Dirilis: Ertugrul is conquering Bollywood. Katrina & Salman Family declared it favorite series

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After making waves in Pakistan on the recommendation of PM Imran Khan, Turkish show Dirilis: Ertugrul has also captured hearts across the border including Katrina Kaif’s!

Bollywood star Katrina, who has been shooting her upcoming flick Tiger 3 with superstar Salman Khan in Turkey, recently met the Turkish Minister for Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, after which the three engaged in a media talk.

When asked if Salman and Katrina watch any Turkish series, Katrina excitedly replied, “Yes! Erugrul is my favourite series. I watched all 89 episodes. I absolutely love that series!”

Bajrangi Bhaijaan star Salman also chimed in that his mother also watched the mega-hit show and that Katrina is a big fan of Turkish actors.

Ersoy himself took to social media to record their meeting in an Instagram post that read, “We came together with the famous actors of Bollywood, Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, who are in our country for their new projects,” adding that Turkey will continue to host many international cinema projects.

Earlier in January 2021, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu along with a 20-member delegation arrived in Pakistan on a three-day official visit. Popular drama Diriliş: Ertuğrul actors Nurettin Sönmez aka Bamsı Beyrek and Ayberk Pekcan aka Artuk Bey were also among the 20-member delegation that arrived in Islamabad.

Ertugrul was introduced to the Pakistani public by Prime Minister Imran Khan, who requested it to be aired on national TV. The Turkish series shattered YouTube records with millions tuning in to catch up on the show.

 

WhatsApp is reworking on privacy settings!

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WhatsApp is making some minor changes to its privacy settings that will make its easier for you to disable privacy settings for specific contacts. This was announced by WABetaInfo, the main independent portal where you can discover news and real-time updates about WhatsApp, on Twitter.

The update will be on WhatsApp beta for Android and iOS.

Currently, the Facebook-owned messaging app has three privacy settings (last seen, profile picture, about) with three options (everyone, my contacts, nobody) to manage these settings. This means that, if you didn’t want a specific contact could see your last seen, you had to set the privacy setting of your last seen to “nobody”.

The new update WhatsApp is working on will introduce another option called ‘my contacts except…’, so you can finally enable your last seen back, and you can disable it for specific contacts.

This screenshot is taken from WhatsApp for iOS, but WhatsApp will introduce it on WhatsApp for Android too.You can see “My contacts except” for last seen in this screenshot, but it will be usable for other privacy settings as well, such as ‘profile picture’ and ‘about’.

Ahsan Khan and Ayesha Omar wrap up rom-com ” Rehbra”

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Actors Ayesha Omar and Ahsan Khan recently wrapped up the shoot for their upcoming film ‘Rehbra’, which was due to release in 2017.

The singer and actor shared a picture on her Instagram to share the completion of the shoot. “And that’s a wrap,” wrote Omar.

Rehbra is a romantic-comedy directed by Amin Iqbal and produced by Saira Afzal. Ahsan had revealed in earlier interviews that the film was a ‘love story with a twist’, and said in 2017 that 95% of the film was done. The shooting for the remaining parts was then paused due to unknown reasons.

In 2020, however, Omar shared that the shooting was resumed, posting a picture with co-star Ahsan on her Instagram.

It seems this time the film is finally complete, although the release date has not been announced yet.

This isn’t the only project currently in the works for Ayesha Omar. The Karachi Se Lahore actor is also starring alongside Yasir Hussain in Javed Iqbal. The Untold Story of a Serial Killer, in which she plays an intrepid and determined police officer investigating the serial killer and tracking down his accomplice.

Atif Aslam and Ameer Gillani collaborated for Defense Day Special Song

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Atif Aslam and Ameer Gilani collaborate for a new song which released on occasion of Defence Day. The Sabaat actor shared the news of upcoming song on his Instagram. He posted a picture alongside Atif Aslam, saying it’s an honour working with the great singer.

“Marked one off the bucket list,” wrote Gilani.

The release is an ISPR project, directed by Mohsin Kamal and produced by Rock n Roll production. A behind-the-scenes picture was shared by the production, featuring Ameer Gilani and Mahrunisa Iqbal.

“We have a ‘Paighaam’ for you tomorrow InshaAllah,” Gilani wrote.

Clothing brand ‘Souchaj’, which created the custom khaki sherwani Atif Aslam is wearing in the music video as well as the Defence Day ceremony held at the General Headquarters on Monday, also shared a picture from the set.

Pakistan to launch 5G internet network in 2023.

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Pakistan is planning to roll out the most advanced 5G internet in 2023 which will accelerate the download speed 10 times to one gigabit per second (Gbps) and widen economic activities in the country.

In a recent presentation on the sector’s performance to Prime Minister Imran Khan, the ministry has highlighted that for meeting the future requirements of digitisation across the country and the launch of future technological needs such as 5G, projects have been launched for “deep fiberisation’ by the Universal Service Fund (USF) to expand the telecom services and internet even in remote and backward areas of the country.

During the period 2018-22 more than 10,000 km optical fibre cable will be laid across the country providing high speed internet to 1,175 towns and the union councils. The ministry has said that USF projects have covered over 1,800km of unse­rved road network including highways and motorways in Balochistan. While commenting over the importance of the deep fiberisation project, Minister for IT and Telecom Syed Amin ul Haq said that the government was banking heavily on increasing exports of IT services up to $5bn by the end of 2022-23.

“We will ensure affordable and high speed internet to people in small towns and I am sure even girls from KP and GB region will excel as freelancers, while working from their local areas,” the minister said.

The export of IT services grew 47pc to $2.1bn in 2020-21. The report has highlighted that the USF has played an extensive role in telecom infrastructure development for future digital growth by contracting out 43 projects amounting to Rs29bn in unserved and underserved areas. These included over 65 districts in Southern Balochistan, former FATA and interior Sindh, catering to a population of over 25 million.

The ministry maintains that the upcoming spectrum auction for AJ&K and GB for next generation mobile services, will help improve the telecom and broadband services in these areas. The report highlighted that as connectivity was being expanded to secondary and tertiary towns and remote areas, the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) has initiated projects in these cities and towns to develop IT growth hub there.

While eight software technology parks have already been established, the PSEB will establish 32 more in secondary and tertiary cities under public- private partnership mode, that will help development of software development industry and creating white collar jobs for inclusive growth. It has been highlighted that 40 IT companies have been listed at the Pakistan Stock Exchange.

The ministry has said that to meet the challenges and requirements related to the growth of IT and telecom, several policy initiatives have been taken including the approval of the first ever Cyber Security Policy for Pakistan.

Besides the draft of Data Protection Bill, NITB Act, Social Media Rules, PECI Rules, APT Rules, Personal Data Protection Bill, Digital Pakistan Policy 2021, Pakistan Cloud First Policy 2021, Freelance Facilitation Policy, Startup Policy, Artificial Intelligence Policy and Block chain & Digital Ledger Policies have been finalised.

The other major achievement highlighted in the report was that the National Telecom Corporation (NTC) has been turned into a profitable entity and starting with Rs52m in 2018-19, the NTC made a profit of Rs504m the following year and in 2020-21 its profit was Rs423m. The NTC was also providing services to more than 450 official websites to protect them from cyber attacks and hacking.

The other key entities under the IT ministry are Ignite National Technology Fund, which is a torch bearer for technology innovation and entrepreneurship in Pakistan, and the National IT Board that is responsible to execute e-governance programmes for the federal government to achieve the target of paperless working in government offices.

PTA notifies amendments to Information Memorandum for new spectrum auction.

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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has notified amendments to Information Memorandum (IM) for spectrum auction for Next Generation Mobile Services (NGMS), while granting a grace period of six months in achieving the throughput Key Performance Indicator (KPI) of 4Mbps.

Sources revealed that the benchmark for technologies standardized for 4G/LTE was an average download data rate of 2Mbps, which would be increased to 4Mbps in two years from the effective date, with equal yearly increase. For upload throughput will be at least 25 percent of download throughput.

However, according to the amendment, a grace period of six months in achieving the throughput KPI of 4Mbps will be granted from 2nd year of effective date for testing; and subsequent improvement by licensee as directed by the authority.

The amended in the IM further noted that if the licensee disputes any outstanding amounts due under this license as decided by the authority, the licensee shall either deposit 50 percent of the disputed amount in an escrow account opened by the authority and on terms specified by the authority or furnish unconditional and continuing bank guarantee, to the satisfaction of the authority, in favour of the authority equal to 50 percent of the disputed amount.

Upon resolution of dispute, the amount deposited in escrow account shall accordingly be paid to the authority or refunded to the licensee along with bank profit accrued thereon during the period amount deposited in escrow account. In case of bank guarantee, the same shall accordingly be encashed or returned to the Licensee. Late Payment Additional Fee (LPAF) shall not apply to the extent of amount deposited in escrow account, however, in case of submission of Bank Guarantee LPAF shall continue to apply on total outstanding dues from due date till date of payment.

The notification further stated that if the payment of pre-bid deposit is being made from sources in Pakistan, it should preferably be made through wire transfer or through RTGS in PTA’s Account titled, Pakistan Telecomm. Authority Fund A/C, Account No 3000942222 (IBAN PK39NBPA2221003000942222) maintained with Corporate Branch, National Bank of Pakistan, Islamabad, under intimation to DG Licensing, PTA and reference “Spectrum Auction for NGMS in Pakistan 2021”.

As an alternate, in exceptional circumstances where there is technical difficulty in wire transfer/RTGS mechanism, the pre-bid deposit can be made through demand draft or banker’s cheque drawn, in favour of the PTA.

Ali Zafar pays tribute to Brave warriors on Defence Day

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Pakistani singer-songwriter Ali Zafar in collaboration with the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has released a new song titled “Mein Ura” to pay tribute to the “heroes of the Pakistan Air Force” on Defence Day.

Sharing a small teaser of the song along with a link to full Youtube video, Ali Zafar wrote on his Instagram, “Hey guys!  Mein Ura is out now. A tribute to our brave warriors in the air defending us day and night.” The song has been uploaded on the Pakistan Air Force s YouTube channel.

“To commemorate the victory of 1965 War, Pakistan Air Force has released a song titled  Mein Ura ,” reads the caption of the PAF s Youtube post.

“The song has been sung by renowned singer Ali Zafar. The song features impressive visuals of Pakistani pilots flying fighters jets across the skies based on theme of paying homage to the incredibly brave services of the heroes of PAF, who fought for the safety of this motherland during the 1965 War,” it added.

“One of the most thrilling experiences. To sing for our brave warriors in the sky,” Ali Zafar had tweeted earlier.

Defense and Martyrs’ Day is being observed today to pay tributes to the martyrs and Ghazis of the 1965 war and reaffirm commitment to defend the motherland against all threats.It was on this day in 1965 that the Indian forces crossed international border in the darkness of night to attack Pakistan but the nation foiled nefarious designs of the enemy.

This year’s Defense and Martyrs’ Day theme is “Our martyrs our pride, salute to all the relatives belonging to ghazis and Shaheeds.”

Fly Jinnah: Pakistan’s new low-cost airline

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Pakistan’s Lackson Group, in collaboration with UAE’s Air Arabia, has decided to introduce a new budget-friendly airline in the country. Fly Jinnah will run on both international and domestic routes.

According to Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority Director-General Khaqan Mirza, the airline was granted the Regular Public Transport license two months back. “Fly Jinnah has to make all operational arrangements and ensure provision of aircrafts within two years.”

The new airline would help Pakistan’s travel and tourism sector and contribute to the country’s economic growth and job creation, a statement issued by Air Arabia stated.

Initially, the carrier will run domestic flights. Its head office will be located in Karachi. The airline has promised to provide the best service to passengers at low prices. On Friday, Prime Minister Imran Khan welcomed Air Arabia to Pakistan and wished them success.

“My government is committed to attracting investment in Pakistan’s burgeoning travel and tourism sector which offers immense opportunities,” he tweeted.

Air Arabia operates from Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. It has similar joint ventures in Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Morocco, and Armenia.

Aiman and Muneeb celebrated 2nd birthday of their Daughter.

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The adorable couple of Pakistan’s showbiz industry Aiman Khan and Muneeb Butt, have  celebrated their daughter Amal’s 2nd birthday in an intimate ceremony.

Took to Instagram, Minal Khan shared an adorable picture of her niece Amal, with her parents from the birthday party. Along with the caption, “My doll’s 2nd birthday”

Have a look:

Other famous celebrities such as Nida Yasir, Yasir Hussain, Momal Sheikh, Shehzad Sheikh, Areeba Habib were also can be seen invited to the birthday party.

In the pictures, Minal Khan finance Ahsan Mohsin Khan can also be seen at the birthday party.

TikTok star Hareem Shah gets hospitalized in Turkey

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Pakistani TikTok star Hareem Shah has posted video on her Instagram from hospital bed in Turkey. Reportedly, after her alleged marriage, Hareem Shah is on her honeymoon and has been updating her admirers with dazzling views of Turkey. Her dance video also went viral from Turkey.

Taking to Instagram account, she uploaded video, in which, the TikTok star can be seen laying on the bed while a doctor was treating her and the doctor was applying an injection to her.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTZYhecjIHF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

The TikToker did not give any caption to the video and also limited the public comments. She sent the internet especially her fans into a commotion worrying about her health. However, the fans are speculating about Hareem Shah’s post.