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‘First time a PM is using Boeing 777, Khan used commercial flights’: Faysal Qureshi calls out Shehbaz Sharif

Actor Faysal Qureshi called out Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after the news riffed that he will be using Boeing 777 for his Umrah trip with family. The Fitoor star shared some details behind the usage of PIA’s Boing 777 after 4 years for PM Shahbaz Sharif Foreign tour.

He also compared him to former PM Imran Khan and appreciated him for travelling in a cost-effective way.

Soon after these rumours floated Federal Minister for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb denied reports of Shehbaz Sharif going for Umrah at government expense and said that the Prime Minister is not going to Saudi Arabia by a chartered plane.

Marriyum while replying to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry on social networking site Twitter, said that Fawad Chaudhry should be ashamed of making such nonsensical statements against journalists.

She further bashed the PTI leader saying that fake news is an attribute of his identity. Before tweeting, you should know that no journalist is going at government expense, she said.

She wrote that after coming out of power in disgrace, now they are firing on allegations. Sometimes they accuse journalists of involvement in conspiracies and sometimes they make false tweets of visits.

The PMLN leader brutally criticized Fawad Chaudhry for targeting journalist exclaiming that in four years, those who have consumed the flour, sugar, medicine, employment, economy, electricity, oil and gas (the essential rights of people). They are having trouble with the food of journalists.

The Federal Minister said that a tweet should also be done on the watch, necklace and rings of Tosha Khana but for that the condition is awakening ones of conscience.

She even taunted the PTI leader over their display of refraining from extra expenditure and termed it to be a frugal drama.

Earlier the Dil-e-Momin hero schooled Sharif for his choice of words while discussing the motorway rape case in Parliament.

ہم نے موٹر وے اس لئے نہیں بنائی تھی کہ یہ ظلم ہو ، ہم نے خوشحالی اور ترقی کے لئے بنائی تھی ان ظالموں نے سیکورٹی کا انتظام نہ کرکے ہم سے یا موٹر وے سے نہیں، قوم سے انتقام لیا۔
Kash ayese khe daity
— Faysal Quraishi (@faysalquraishi) September 15, 2020

April 27, 2022
Shopkeepers fined in Islamabad for not adhering to DC rates

On April 27, special teams led by the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration issued fines of up to Rs40,000 to shop owners for overcharging consumers.

During surprise raids conducted by magistrates and assistant commissioners, shops from several marketplaces were penalised, according to an ICT administration spokesperson.

Irfan Memon, the Deputy Commissioner of Islamabad, said the administration was enforcing strict adherence to the rate list of food goods in marketplaces during Ramadan in order to prevent profiteering.

He stated that strict action was being taken against racketeers in the federal capital and that violators were being fined heavily on the spot for overbilling. During the holy month, he claimed, daily price-checking would continue unabated.

After investigating 628 shops across the city, officials sealed five shops and arrested 12 vendors, according to details.

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The AC secretariat inspected dairy, poultry, and milk shops, as well as general stores, bakeries, and fruit and vegetable shops, for quality, general hygiene, expired products, and compliance with notified pricing and the exhibition of the DC rate list of necessary commodities.

Three merchants were detained for refusing to exhibit the rate list and overcharging, while others who broke the law were fined and warned.

April 27, 2022
LHC to Punjab governor: Either administer oath to Hamza or appoint anyone

Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti on Wednesday directed Punjab Governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema to either administer oath to Punjab Chief Minister-elect Hamza Shehbaz or appoint anyone for it.

According to ARY News, the chief justice while announcing a reserved verdict over delay in oath taking of the newly-elected chief minister directed the governor Punjab to hold oath-taking ceremony by tomorrow.

The LHC CJ declared that the court’s order should immediately be conveyed to the governor and president, regretting that the province is being run without a chief executive for 25 days.

The court further said in its order that currently Usman Buzdar is acting as chief minister and the governor as per the Constitution is bound to take oath from the newly elected chief minister.

Earlier, the Lahore High Court (LHC) had directed President Arif Alvi to nominate another official to take oath from Punjab Chief Minister-elect Hamza Shehbaz after Governor Omar Sarfraz refused to administer oath to him.

The court ruled that the governor could not refuse to administer oath to the chief minister-elect and the president should appoint another person to administer oath to Hamza Shehbaz.

The court also directed to send a copy of the decision to the president for implementation on the orders within 24 hours.

The PML-N had approached the LHC in a bid to have the governor of Punjab administer the chief minister’s oath to Hamza Shehbaz, the newly-elected chief executive of the province.

Hamza Shehbaz stated that he had been elected as the Punjab chief minister on April 16, during a provincial assembly session held under the LHC’s direction and that he had secured 197 votes out of 371.

April 27, 2022
Man kills nephew after quarrel with boy’s mother

A nine-year-old child was murdered by his uncle after a quarrel with his mother in Mandi Bahauddin City of Punjab, reports ARY.

The police said that the accused dumped the child’s dead body in a canal after the gruesome incident. According to police, the accused had a quarrel with mother of the minor child and after he murdered the minor to avenge on his mother.

The police officials informed that the minor went missing from his home on Sunday evening. However, his dead body was recovered from a canal after the accused was arrested on suspicion.

Read more- Man kills first-year student in Lahore for refusing to marry him

Earlier, this month a man in Lahore killed a first-year student for refusing to marry him. After killing the victim, the man named Bilal shot at and injured himself.

According to the police, the deceased’s body has been transported to a hospital for a post-mortem examination.

April 27, 2022
‘Eid Shopping Festival’ will take place in Lahore from April 28 – May 2

From April 28 to May 2, the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), the Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP), and the Commissioner’s Office will jointly host “Eid Shopping Festival” in Lahore.

LCCI President Mian Nauman Kabir announced the Eid Shopping Festival programme at a press conference held on April 26 at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

He told the media that the LCCI-TDCP major event’s main goal is to not only help revitalise trade and economic activity but also to highlight the country’s positive image.

Kabir claimed that the event was planned in such a way that it would send a strong message to the international community.

On the occasion, Senior Vice-President Mian Rehman Aziz Chan, Commissioner Lahore Capt (retd) M Usman, Secretary TDCP Asadullah Faiz, Mardan Ali Zaidi, Ashraf Bhatti, Sohail Butt, Mian Zahid Jawed, representatives from the district government, traffic police, and city markets spoke.

The ‘Eid Shopping Festival,’ according to the LCCI President, includes a variety of economic and cultural activities such as Shopping Rides, Discounts on Shopping in Anarkali, Liberty, Mall Road, and other city markets, Special Gift Coupons, City Sighting at Night, Qawwali night, and other events.

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Commissioner Lahore expressed gratitude to the business community for their support to such initiatives. He stated that the project would continue and that further markets would be added in the future.

Asadullah Faiz, the Secretary of the TDCP, stated that the TDCP is bringing new trends in the tourist and hospitality industries. He wished for the ‘Eid Shopping Festival’ to be a huge success.

April 27, 2022
‘Thanks for load shedding, it wasn’t there few weeks ago’: Ahmad Butt grills Shehbaz Sharif

Actor Ahmad Ali Butt took to his Instagram stories to take a jibe at PM Shehbaz Sharif for load shedding across country.

It is being reported that cue to higher demand and reduced generation due to fuel shortages, reduced gas supplies to power plants, Pakistan is experiencing 6-10 hours of electricity load-shedding.

Prime Minister (PM) Shahbaz Sharif and former Minister of Energy Hammad Azhar exchanged accusing remarks on Twitter.

“Mian Nawaz Sharif’s government halted the worst load-shedding in five years,” the Prime Minister declared in a tweet. The PTI administration failed to procure fuel on schedule or fix power plants. As a result, present load shedding is in effect. Power generation costs the population Rs100 billion per month due to inefficient plants. “We’re working on it”.

The Punjab Nahi Jaungi star told PM that the problem of load-shedding that he has claimed to be working on, wasn’t during Imran Khan’s tenure.

In February 2021, PTI MNA and host Aamir Liaquat Hussain posted a video on his official Instagram handle in which he hit out at trolls for comments on his viral videos with his third wife, Syeda Dania.

He tagged actor Ahmad in the caption.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T57blfBjsdU

Butt earlier shared his stance on Aamir for letting his personal videos with wife circulate on social media.

A video of the couple made the rounds on the internet platforms and the Jawani Phir Nahi Aani star reacted to the clip.

Taking to his Instagram story, the Parey Hut Love actor wrote, “When you post something from the privacy of your bedroom, just remember you invited the whole world in. So don’t complain after, if they don’t leave.”

On the work front, Ahmed will be seen next in Punjabi Hatte Dinde Chakk opposite Neeru Bajwa and Gippy Grewal.

April 27, 2022
Shehbaz govt has no right to appoint new army chief’, Fawad Chaudhry

Former federal Law Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that the constitution gives the right to the elected Prime Minister to appoint the Army Chief. He said that such important appointments will create anarchy in the country if done by an imported government, which is just temporary and not permanent. “The present government has no right to make such important appointments.”

Fawad’s tweet came after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in a meeting with journalists said that appointment of Army chief will be done constitutionally at the right time.

آئین منتخب وزیر اعظم کو آرمی چیف اور دیگر تعیناتیوں کا حق دیتاہے،موجودہ حکومت کو ایسی مستقل تعیناتیوں کا کوئ حق حاصل نہیں امپورٹڈحکومت اگر ایسی تعیناتیوں کے خواب دیکھے گی تو ملک اور ادارے انار کی کا شکار ہو جائینگے اس حکومت کی حیثیت صرف عارضی ہے مستقل تعیناتیاں منتخب حکومت کرے گی
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 26, 2022

PPP Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar while responding to Fawad’s tweet wrote, “Making the appointment of a new Army Chief controversial is an irresponsible attempt by your party to push this country towards anarchy. This statement of yours in the lust for power is a conspiracy to create divisions in the army.”

Khokhar added: “We have the examples of Iraq and Libya in front of us. Disagree with the military, of course, but it is a national institution.”

آرمی چیف کی تعیناتی کو پہلے سے ہی متنازع بنانا آپ کی جماعت کی طرف سے اس ملک کو انارکی کے طرف دھکیلنے کی ایک غیر ذمہ دارانہ کوشش ہے۔ اقتدار کی حوس میں آپ کا یہ بیان فوج میں تقسیم پیدا کرنے کی سازش ہے۔ عراق، لیبیا کی مثال سامنے رکھیے۔ فوج سے اختلاف ضرور لیکن وہ ایک قومی ادارہ ہے۔ https://t.co/vjY7QwJuYn
— Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar (@mustafa_nawazk) April 26, 2022

General Qamar Javed Bajwa is due to retire as Chief of Army Staff on November 29, 2022 after a three-year extension. He was appointed as the army chief by the then prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, in 2016.

April 27, 2022
Proton X70, the low-cost SUV that never arrives after booking

The Malaysian SUV Proton X70 was introduced in Pakistan in December 2020. Still, there are very few vehicles observed running on Pakistani roads, implying that the low-cost SUV may have failed in the country’s auto market.

The SUV reached Pakistan at a difficult period when there were several import restrictions due to COVID-19 lockdowns, which hampered deliveries of the new Malaysian entrant in Pakistan’s burgeoning auto sector.

Proton imported the X70 units in Pakistan when deliveries resumed as Malaysian facilities reopened. In fact, the company revealed at the beginning of this year that it had begun assembling the SUV in its local plant. The automaker even stated that it is restarting production at full capacity, which relieved some of its customers; nonetheless, buyers disclosed that they were not receiving the SUV on time.

Unfortunately, a number of consumers who valued the business and ordered the vehicle are still waiting, including those who booked the latter about a year ago, and some have even cancelled their orders and gone for alternative options in the market that offer a quicker delivery.

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Being a new brand, the business could have taken a more strategic approach, as the Pakistani automobile market is dominated by Toyota, Honda, and Suzuki, brands that Pakistanis have tried and tested for years.

April 27, 2022
‘I have issues, bohat bura laga, wrong choice’: Nida Yasir makes explosive revelations about superhit ‘Chaudhry & Sons’

Celebrity couple of Yasir Nawaz and Nida Yasir is currently promoting their forthcoming film, Chakkar. During a promotional interview with an online portal, the morning show host expressed her disappointment with the team and screenplay of Ramadan play, Chaudhry & Sons.

Almost at the end of this interview, the host Hassan Chaudhry asked Nida if she is watching Yasir’s Chaudhry And Sons, she was quick to reply that no she isn’t, “Main to nahi dekh rahi.”

“Maine Yasir se kaha ke apne galat selection ki (I told him you made the wrong choice).

She continued adding that, “Yasir is doing main lead roles, he didn’t read the script and accepted the offer, I have many issues with it, I strongly disliked it and I am angry.”

“I don’t know why he signed it, I can’t be fake, I will be honest, mujhe to gillay hain.”

The Nadaaniyan diva also mentioned, “He is offered such great projects, I won’t name the production house but Yasir shows tantrums to others but he did this, I don’t know, maybe he did it for the producer.

Yasir revealed that he was disturbed throughout the process of playing this character. He did it for the people associated it with as it is produced by Abdullah Kadwani and Asad Qureshi.

The actor-director elaborated further about his career’s successful projects opposite the likes of Sajal Aly and Neelam Muneer, hence his part in the play is not what he expected it to be.

Chaudhry & Sons is a successful Ramadan special play which airs on Geo TV and features an ensemble cast headlined by Imran Ashraf, Ayeza Khan, Yasir Nawaz, Asma Abbas, Sohail Ahmed, Noor ul Hassan, Isra Ghazala and Zoya Nasir.

The Chup Raho star often stays in news for his candid opinions on industry and social matters, last year he made headlines for saying that he regrets working with Alizeh Shah in Humayun Saeed’s Mera Dil Mera Dushman.

April 26, 2022
HP to launch its first 17-inch foldable OLED notebook

Hewlett Packard Enterprises (HPE) is believed to be working on an all-screen foldable laptop with a 17-inch OLED panel that could be released in the coming months.

HP’s bendable laptop may enter the next era of laptops, with LG Display releasing its vision of 17-inch folding OLED notebooks and Asus revealing its Zenbook 17 Fold OLED during CES 2022.

SK IE Technology will provide LG Display with transparent polyimide film to cover bendable OLED panels. The OLED panels for HP’s new notebook will be made by the OLED provider. The company would produce 10,000 units of the film in the third quarter of this year, according to a publication.

The laptop will reportedly have a 4K resolution (3840×2160) in-folding panel that measures 17 inches when unfolded and 11 inches when folded. That’s a major increase over the 13.3-inch Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold, which is the world’s first folding PC. According to the source, HP’s foldable laptop could debut in 2022.

If HP wins in producing a notebook with a bendable 4K OLED display, the brand will join a multitude of other companies that are working on their own all-screen foldable laptop.

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The Asus Zenbook 17 Fold already has a 17.3-inch foldable OLED (FOLED) display with a 2560×1920 resolution, a 12th Gen Intel Core i7 CPU, and 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD. A 12.5-inch variant is also available.

April 26, 2022