Pakistani singer Ali Sethi’s ‘Pasoori’ tops Google’s global search trends for 2022 

In this handout picture, released by Coke Studio Pakistan on February 7, 2022, Pakistani singers Ali Sethi and Shae Gill gesture during the recording of their popular song 'Pasoori'. (Photo courtesy: Coke Studio)
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Updated 08 December 2022
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Pakistani singer Ali Sethi’s ‘Pasoori’ tops Google’s global search trends for 2022 

  • The Punjabi-language song was released in Feb 6 this year 
  • Song surpasses BTS’ ‘Butter’ and Aditya A’s ‘Chand Baliyan’ 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani singer Ali Sethi’s hit number ‘Pasoori’ has topped Google’s hum-to-search category in 2022, leaving behind BTS’s ‘Butter,’ Aditya A’s ‘Chand Baliyan,’ ‘Heat Waves’ by Glass Animals and ‘Enemy’ by Imagine Dragons. 
Google on Wednesday released its ‘Year in Search 2022,’ providing a snapshot of key interests and trends in the past eleven months, based on its search activity. The hum-to-search feature allows users to hum, whistle, or sing the melody of a song by using the microphone icon on Google Search. Google then identifies potential matches for the song. 
Conceptualized as a fusion of pop and folk music, Pasoori is about letting go of worries. The Punjabi-language song was released on February 6 this year as part of Coke Studio Pakistan’s Season 14. 
“The most Googled music worldwide this year is Pakistani singer Ali Sethi’s viral hit Pasoori,” read an Instagram post shared by Sethi on Wednesday. 

Sung for Coke Studio together with Shae Gill, Pasoori has also ranked second among Google’s most-searched songs in 2022 and has amassed 457 million views on YouTube. 
Earlier it also became the first Pakistani song to rank third on Spotify’s Global Viral 50 list. 
The most searched song on Google for this year is the Indonesian number ‘Tak Ingin Usai’ by Keisya Levronka.


Lindsay Lohan steps out in Dubai

Updated 17 January 2026
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Lindsay Lohan steps out in Dubai

DUBAI: Dubai-based Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan was spotted in the city this week alongside her husband, Kuwaiti financier Bader Shammas, as the couple stepped out in coordinated black looks.

Lohan was wearing a sleek black long-sleeved mini dress with a high neckline and softly draped silhouette, featuring gathered ruching across the skirt with a tie detail at the waist. She paired the look with pointed black heels and kept her accessories minimal, opting for delicate earrings and a statement ring from Italian fine jewelry label Bijouq.

The couple were attending the opening of Japanese restaurant Nobu’s new outpost at One Za’abeel.

Lohan has been based in Dubai for more than 10 years, where she has built a quieter, more private life away from Hollywood.

She married Shammas in 2022, and the couple welcomed their first child, a son named Luai, in 2023.

The actress has since continued to balance family life in the UAE with her acting career, including her recent return to film and television projects.

Lohan most recently starred in “Freakier Friday,” the Disney sequel to “Freaky Friday,” which was released in August 2025 and marked her return to theatrical film acting alongside Jamie Lee Curtis.

It follows another body-swap chaos — this time across generations. Lohan and Lee Curtis return as Anna and Tess, but the story expands to include Anna’s own daughter, creating a multi-generational switch that complicates family dynamics even further.

The film explores motherhood, identity and how perspectives change as roles reverse again.

Lohan is also set to star in and executive-produce the Hulu limited series “Count My Lies,” an adaptation of Sophie Stava’s novel that is currently in development and marks one of her first major television roles.

She will play Violet Lockhart alongside co-lead Shailene Woodley, who stars as Sloane Caraway, a compulsive liar whose small deceptions land her a job as a nanny for the seemingly perfect Lockhart family. Kit Harington has also joined the cast in a leading role.

 

As Sloane becomes increasingly entangled in Violet and her husband Jay’s world, hidden secrets begin to unravel, revealing dangerous truths beneath the family’s polished exterior. The series does not yet have an official release date.