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PML-N’s Bilal Farooq elected unopposed in Wazirabad by-election
- Forms submitted to Election Commission for confirmation.
- Eight candidates withdrew nomination papers earlier.
- Seat fell vacant after Ahmed Chattha’s disqualification.
GUJRANWALA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Bilal Farooq Tarar has been elected unopposed in the NA-66 Wazirabad by-election, according to officials.
The returning officer confirmed on Saturday that Tarar’s victory notification has been issued and Form-34 has been forwarded to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for formal confirmation.
The returning officer said that 30 individuals had initially submitted nomination papers for the seat.
However, eight candidates, including those from the Sunni Ittehad Council and the Pakistan Peoples Party, withdrew their nominations, while the remaining candidates retired after the withdrawal period had lapsed.
The NA-66 seat fell vacant after the Election Commission of Pakistan de-seated Punjab PTI President MNA Ahmed Chattha in the wake of his conviction in May 9 riots.
Several PTI lawmakers, including Omar Ayub, Shibli Faraz, Zartaj Gul and others, were convicted by an anti-terrorism courts in various May 9 cases.
Thousands of supporters of PTI founder Imran Khan stormed public property and military installations, including the Corps Commander House in Lahore, on May 9, 2023, in protest against the former premier’s arrest.
The riots — in which lives were lost — erupted after the PTI founder was taken into custody from the premises of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in a graft case.
Several PTI leaders and workers were released on bail after their arrests, while many remain behind bars.
Entertainment
What led to Victoria Beckham get blocked by son Brooklyn?
Victoria Beckham reportedly attempted to reconnect with her eldest son Brooklyn just days before he blocked both her and David Beckham on social media.
The fashion designer reportedly “liked” one of Brooklyn’s Instagram posts in a gesture of goodwill ahead of Christmas.
In response, she was met with silence and ultimately got blocked by her elder son.
An insider shared with Metro, “Victoria liked an Instagram post on Brooklyn’s page just days before he blocked her and David.”
“There was no intention behind it other than to show she’s thinking of him before Christmas. She had no idea it would lead to this fallout.”
“She can’t understand why Brooklyn would make the decision to block her, David, and his brothers. Cruz and Romeo are just as hurt by it and it feels like Brooklyn has truly cut them out of his life.”
The news came just a few days after the 20-year-old refuted claims that his parents unfollowed their eldest on Instagram.
“NOT TRUE. My mum and dad would never unfollow their son… Let’s get the facts right. They woke up blocked… as did I,” Cruz wrote on social media.
The English model and photographer no longer follows any of his immediate family members.
Entertainment
Gwyneth Paltrow admits being conscious of marking comeback with ‘Marty Supreme’
Gwyneth Paltrow has been away from the big screen since her last film Avengers: Endgame in 2019.
After seven years, the actress is all set to mark her comeback to Hollywood with upcoming sports-based film Marty Supreme alongside Timothee Chalamet.
While talking about returning to the big screen, Paltrow confessed that she had doubts if she will be able to act the same way she did before or not.
In an interview she said, “Acting is so weird. It’s so hard to explain how you do it. It’s not a skillset that… it’s not a trade that you learn, and you get onboarded into how to do something.”
Gwyneth opened that she was conscious about acting as she was out of practice considering her years long break.
During the chat on Entertainment weekly’s The Awardist podcast, the Iron Man actress added, “It’s so weird and ephemeral and kind of magic. So I was like, how did I used to do this? And am I still going to be able to do this? Am I going to be able to access all that stuff and energy and in the moment?”
Directed by Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme is based on the 1950s young man named Marty Mauser, who pursues his dream of becoming a table tennis champion.
It is slated to release in theatres globally on December 25.
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The Kid LAROI sets record straight on ‘Stay’ songwriting credits
The Kid LAROI finally put the longstanding debate on Stay songwriting credits to rest.
The Aussie pop star addressed the confusion that Charlie Puth wrote the lyrics of his 2021 smash 2021 duet with Justin Bieber.
During The Road to Before I Forget Twitch stream on Tuesday, December 23, the 22-year-old debunked the misconceptions, revealing that it was he himself and Bieber, 31, who wrote their own verses.
“I wrote every single lyric on that song apart from Justin’s verse,” the Too Much rapper set the record straight once and for all. “Justin wrote every lyric of his verse. There’s been some, like, misinterpretation somewhere along the line that the song was pitched to us.”
“People think Charlie [Puth] wrote the song and gave it to us. That didn’t happen. I wrote every single lyric of that punch-in style.” he clarified.
For the unversed, in a 2022 SiriusXM interview, Puth, who co-produced Stay, explained how he constructed the chords for the single.
However, some netizens took his statement as if the See You Again singer’s explanation means that he wrote the entire song without input from LAROI, whose real name is whose real name is Charlton Kenneth Jeffrey Howard or the Baby hitmaker.
“I definitely did get bummed when I started seeing people say I didn’t write [Stay] because I was so proud of that,” the Australian musiican expressed frustration on-stream for not getting the credit for something he is genuinely proud of. “I was 17 years old. And I’m still so proud of that. That’s an accomplishment and something to be proud of. … Like, ‘Damn, people think that this song was just given to me?’ That’s so crazy.”
He acknowledged other people’s contributions, emphasising that it was a collaborative effort.
At the same time, LAROI clearly conveyed that he personally wrote every lyric on the song except Bieber’s verse.
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