TikTok agrees to block users after girl dies By: Reuters on February 4, 2021The popular video app TikTok said on Wednesday it had agreed with Italian authorities to block all users who gave their age as under 13, among other measures, after the death of a 10-year-old girl was blamed on a breath-holding social media challenge. Prosecutors in Palermo are investigating that case, which has led to increased […]
With social media solidarity, protesting Indian farmers win global attention By: Reuters on February 3, 2021NEW DELHI: Protesting Indian farmers won global attention on Wednesday with prominent Western activists joining pop superstar Rihanna in support of their months-long campaign against agriculture reforms they say will benefit big business at their expense. Tens of thousands of farmers have been camped out on the outskirts of the capital, New Delhi, since late […]
Allama Iqbal’s sculptur removed from park after heavy backlash on social media By: Web Desk on February 3, 2021A statue of the Poet of the East, after having facing heavy backlash on social media, is being removed from Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park and will be returned after improvements have been made to it, the Lahore Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) announced on Wednesday. The two officials were suspended after being found guilty of “inefficiency and […]
Court sentences couple to death for for raping, filming minor girls on January 26, 2021RAWALPINDI: Justice Jahangir Ali Gondal of District and Session Court Rawalpindi on Monday awarded death sentence and life imprisonment to Qasim Jahangir, Kiran Jahangir for abducting, sexually assaulting, and blackmailing nearly 45 girls. Qasim Jahangir was sentenced to demise and life in jail over rape and recording specific movies. Jahangir was additionally given a three-year […]
Rawalpindi man killed during TikTok stunt on railway track By: Reuters on January 24, 2021A young man was hit and killed by a train in Pakistan while being filmed walking along the tracks for a TikTok stunt, police and rescue officials said Saturday. The accident happened on Friday in the Shah Khalid neighbourhood of Rawalpindi city, near Islamabad. Hamza Naveed, 18, was walking next to the tracks while a […]
760 up, Cristiano Ronaldo hailed as most prolific goalscorer By: Reuters on January 21, 2021REGGIO EMILIA: Cristiano Ronaldo was hailed as the most prolific professional goalscorer in the history of the game on Wednesday after notching his 760th senior goal to help Juventus beat Napoli 2-0 in the Italian Supercup. The title of greatest goalscorer is much contested, and global governing body FIFA does not keep an official record, […]
Indian man leaked secrets to ISI for fake nudes By: Web Desk on January 13, 2021A 42-year-old Indian man betrayed his country for… nudes. It’s a story as old as time itself. A man bewitched by two Pakistani women’s curves couldn’t resist his primal urges, and spilled classified information about the Indian army’s movement in border areas and the Pokhran firing range to a journalist and an agent of Pakistan’s […]
PML-N member Hina Butt claims she graduated from LUMS with 3.98 GPA By: Web Desk on January 12, 2021Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hina Pervaiz Butt has claimed that she graduated from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) with a GPA of 3.98. People thought it was a strange thing to add in an argument LUMS !!! really? https://t.co/XBI0Grcqr6 — Jahangeer_Thaheem (@JkThaheem) January 15, 2020 Hina was asked on the television show […]
The shock it gave us all! By: Imtiaz Gul on January 4, 2021As if driven by intuition, only a few days before MumtazQadri gunned him down at Kohsar Market in the heart of the federal capital of Islamabad, Salman Taseer had tweeted: “I was under huge pressure sure 2 cow down b4 rightist pressure on blasphemy. Refused. Even if I’m the last man standing.” January 4 (2011) […]
8 Pakistan women in 100 outstanding nurses and midwives global list By: TLTP on December 29, 2020ISLAMABAD: Eight Pakistani nurses and midwives have been honoured in the global 100 Outstanding Women Nurse and Midwife Leaders 2020 list. The healthcare workers have been acknowledged by Women in Global Health (WGH), which collaborated with the World Health Organisation (WHO), United Nations Population Fund, Nursing Now, International Council of Nurses and International Confederation of Midwives on […]