers like Eva B, Hassan and Roshaan and then Coke Studio happened. But perhaps in all of this, Shae Gill becoming the absolute queen she was always going to be, was the brightest spot of the year.
    Shae Gill uploaded a post on Instagram on Friday where she posted video clips and pictures of her finest moments of 2022, which included new music she released and performances abroad. But it’s safe to say that witnessing the rise of the singer this year has to be proof that the Pakistani music industry is in safe hands. There is something amazing and unique Gill is bringing to the table.

    Gill had previously been an Instagram star, who sang covers of songs like Neeyat-e-Shauq and Kahaan Ho Tum, and her fans would often encourage her to release a solo song.

    Soon enough, Gill took the world by storm with the song Pasoori, belting out what turned out to be a global hit with Ali Sethi. Many of us who didn’t know about her Instagram covers, fell in love with her mesmerizing, soothing voice. Pasoori soon reached more than a 100 million likes on Youtube, dominated Spotify global charts all over the world, and even making a feature on pop singer Britany Spear’s Instagram account.

    You thought that this would be enough for Gill? She once more captivated followers with her dreamy solo in the song ‘Sukoon’. The video instantly became a hit on social media and fans commented on how much Shae Gill’s voice was similar to Nazia Hassan’s melodious voice.

    https://twitter.com/KashaffZulfiqar/status/1607844822508765191?s=20&t=PrOwpG8UYPIp0BX-AzYFuw

    It wasn’t only limited to Pakistani fans, even Bollywood celebrities like Rohit Saraf and Ayush Mannk became instant fans of the song.

    Soon afterwards, Spotify announced that Gill is the brand’s new EQUAL ambassador, and was featured on the Times Square billboard in New York.

    If this is all that took for Shae Gill to become a household name in a year, then we aren’t prepared for the magic she will bring for the rest of the years to come. It’s wonderful to witness how Shae Gill is bringing the world’s attention to Pakistani music with her melodious voice, and we’re so excited to witness her rise in the years to come.

  • ‘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;

  • Chinese-born Canadian pop star sentenced to 13 years in jail for sex crimes

    Chinese-born Canadian pop star sentenced to 13 years in jail for sex crimes

    Kris Wu, a Chinese-Canadian pop artist, has been found guilty of sex offences and sentenced to 13 years in prison.

    The 32-year-old musician and actor was found guilty by a Beijing court of raping three women and assembling a crowd to engage in an orgy.
    Wu was taken into custody after a student accused him of rape on a date.

    Later, 24 more victims came forward to accuse Wu on various charges.

    Wu was also slapped with a fine of 600 million yuan ($83.7m) for evading taxes by massively underreporting his earnings from performances, advertisements and other sources of income.

    On July 31 of last year, he was taken into custody in Beijing after being accused by an 18-year-old Chinese student of pressurising her and other girls, some of whom were minors, into having sex with him.

  • Lindsay Lohan marries Dubai based millionaire Bader Shammas

    Lindsay Lohan marries Dubai based millionaire Bader Shammas

    Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan secretly tied the knot with Bader Shammas, a Dubai-based financier. She confirmed the same in an Instagram post on July 1. The couple previously got engaged in November last year and in her new birthday post, Lindsay referred to Bader as her “husband.” 

    Lohan shared a sweet picture of her and Shammas and called herself the “luckiest woman in the world” on her birthday. Sharing the snap, in the captions, the Mean Girls star wrote, “I am the luckiest woman in the world. You found me and knew that I wanted to find happiness and grace, all at the same time. I am stunned that you are my husband. My life and my everything. every woman should feel like this everyday.” 

    It was also confirmed by Lohan’s spokesperson to Entertainment Tonight that the actress indeed got married. Following their engagement in November, Lindsay had dropped a series of photos of the two and also showcased her engagement ring while making the happy announcement. She wrote, “My love. My life. My family. My future” as she tagged him in the post. 

    Bader got his Mechanical Engineering degree in 2010 from the University of South Florida and later graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Finance degree from John H. Sykes College of Business. He is currently based in Dubai and is an assistant vice president at Credit Suisse. He previously worked as a associate at BNP Paribas Wealth Management.

    The duo began dating in February 2020 and have been going strong ever since. The details of their wedding haven’t been revealed yet by Lohan. The actress is also set to make an acting comeback soon and will be seen in a Netflix film. She will be next seen in a holiday rom-com soon. 

  • Varun Dhawan praises Abrar-ul-Haq, sends love in a video message

    Varun Dhawan praises Abrar-ul-Haq, sends love in a video message

    Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan has praised singer Abrar-ul-Haq recently in a video message while recording an interview with Bollywood Hungama.

    “I want to say to Abrar that he sung the song so well, the original one,” the actor told the outlet. “It is amazing, outstanding and we loved it.”

    He added, “Our music company, they bought the rights and now our song is doing so well, so thank you.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD474_Dvxes

    Earlier this year, the Bheega December crooner took to his twitter handle to slam Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar for plagiarising his famous song Nach Punjaban in his latest film, Jug Jugg Jeeyo.

    As soon as the trailer of the upcoming film was out, Abrar shared his statement.

    “I have not sold my song Nach Punjaban to any Indian movie and reserve the right to go to court to claim damages. Producers like @karanjohar should not use copy songs. This is my 6th song being copied which will not be allowed at all,” Abrar tweeted.

    After a series of unpleasant exchanges between the two entities, Abrar was given the credits for his iconic song Nach Punjaban used in Johar’s Jug Jugg Jeeyo.

    Taking to Instagram Story, the well-acclaimed Indian director shared the track’s new version of The Punjaabban Song‘s poster which featured Haq’s name alongside Tanishk Bagchi.

    This came after Haq publicly called out the filmmakers for using his famed song without taking his permission or right to it. Also the way they have credited him at the end of the list is also not fair. This should have been done earlier only.

    Abrar-ul-Haq officially gets credit for Nach Punjaban in Karan Johar film

    Earlier Dhawan broke his silence on the controversy by stating: “T-series has put out an official statement about this they legally licensed the rights. I think when you have international companies like YouTube and Spotify… When they are playing music they have very strict laws about copyrights. It’s no joke. All the processes have been followed.”

  • VIDEO: Justin Bieber reveals he is suffering from facial paralysis

    VIDEO: Justin Bieber reveals he is suffering from facial paralysis

    Canadian popstar Justin Bieber revealed that he is suffering from facial paralysis after cancelling a series of shows on his latest tour. He was on his Justice tour in North America but cancelled performances in New York, Washington DC and Toronto.

    In a video posted on his Instagram page, the 28-year-old singing sensation said he had been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome after a virus had damaged the nerves in his ear.

    Justin Bieber revealed: “As you can see, this eye is not blinking. I can’t smile on this side of my face. This nostril will not move, so there’s full paralysis on this side of my face.”

    According to the BBC, the Ramsay Hunt syndrome is when a shingles outbreak affects the facial nerve near someone’s ears.

    Bieber asked his fans to understand as he will be using this time rest and relax.

    “I hope you guys understand, and I’ll be using this time to just rest and relax and get back to 100 per cent so I can do what I was born to do. But in the meantime, this ain’t it.”

    READ MORE: By 20 I made every bad decision you could have thought of: Justin Bieber

    Bieber’s last album, Justice, released in March 2021, has been certified platinum in the US, and got to second in the UK album charts. Bieber’s Justice World Tour began in February.

  • International pop icon Akcent drools over The Current’s latest interview with Ayesha Omar

    International pop icon Akcent drools over The Current’s latest interview with Ayesha Omar

    Romanian singer Adrian Sina, who is better known as Akcent has expressed love for The Current’s latest interview promo with Ayesha Omar and Ahsan Khan.

    In the interview, the Bulbulay diva is seen opening up on her connection with Akcent. Ayesha reveals, “It started when he once stated in an interview that from Pakistan if he wants to collaborate with someone in acting or singing, it’s Ayesha Omar.”

    Since then the two have been connected on Instagram. Adrian was quick to drop multiple red hearts in the interview’s comment section.

    The Rehbra duo also answered multiple entertaining questions ranging from their bold shoots to controversies.

    Earlier this year Akcent announced that he will be arriving in Pakistan to spend the holidays in Hunza. He aims to show the world that Pakistan is a ‘safe and beautiful country.

    The How Deep Is Your Love singer turned to Instagram and Twitter simultaneously and posted a video wherein he can be heard saying “Hello, this is Akcent and I am so happy to see you again in Pakistan.”

    In the caption of the video, Sina said “Hello Pakistan, This time I have decided to spend some of my holidays in Hunza Pakistan to show the world that Pakistan is a Safe and Beautiful country.”

    The Romanian singer has held several music concerts in Pakistan in the past.

    Pakistani fans welcomed Akcent’s announcement in the comment section. Ayesha was quick to warmly welcome him to Pakistan.

    She commented “Welcome!!!!” followed by a heart emoji.

    Last month, he also turned to social media and said “I have been to Pakistan many times and I always felt it like a home.”

  • Fact check: Shehbaz Sharif did not meet singer Farhan NTF at PM House

    Fact check: Shehbaz Sharif did not meet singer Farhan NTF at PM House

    Claim: PM Shehbaz Sharif invited singer Farhan NTF to the PM House

    Fact: Shehbaz Sharif met Farhan NTF at his private residence in November 2021, almost 5 months before becoming Prime Minister.

    A video of Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif meeting singer, composer and writer Farhan NTF went viral on Friday in which the singer can be seen sitting with Sharif and singing “Mian De Naray“, which is a political song.

    Political analyst Raheeq Abbasi tweeted the video and wrote: “These days, PM House looks like a circus. If in doubt, watch this video.” His tweet was retweeted more than 12,000 times and had almost three thousand quote-tweets.

    Former federal Minister Fawad Chaudhry quoted Raheeq Abbasi and tweeted: “Pakistan’s dummy prime minister in an important meeting discussing people’s issues in PM House.”

    Anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan also quote-tweeted the same video and wrote that the King can be seeing enjoying himself.

    However, the video is not recent. Farhan tweeted about meeting Shehbaz Sharif on November 3, 2021. At that time, Imran Khan was the prime minister of Pakistan and the video was not shot inside the Prime Minister House.

    In a YouTube video, Farhan explains how hurt he was that his old video went viral and is being misused by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He clarifies that he met PM Shehbaz last year in November at Sharif’s private residence. He said that it seems that the video is being used as if PM Shehbaz is listening to a political song that was written for him instead of working.

    “I am a singer. I don’t have any political affiliations. I have sung songs for PTI also but my song ‘Mian De Naray’ became very popular. Did Khan not meet Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar and Shaan Shahid when he was prime minister? Why can Shehbaz Sharif not meet any artist? I hope that people do not misuse our videos for their political interests.”

    VERDICT: FALSE

  • Aima Baig under fire for being alleged defaulter of PKR 85 million, FBR issues notice

    Singer Aima Baig has been issued a notice by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for non-payment of worth Rs 85 million. According to the FBR, the Balma Baghora singer has not paid income tax for 2018, 2019 and 2020. If fails to pay her income tax, the cars she listed on her tax forms will be seized. A notice has been sent to her in this regard.

    On the work front, The singer will feature in Pakistan Super Leagues’s Anthem along with Atif Aslam. The music will be produced by Abdullah Siddiqui.

    Aima is not the only singer to come on FBR’s radar, last year in March (FBR) issued a notice to singer Atif Aslam for non-payment of advance tax worth 0.60 million.

  • Ramiz reportedly instructs marketing team to find sponsor for PSL anthem

    Ramiz reportedly instructs marketing team to find sponsor for PSL anthem

    Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ramiz Raja has reportedly instructed the marketing team of the tournament to find a sponsor for the anthem of the seventh edition.

    As per reports, the release of PSL’s anthem is delayed and only the concept of the song is finalised.

    It has also been reported that Pakistani star Atif Aslam has been contacted to compose the song but there has been little progress.

    The seventh edition of the league is set to be started from January 27 and international player will start arriving in Pakistan from January 15.

    Raja chaired a high level meeting with the government of Sindh and District Administration officials/police at the National Stadium Karachi ahead of the upcoming edition of the league. The meetings were reportedly held to finalise the final preparations and security measures of PSL.

    The first leg of the tournament will be played in National Stadium Karachi while the second leg will be played in Gaddafi Stadium Lahore. The final will be played in Lahore on February 27.