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Day: March 2, 2023

‘Noor,’ Pakistani short film, wins at Cannes World Film Festival

Noor, a Pakistani short film that addresses the stigma associated with poor vision, was named Best Health Film in the January online edition of the Cannes World Film Festival. The Umer Adil-directed film, starring Sarwat Gilani and Omair Rana in lead roles, will premiere in Cannes. Gilani took to Instagram on Wednesday to share the news, captioning the post “We…

Pakistani rupee plummeted after IMF deal delay

KARACHI: The value of the Pakistani rupee fell sharply in interbank trading on Thursday, falling by Rs18.89 against the US dollar.According to forex dealers, the local currency is currently trading at an all-time high of Rs285 per USD in the interbank market. According to forex dealers, the greenback was trading at Rs290 in the open market. The local unit closed…

Hareem Shah reveals ‘friends’ leaked her private videos

Hareem Shah, a TikToker, has issued a statement after her private videos went viral on the internet. In a new video, Shah claims that the aforementioned videos were ‘leaked’ by women she considered friends. Sundal Khattak and Ayesha Naz, friends with whom Shah had previously lived, have been identified as the perpetrators of the viral videos, according to Shah. “We…

UK Foreign minister raises issue of BBC raids in India

NEW DELHI: British Foreign Minister James Cleverly raised the issue of tax searches at the BBC’s Indian offices with his counterpart in New Delhi on Wednesday, according to the minister. Cleverly was “firmly told that all entities operating in India must fully comply with relevant laws and regulations,” according to an Indian government source. Last month, Indian tax authorities spent…

Court summons Maryam in contempt case

SUKKUR: In a contempt case filed over her “scandalous remarks” against Supreme Court judges, the Sukkur district and sessions court summoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice President and Chief Organizer Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday. Additional Meetings Judge Mumtaz Solangi has ordered Maryam Nawaz to appear in court on March 10. He also summoned Sukkur’s senior superintendent of police and…

OpenAI releases official chatGPT API

OpenAI has announced that third-party developers will now be able to integrate ChatGPT into their apps via API. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, claims that the API can be used for much more than just creating an AI-powered chat interface. The AI behemoth is selling 1,000 tokens for $0.002, which is “10x cheaper than our existing GPT-3.5 models,” according to…

Missing six-year-old girl found dead after raped

KARACHI: The body of a six-year-old child who went missing earlier this week was discovered on Wednesday in the Bin Qasim neighborhood, according to police and medical representatives. The deceased was allegedly discovered in a culvert off of National Highway. She was violently raped before being killed, according to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre’s examination of the corpse. Area SHO…

ECC imposes power surcharge up to Rs3.82 per unit

ISLAMABAD: The ECC approved a power surcharge of up to Rs3.82 per unit from March to June 2023 on Wednesday. In order to implement another tough condition imposed by the IMF for reviving the stalled IMF programme, a power surcharge of Rs2.63 per unit will be charged to power consumers in the next fiscal year 2023-24. This power surcharge will…

Bilawal orders PPP to prepare for elections after SC verdict

Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), has stated that his party is fully prepared for elections, whether they are held in three months or later. He did, however, emphasize the importance of determining the essence of the Supreme Court’s detailed verdict. The PPP leader’s comments came just hours after the country’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that…

PTI to speed up election campaign after SC verdict

LAHORE: Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has announced that the election campaign in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) will begin on Saturday, following the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision that elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) will be held within 90 days. Addressing a press conference via video link, the former premier stated that he…