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Falak Shabir’s remix song ‘Ijazat’ weaves magic on social media

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ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (APP):Falak Shabir, known for his charismatic personality and soulful tracks has woven magic on social media as he dropped a brand new, remixed version of the mega-hit track ‘Ijazat’.

Rose to unprecedented fame with back-to-back hit tracks like Rog, Yaar Mila De, Judai and many more, the heartthrob never failed to impress his huge fan following.

This time around, the starlet left netizens in awe, as he unveiled the spellbinding remix of his much-loved song ‘Ijazat’ following one of the most interesting trends in today’s music industry.

Turning to his official Instagram account, Shabir shared an enchanting reel donning a black suit along with the caption “Ijazat revamped is out now” followed by the tracks YouTube link.

Adding a distinctive touch to the already catchy beat, the latest version managed to garner thousands of views, likes and comments from Shabir’s fans as well as showbiz bigwigs.

“This song simply revives the old memories,” a fan commented.

Another comment read, “This song reminds me of my college days. Always gives me nostalgia.”

On the professional front, Shabir is all tuned up for electrifying live concerts in major cities of Pakistan throughout the months of January and February.

WB terms reports on delaying loans for Pakistan as “unfounded”

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ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (APP):The World Bank on Thursday termed the media reports on delaying approval of loans for Pakistan as unfounded and baseless saying that it was not delaying approval of any loan for the country.

“The press reports that refer to a World Bank decision to delay approval of potential Bank operations in Pakistan are unfounded”, Country Director of the World Bank for Pakistan Najy Benhassine said on his official twitter handle.

Earlier, the media reports had claimed that the Washington-based lender had delayed the approval of two loans for Pakistan worth $1.1 billion until the next fiscal year pending some steps on the country’s energy debt and tariffs.

However, Behassine made it clear that all the approval dates for approval of loans were already scheduled.

“The tentative Board approval dates of all of our proposed operations, as well as their amounts, are indicative, and the World Bank decides on the timing for sharing project proposals for Board consideration following due process and based on the proposed projects’ readiness”, the WB Country Director added.

BISP disburses Rs. 30,601,739,000 among 4,371,677 among Kafalat beneficiaries till today

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ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (APP):Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has disbursed an amount of Rs. 30,601,739,000 among 4,371,677 beneficiaries across the country under the quarterly payments of the Benazir Kafalat programme.

Till January 19, around 55.43 percent quarterly payment amount has been paid to the beneficiaries through the designated banks and retailers, following a smooth and transparent procedure.

According to the BISP, those deserving women who still have not received their quarterly payment of Rs. 7000 may visit their nearest payment center to receive the amount.

Around 7.7 million families would receive over Rs. 55 billion in the first tranche of Benazir Kafalat payments.
The beneficiaries have been advised to receive their full installment of Rs 7,000 and get the payment receipt by the quarter concerned in any case.

To facilitate the beneficiaries, BISP has set up a special control room for the redressal of public complaints regarding the disbursement of Benazir Kafalat payments.

The control room has been set up on the special directives of the Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, Shazia Marri, to ensure transparency in the distribution of the first quarterly installment for the year 2023.

BISP has asked the beneficiaries to immediately report to BISP’s toll-free helpline 080026477 and contact the nearest BISP Tehsil Office if a person demands any kind of deduction or fee for payment.

The message sent by BISP would come from 8171 only and no message from any other number or code should be trusted, as it is faked and fraudulent.

The beneficiaries facing problems regarding receiving the payments could register their complaint on Whatsapp numbers for Punjab: 03255365520, Sindh: 03449118336 and Balochistan: 03255365469 while the complainants from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan could contact at 03255365476.

The beneficiary women and transgenders of Islamabad, Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan have started receiving this money from Payment Centers or Biometric ATMs designated by Habib Bank; while in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, the amount is being disbursed through Payment Centers or Biometric ATMs of Bank Al-Falah.

ECP notifies IK’s victory on seven NA seats

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ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (APP):The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday declared Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan as the winner from the seven constituencies in October’s by-elections by condoning late submission of the details of the by-election expenses by the deposed Prime Minister.

A five-member bench of the Election Commission, headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja, announced the verdict it had reserved on December 20 last. The verdict stated that Imran Khan has submitted the required details to the electoral body after which it decided to notify him as the winning candidate on all the seven National Assembly seats.

Earlier, Imran Khan had not submitted the details of the by-election expenses incurred in NA-22, Mardan, NA-24, Charsadda, NA-31, Peshawar, NA-108, Faisalabad-VIII, NA-118, Nankana Sahib-II and NA-239 Korangi, Karachi I, on October 16 while the election on NA-45,Kurram was held on October 30.

The ECP had taken notice of the PTI chief’s failure to submit the details of election expenses for the constituencies he had contested in October 2022. The ECP had stayed the issuance of victory notification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on all National Assembly (NA) seats he won.

Current Account Deficit falls to $3.66 bn in Jul-December

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Najam ul Hassan
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (APP):The Current Account Deficit shrank by 60 percent to US$3.66 billion during first half (Jul-Dec) of current fiscal year as against the deficit of $9.1 billion recorded during same period of last year.

In December, after posting decline for five consecutive months, the current account deficit edged up to $0.4 billion as compared to $0.252 billion in November, 2022, according to a latest data issued by the SBP.

On year-on-year basis, the current account deficit posted a record decline of 78 percent as it went down to $0.4 billion in December 2022 from $1.86 billion in the same month of the year 2021.

According to the data, the exports of goods decreased from $15.24 billion in Jul-December 2021-22 to $14.2 billion in same period of current fiscal year. On the other hand, the imports of goods also fell from $36.1 billion to $29.5 billion in the period under review.

The overall trade deficit also shrank to $15.6 billion in the first six months of FY23 as compared to the deficit of $23 billion in the same period of the previous fiscal year.

Similarly, the trade deficit in services also shrank to $357 million in Jul-December as compared to the deficit of $2.1 billion in the same period of the previous year.

The deficit of primary income increased to $2.6 billion in Jul-Dec 2022-23 as compared to $2.5 billion in the same period of the previous year.

The combined deficit of goods, services, and primary income also declined to $18.2 billion in the corresponding period while during the same period of last year, the deficit was recorded at $25.5 billion.

Worker’s remittances also posted a decline during the period under review as it went down to $14.05 billion compared to $15.8 billion in Jul-Dec (2021-22).

Comedy film ‘Shotcut’ to hit the cinemas on ’20th January’ 2023

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Majid Ali
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Comedy film 'Shotcut' to hit the cinemas on '20th January' 2023

US wants to see Pakistan in ‘economically sustainable’ position: State Dept.

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WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (APP): The United States wants to see Pakistan in an economically sustainable position, State Department spokesperson Ned Price has said, noting that Islamabad was in negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other global financial institutions.

Asked about Pakistan’s dwindling foreign exchange reserves, he told reporters at his daily press briefing, “This is a challenge that we are attuned to.”

“I know that Pakistan has been working with the IMF, with international financial institutions. We want to see Pakistan in an economically sustainable position,” Price added.

“Those conversations, as I understand it, are ongoing. We are supportive where we can be of our Pakistani partners, but ultimately these are conversations between Pakistan and international financial institutions,” he said.

Pressed on the U.S. response to Pakistan’s financial challenges, Price said, “These conversations with our Pakistani partners often do entail technical issues. Oftentimes these are addressed between the Department of the Treasury and our Pakistani partners.

“But Pakistan’s macroeconomic stability is a topic of conversation between the Department of State and our counterparts, the White House, the Treasury Department, among others.”

IRSA releases 38,100 cusecs water

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ISLAMABAD, Jan 19 (APP): Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Thursday released 38,100 cusecs of water from various rim stations with an inflow of 43,300 cusecs.

According to the data released by IRSA, the water level in River Indus at Tarbela Dam was 1498.59 feet, 100.59 feet higher than its dead level of 1,398 feet. Water inflow in the dam was recorded as 16,100 cusecs while the outflow was 20,000 cusecs.

The water level in River Jhelum at Mangla Dam was 1124.45 feet, which was 74.45 feet higher than its dead level of 1,050 feet. The inflow and outflow of water were recorded as 7,200 cusecs and 100 cusecs respectively.

The release of water at Kalabagh, Taunsa, Guddu and Sukkur was recorded as 11,800, 20,900, 4,400 and 4,100 cusecs respectively. Similarly, from River Kabul, a total of 10,800 cusecs of water was released at Nowshera and 7,200 cusecs were released from River Chenab at Marala.

Foreign exchange rates

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KARACHI, Jan 19 (APP): The Exchange Rates Committee of Financial Markets Association of Pakistan issued the following Exchange rates bulletin, here on Wednesday.

CONVERSION RATES FOR JANUARY 19 2023 FOR FOREIGN CURRENCY FOR FORWARD COVER FOR DEPOSITS (EXCLUDING FE 25 DEPOSITS)

SBP SETTLEMENT VALUE DATE JANUARY 23, 2023

USD 228.8179
GBP 282.4757
EUR 248.4734
JPY 1.7699

Pakistan urges UNSC to act ‘swiftly, resolutely’ to end Israel’s rights abuses in Palestine’s occupied lands

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UNITED NATIONS, Jan 19 (APP):Pakistan Wednesday called on the Security Council to act “swiftly and resolutely” to bring a halt to a host of Israel’s human rights violation in the occupied Palestinian territory and continuous provocations at the sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, and ensure its compliance with International aw, and implement the resolutions on the Middle East conflict.

Speaking in the 15-member Council’s debate on the situation in the Middle East, Ambassador Munir Akram said that the two-State formula, envisaging establishment of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel, offers the only solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

“The rising extremism in Israeli leadership must not be allowed to foreclose this solution,” the Pakistani envoy said, referring to the new Israeli extreme right-wing government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“There is no question in anybody’s mind that Israel’s actions in the occupied Palestinian lands – the seizure of land and properties for Israeli settlements; the violence against unarmed Palestinian children, women and men; the blockade of Gaza; and the desecration of Holy Al-Aqsa – are of all grave violations of Security Council resolutions and international law, including humanitarian law,” Ambassador Akram added.

The Security Council meeting took place in the wake of a strong statement signed by more than 90 countries, including Pakistan, expressing “deep concern” at Israel’s punitive measures against the Palestinian people, leadership and civil society following a UN General Assembly’s resolution calling on the world court to give an opinion on the legal consequences of the Israeli illegal occupation of Palestinian territories. The signatories called for a reversal of the Israeli measures, saying regardless of their position on the 193-member Assembly’s landmark resolution, “we reject punitive measures in response to a request for an advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).”

In his remarks, the Pakistani envoy said they look forward to the advisory opinion of the international court of justice on the legal implications of Israeli occupations.

“We expect that the Court’s opinion will lead to Israeli accountability for its crimes in the occupied Palestine territories,” he said.

Noting that the year 2022 was among the deadliest for the Palestinian people, Ambassador Akram expressed alarm over Israel’s ongoing acts of aggression, incitement and provocation against Islamic and Christian holy places, including Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif.

Pakistan, he said, strongly condemns the provocative visit of Israeli Minister of National Security to the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

“Al-Aqsa is a holy site revered by Muslims around the world,” he said, adding, “For fourteen centuries Muslims have been loving guardians of the Holy Al-Aqsa and violation of its sanctity offends the religious sensitivities of Muslims all over the world and inflames an already tense situation in the occupied Palestinian territories and could have grave impact on regional and international peace and security.”

“Pakistan rejects all Israeli measures and attempts to alter the historical and legal status quo of the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif and demands full respect of the status quo and of international law at Al-Aqsa and at all other holy sites in the Occupied Palestinian Territory…

“The perpetuation of Israeli occupation will not bring peace to the Holy Land. Even if they are dispossessed and disempowered by Israel, every succeeding generation of Palestinians will persist in seeking their freedom and fundamental rights, including their right to self-determination,” the Pakistani envoy added.

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