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Celebrities welcome New Year with optimism

By Instep Desk
Fri, 01, 20

With the ending of a decade and the beginning of a new one, several artists share personal messages and good wishes for their fans on social media.

After bidding adieu to a decade we have finally stepped into 2020 with enthusiasm and zeal, hoping that the New Year starts off bright and continues to shine throughout the year.

While many of us have set some new goals for 2020, numerous celebrities also took to social media to share personal messages, wishing their fans an auspicious year ahead.

Here are some of the most inspirational messages…

Actor and producer Humanyun Saeed welcomed the New Year in Saudi Arabia; he is currently in Makkah with his wife to perform Umrah. The actor, who is picking up rave reviews for his performance in the on-going drama serial Mere Paas Tum Ho, shared a picture from the holy site on his official Instagram handle and captioned it, “Always wished to begin my new year at this most sacred place. Alhamdulillah, my wish came true this year.”

He added, “Bidding farewell to 2019 and welcoming 2020 with prayers and best wishes for all of you and our beloved Pakistan. May Allah bless us all with His infinite mercy and fill the next year - and every year after - with prosperity, love, peace and lots of happiness for all of us. Happy New Year! I pray that 2020 is better for each and every one of us. Ameen.”

Besides Humayun, actor and host Ahsan Khan also wished his fans a prosperous New Year and shared that he’s off for Umrah on the first day of the New Year. “I want to start 2020 on the right track!” he wrote.

Superstar actress Mahira Khan greeted 2020 with a prayer that everyone has a joyous year. “Happy New Year to all! May this year be kind to all of us. Praying for love, joy and tolerance! Praying especially for those whose start and end of the year has remained the same – dark and displaced. Love and light. Bismillah 2020,” tweeted Mahira Khan.

Actress Mawra Hocane, who is currently appearing in drama serial Daasi alongside Adeel Husain and Faryal Mehmood, shared a note along with a video from New Year’s Eve. She captioned it, “Happy New Year! May this year we live for the moments we can’t capture or explain... moments that can only be felt and those that fill your heart and eyes with joy and twinkle.”

The actress further went on to wish Happy New Year to her 5 million followers, “who constantly send love and prayers for me, I feel the prayers may have been answered. I am grateful, thankful, just FULL with all of the love. Alhumdulillah.”

In another post, Mawra spoke about forgetting the past and living in the present. “May this year be about more healing, compassion and that one feeling that matter[s] most, LOVE!” she noted.

Actress Saba Qamar, who is gearing up for the release of her upcoming film Kamli, penned down her sentiments on Instagram and said, “Keep the smile, leave the tear, hold the laugh, and forget the fear, because it’s a new year. Wish you a rocking year ahead.”

On the other hand, Sana Javed, who is starring in socially driven drama serials like Ruswai and Darr Khuda Say, kick started her New Year with a hope to reach new horizons and attain new heights in the new decade. The actress also went on to say that 2019 has been amazing. “As I move in to 2020, I want to make sure I express my utmost gratitude and appreciation to all my fans, well wishers and even critics for all the love I have received over the past year... Moving on, I would like to take on more powerful characters and deliver them with as much confidence as always. I want to wish all of you a truly happy new decade and year. I hope this year brings nothing but happiness and amazing moments for all of us.”

Imran Ashraf, breakthrough star of Ranjha Ranjha Kardi, welcomed the New Year by thanking God and his fans for a successful 2019. He said in a post on Instagram that by the grace of God, 2019 has been the most productive year career-wise. He further went on to thank journalists, media and blogs as well as all his fans for the love and support he has received and for turning a minor supporting actor into a leading actor. “Supporting actors are main actors. Yeh change lanay ka shukriya (thank you for this change). Your BHOLA,” he added.