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Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister doesn’t want his biopic until justice is served

Sushant Singh Rajput

Priyanka Singh, actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister, has pledged to see that her late brother receives justice ahead of his birth anniversary on January 21. The Kai Po Che actor’s sister took to Instagram to clarify why she believes the deceased’s biopic should not be released just yet. ”I firmly believe that no movie on … Read more

Fawad Chaudhry claims govt believes in freedom of expression

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said the government fully believed in freedom of expression, said Radio Pakistan. Read more: Pakistani dramas can be played in Azerbaijan with translation: Fawad Felicitating the newly elected office bearers of Lahore Press Club, he said promotion of responsible journalism was also needed along with freedom of expression. … Read more

Ahsan Mohsin Ikram receives a sweet kiss from wife Minal Khan

Minal Ahsan PDA-filled clicks

Pakistani celebrity couple Minal Khan and Ahsan Mohsin Ikram are always a sight for sore eyes. They are the talk of the town due to a plethora of reasons including their PDA-filled clicks before tying the knot and then the extravagant wedding functions. In a recent post shared by Ahsan Mohsin on his Instagram, the … Read more

Jason Momoa divorces wife Lisa Bonet, shared the news on Instagram

Jason Momoa and his wife Lisa Bonet have called it quits after 16 years of marriage. Read more: Jason Momoa admits that working on ‘Dune’ was more stressful than working on any film The Aquaman star and his wife announced their separation in a joint statement on his Instagram page on Wednesday.   View this … Read more

Wood enjoying the role of England enforcer ahead of Ashes finale

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HOBART: Fast bowler Mark Wood said Thursday he was enjoying his enforcer role for the under-siege England team heading into the final Ashes Test at Hobart’s Bellerive Oval. The day-night match begins Friday and is England’s last chance to salvage something from the five-Test series. They are 3-0 down with the Ashes gone after being … Read more

Opposition to protest against mini-budget, in favour of Hazara province today

ISLAMABAD: The opposition is all set to hold a protest outside the Parliament ahead of the session against the proposed mini budget of the government and in favour of creation of Hazara province on Thursday, Bol news reported. The opposition has devised a plan about staging protest as the National Assembly session on the mini … Read more

Tokyo’s COVID-19 alert raised to 2nd highest level due to Omicron spread

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TOKYO – The Tokyo metropolitan government on Thursday raised its COVID-19 alert level to the second-highest on its four-tier scale owing to the rampant spread of the Omicron variant of the virus around the capital.     The scalcoroe was lifted one notch by the Tokyo metropolitan government. The alert level hasn’t reached this level … Read more

Abu Aleeha announces his first ever Punjabi comedy movie

Two films releases in less than a month — the vengeance thriller Sheenogai and the zombie comedy Udham Patakh. With the third on the way, Javed Iqbal, airing on January 28, Abu Aleeha is cranking out pictures like magazine editions. Now, he has revealed the specifics of his next project, Shot Cut, his first Punjabi … Read more

Twitter back in Nigeria after seven-month blackout

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ABUJA: Twitter was accessible in Nigeria on Thursday after the government lifted a seven-month ban on the social media giant for deleting a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari. Nigeria halted Twitter operations in June, provoking an international outcry over freedom of expression. The government and Twitter have been in negotiations since over restoring the service based … Read more

Taapsee Pannu gives shout out to the ‘brave and rare’ for spreading love

Taapsee Pannu

Taapsee Pannu, a Bollywood actress, has been delighting her fans with her unique film selections and is now one of the most bankable talents in the business. On Thursday, the actress, who has always been outspoken about her beliefs, wrote a heartfelt letter to her followers. The Saand Ki Aankh star emphasised the necessity of … Read more

Revved up US demand for used cars sends prices soaring

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ARLINGTON: The used car market in the United States is seeing an unprecedented phenomenon: owners selling vehicles for as much or more than they paid for them. The strange twist comes as a global shortage of computer chips amid the Covid-19 pandemic has stalled auto manufacturing, fueling a price increase for used vehicles, which in turn … Read more

Pakistan welcomes P-5 statement against nuclear war, arms race

Pakistan rejects

Pakistan has welcomed the joint statement by the P-5 on ‘Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races’, Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said on Thursday. Five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) including the United States (US), Russia, Britain, France, and China, in a joint statement, condemned the use of nuclear … Read more

Meta-works: Online universe becomes lab for real-life products

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NEW YORK: Online platforms that are precursors of the metaverse vision for the internet’s future are already serving as workrooms to develop products destined for real-life sale. From sneakers sketched in the virtual world but produced in the real one, to designers who preview clothes on avatars before making them, the barrier between digital and tangible … Read more

US inflation ‘too high’, lowering it a priority: Fed’s Brainard

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WASHINGTON: US inflation is “too high” and the Federal Reserve will make the issue a priority, Lael Brainard, the nominee to take the number-two position at the central bank, said Wednesday. The Fed’s “most important task” is to focus on “getting inflation back down to two per cent while sustaining a recovery that includes everyone,” Brainard … Read more

Biden points to ‘progress’ as US prices hit record high last year

Joe Biden

WASHINGTON: The US consumer prices jumped last year at the fastest pace in four decades, the government confirmed on Wednesday, underscoring the potent inflation wave that has sapped public support for President Joe Biden even as the economy recovers from the pandemic. The seven per cent increase in the Labor Department’s consumer price index (CPI) over … Read more

Latin American economy to lose steam this year: UN

Latin American

MEXICO CITY: Economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean will slow sharply this year amid uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, low investment and inflationary pressures, a UN body said Wednesday. The region’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 2.1 per cent in 2022, compared with 6.2 per cent in 2021, the UN Economic … Read more

Spotify, Coke Studio partner to promote Pakistan music

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KARACHI: Spotify has partnered with the Coke Studio Pakistan (CSP) to launch ‘Coke Studio: Pakistan’ destination dedicated to 2022’s music show, a statement said on Thursday. Under this partnership, Spotify is now the official music streaming partner for Coke Studio Pakistan this year. The artists of CSP will have a place to share their music … Read more

S.Korean banks’ household lending falls in December

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SEOUL – South Korean banks’ household lending marked the first fall in seven months in December due to the lower housing transactions and the higher lending rate, central bank data showed Thursday. Household loan, extended by banks, came in at 1,060.7 trillion won (892.3 billion U.S. dollars) at the end of December, down 0.2 trillion … Read more

Kiara Advani slays in a vibrant pink attire

The new hotness in B-Town, actress Kiara Advani shared a few pictures on Instagram and left the fans all in love with her.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by KIARA (@kiaraaliaadvani) The recent Bollywood sensation looks phenomenal in a pink attire that took away the breaths of many. Read more: … Read more

Yasir Hussain captures Kabir Hussain meeting Raya

Actor Yasir Hussain, who is well known for his humour, once again dropped a hilarious caption on the first meeting of his child with actress Sadia Ghaffar’s daughter. Read more: Yasir Hussain gives history lesson on Instagram Yasir took to his Instagram and shared the picture of the two adorable babies, Kabir Hussain and Raya. … Read more

Watch: Highlights of Minna Tariq’s mayoun ceremony

Minna Tariq

Amid the wedding season in Pakistan, another ceremony pictures that popped up on social media are of Rubina Ashraf’s daughter Minna Tariq and the cute mayoun bride took our breath away.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Buzz Here Pakistan (@buzzhere.pakistan) Minna looked eye captivating in her yellow embellished dress … Read more

Shehbaz Sharif expresses reservation over expected hike in petrol price

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday expressed reservation over possibility of increase in prices of petrol and diesel, Bol news reported. “After three days, the reports of increase in prices of the petroleum products up to Rs6 a liter is worrying. The reports are feared to give rise to stockpiling of … Read more

Exibition match between Yorkshire and Qalanders postponed to a later date

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An exhibition match between English franchise Yorkshire Country Cricket Club (YCCC) and Pakistan franchise Lahore Qalanders has been postponed from January 16 to a later date amid the Covid-19 surge globally. “For the safety and wellness of all players, it has been decided that it is appropriate to reschedule the match to a later date, … Read more

Kinza Hashmi shows how to dazzle up your party closet with this unique saree

We hope you’re always ready to party or, at the very least, to be showered in a glistening haze. Today, we felt that intense-shine power, and it’s a style lesson by our very own Kinza Hashmi with which we’re now enamoured. The Azmaish actress once again proved that nothing can overpower the striking aesthetic of … Read more

Fiji reports 7 more COVID-19 deaths, 3rd wave death toll reaches 24

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SUVA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — Fiji has recorded seven new COVID-19 deaths, bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths to 24 since confirmation of the third wave of the pandemic. Fiji’s Permanent Secretary for Health James Fong said on Thursday that five of the new deaths confirmed overnight were fully vaccinated but had pre-existing medical … Read more

Snow leopard faring well after rescue, release into China’s wild

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BEIJING – A rescued snow leopard is faring well and can move 5.86 km on average every day, after having been released into the wild in north China in September 2021, researchers said. The range of its activities spanned 45 km from east to west and 81 km from north to south, covering most areas … Read more

Sana Javed’s lookalike takes the internet by storm; netizens surprised by resemblance

Sana Javed doppelganger

Pakistani actress Sana Javed, who was recently honoured with a Golden Visa by the UAE government, has her own doppelgänger and they have an eerie resemblance. A woman, who runs her own business of Kids branded clothes, undoubtedly has an eerie resemblance to Sana Javed. The pictures of the doppelganger are doing rounds all over … Read more

Two hospitals in China’s Xi’an closed over lockdown failures

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BEIJING: Two hospitals in China’s locked-down city of Xi’an, including one that refused to treat an eight-month pregnant woman who later miscarried, have been closed while they “rectify” mistakes, authorities said Thursday. The historic city, one of several in China experiencing coronavirus outbreaks, has been subject to strict home confinement for three weeks in line … Read more