Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Hiba Bukhari extends birthday greetings to her rumoured fiancé

Actress Hiba Bukhari, who had dropped bombshell news for all of her fans, has once again made waves online after she wished Arez Ahmed, her rumoured beau, on his birthday.

Posting a beautiful collage of pictures, the Fitoor starlet extended heartfelt birthday greetings to Arez Ahmed saying: “Happy Birthday to the star-buoy you are.” “May you have many many more ahead,” Hiba Bukhari added.

“Don’t have much pictures of us together so I posted this one, this is one of my favourites. Raw and real as you are,” concluded the actress.

Hiba Bukhari Arez Ahmed

Since Bukhari had spilled the beans on her mysterious beau, fans are speculating that the actress is engaged to her co-star Arez Ahmed. However, there is no official statement received by the duo yet.

Hiba’s confession came after a fan in her DMs expressed his love for the actor.  “I am committed,” she wrote with an engagement ring emoticon.

During the Q/A session on Instagram, the curiosity peaked when someone asked if she is marrying her co-star Arez, but the actress went speechless.

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WATCH: Sarah Khan embraces her baby in this heartwarming clip

Sarah Khan

Pakistani actress Sarah Khan shared a heartfelt video via her Instagram story with newborn daughter Alyana, leaving fans smitten.

Embracing her little baby, Sarah Khan was seen sharing a kiss on Alyana’s cheek and we just can’t get over the mother-daughter duo. “MashaAllah, one-month-old my baby girl,” read the alphabetic sticker.

Sarah and Falak Shabir, who tied the knot in July 2020, welcomed their first child, a baby girl, on Friday, October 8.

Sharing the happy news, the Ijazat singer wrote, “Rabi-Ul-Awal Mubarak. Jummah Mubarak. ALLAH pak ne is ba barkat maheenay ke ba barakat din Apni rahmat se nawaza hay. Shukar ALHAMDULILLAH.”

“So happy to announce the arrival of my daughter who is half me and half the one I love. Introducing ALYANA FALAK.”

App sab ke pyar or dua ka shukria,” the singer had added.

 

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This cute video of Zaid Ali with his son leaves fans swooning

Zaid Ali

Pakistan-born Canadian YouTube sensation Zaid Ali is doing best at his daddy duties and keeps fans glued to his social media with adorable videos and pictures of his newly-born son.

Zaid Ali took to his Instagram and posted a cute video playing with his little one Izyaan. “No matter how old you get, I will always be your best friend,” he captioned the clip followed by a heart emoticon.

 

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Yumnah and Zali Ali welcomed their first baby boy on August 18 and also shared the picture of their bundle of joy.

“Allhamdulilah! August 18th 2021, We have been blessed with Izyan Ali Zaid,” he unveiled the name of his baby boy.

“This is the best anniversary gift I could have asked for. Ya Allah tera lakh lakh shukar hai,” the 26-year-old YouTuber captioned alongside the photo of his son wrapped in a blue blanket.

 

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Apart from his fatherly duties, the YouTuber is also the most loving husband we have seen. He often appears to be romantic and caring for his ladylove.

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9 dead after floods in Sri Lanka, southern India

Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: Nine people are dead and two others missing after floods in Sri Lanka and parts of southern India caused by more than a week of pounding rains. Nearly half of Sri Lanka’s 25 districts have been hit by the deluge, with the worst affected areas in and around the island’s tea-growing Central Highlands. “Five deaths and … Read more

Satellites spot US warship mock-ups at apparent China weapons range

WASHINGTON: China has built what appear to be full-scale outlines of American warships including an aircraft carrier, satellite imagery showed, possible targets to practise striking some of the most potent US weapons deployed in the Pacific. The US Navy’s carrier battle groups — centred around massive aircraft carriers — are among the most powerful weapons in the … Read more

PTV issues Rs100m recovery notice to Shoaib Akhtar

shoaib akhtar

In a surprise turn of events, days after Dr Noman Niaz apologised to Shoaib Akhtar for his conduct during a TV show Game On Hai, PTV has served a legal notice to the cricket star claiming damages worth Rs100 million. Akhtar had resigned from the show following a spat between him and the show’s host … Read more

Kapil Dev says Indian players put IPL before country

T20 World Cup

NEW DELHI: Indian legend Kapil Dev accused the country’s cricket players of prioritising the cash-rich Indian Premier League over national duty, after the pre-tournament favourites were dumped out of the T20 World Cup. “When the players prefer to play IPL over playing for the country, what can we say? I believe that every player should feel proud … Read more

Pakistan’s inflation sees 100% jump in three years

prosperity

KARACHI: Pakistan’s inflation witnessed a 100 per cent increase in the three years of the present government with essential items and food prices becoming dearer for the common man. Not only prices of food items but the tariffs of all utilities have jacked up to an unaffordable ratio. The data collected from the Pakistan Bureau … Read more

Top military brass briefs legislators over national security issues

National Assembly

The top military brass is briefing the lawmakers from the government and the opposition on national security issues at a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) in Islamabad on Monday. The meeting is underway in the capital with the National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser in the chair and Chief of Army Staff … Read more

Pakistan’s Business Confidence score down 19 per cent in fourth quarter

Pakistan Business

LAHORE: The country’s future business situation witnesses a declined confidence, compared with the previous quarter as six in 10 businesses are confident that the future will be better. However, the Net Future Business Confidence score decreased 19 per cent, falling to 22 per cent from 41 per cent since the second quarter of 2021, according … Read more

PIA gets SAFA’s safety ratings

PIA to start Pakistan-Saudi Arabia direct flight operations

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines has achieved safety ratings from European air safety watchdog SAFA. “With zero index, it means that PIA is now ranked among the best airlines in the world which have safest operating records,’ the airline said in a statement. SAFA or Safety Audit for Foreign-Origin Aircraft conducts periodic and surprise checks for … Read more

SoftBank posts first quarterly loss in 18 months

TOKYO: Japan’s SoftBank Group on Monday logged its first quarterly net loss in 18 months on the falling value of investments in its Vision Fund, including Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing. The telecoms-firm-turned-investment giant posted a net loss of 397.9 billion yen ($3.5 billion) in July-September, its first net loss since January-March 2020. That dragged … Read more

Australia vows to sell coal ‘for decades’

SYDNEY: Australia said on Monday it will sell coal for “decades into the future” after spurning a pact to phase out the polluting fossil fuel to halt catastrophic climate change. More than 40 countries pledged to eliminate coal use within decades during the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow, which aims at capping the warming … Read more

Pakistan fared much better than rest of world during Covid: Fawad

Govt

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Monday said Pakistan had fared better than the rest of the world during Covid-19 because of its successful policies. “Pakistan’s industry has revived and construction sector is also fully operational. The agricultural economy is prosperous while exports in the IT sector have tripled,” Chaudhry Fawad … Read more

Australia to tour Pakistan next year for first time in 24 years

Australia to have complete tour of Pakistan in March

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Monday that Australia will have a complete tour of the country where they will play three Tests, three ODIs and a T20I in March-April 2022. The PCB took to Twitter to share this big news with cricket enthusiasts as Australia will be touring Pakistan for the first time since … Read more

Taliban victory sparks hopes of peace in rural Afghanistan

DASHTAN, Afghanistan: In the villages that once bore the brunt of Afghanistan’s frontline fighting, the Taliban victory has broken a cycle of airstrikes, gun battles and funerals. The Taliban’s takeover of Kabul and the sudden collapse in August of the US-backed regime shocked the world and upended the freedoms of Afghans, which were particularly enjoyed … Read more

Twitter votes Elon Musk should sell 10 per cent of Tesla stock

Elon Musk

NEW YORK: Twitter has spoken – after Elon Musk polled his more than 62 million followers on whether he should sell 10 per cent of his Tesla shares, by Sunday a majority had voted “yes.” “I was prepared to accept either outcome,” said Musk, who regularly takes to Twitter to make unexpected announcements or surprising … Read more

Bodies found at Nepal site where French climbers went missing

KATHMANDU: A search team flew out to recover three bodies in a remote corner of Nepal’s Himalayas on Monday, close to where a trio of French climbers went missing last month. The group were attempting to scale Mingbo Eiger, a 6,000-metre (19,700-feet) peak near Mount Everest, and were last heard from via satellite phone from … Read more

Pakistan’s progress on the rise: Shaukat Tarin

Shaukat Tarin

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin has said that various economic indicators clearly show that Pakistan’s progress by all accounts is on the rise. “Numbers never lie,” the adviser said in a tweet, while indicating progress in various sectors of the economy, including agriculture, manufacturing, exports and tax collection. … Read more

Climate on track to devastate world’s poorest economies: study

climate

GLASGOW: The 65 most vulnerable nations will see GDP drop 20 percent on average by 2050 and 64 percent by 2100 if the world heats up 2.9 degrees Celsius, according to a report released Monday at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow. Even if global temperature rises are capped at 1.5C, in keeping with the most ambitious … Read more

Saudi TRSDC becomes world’s largest tourism

Saudi TRSDC

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s sustainable tourism development co, TRSDC, announced today it has finalised the deal for a 25-year renewable energy project with a consortium led by ACWA Power as the consortium closed financing for the project, Arab News reported. “This confirms the development as the largest tourism project in the world set to be powered solely by … Read more

Developer of Makkah’s $27 billion project completes two-thirds of infrastructure

Makkah

JEDDAH: The SR100 billion ($26.6 billion) project of ‘Masar Makkah’ is 30 per cent away from the completion of its infrastructure phase, CEO of Umm Alqura for Development and Construction (UAQ) told Asharq News. The company has spent SR17 billion from the total SR23 billion allocated for this phase, with the partial opening of the project … Read more

Asian economies bounce back amid renewed Covid-19 fears

RIYADH: China posted an all-time high trade surplus of $84.5 billion in October, compared with a surplus of $57.3 billion a year ago, Arab News quoted official data, as showing. This was fuelled by a surge in China’s exports in October, growing by 27.1 per cent from a year ago to stand at $300.2 billion. Most noticeably, … Read more

Egyptian exports to EU rise 38% in eight months

exports

CAIRO: Egypt’s exports to the EU increased 38 per cent in the first eight months of 2021, reaching nearly $4.74 billion, Arab News quoted Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry Nevine Gamea, as saying. Gamea said the increase was the result of high demand for Egyptian products from 23 European countries including Italy, Spain, Germany, and the … Read more

Pakistan’s economy moving in right direction: spokesperson

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ISLAMABAD: The economy of Pakistan is moving in the right direction, spokesperson to finance minister Muzammil Aslam said. In a statement, he said, inflation is rising around the world for the last four months but the media in Pakistan is misleading the masses. Quoting the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report, he said, the prices … Read more