‘TikTok is having a bad war,’ say, disinformation experts By: APP on April 6, 2022Paris: The war in Ukraine has rapidly positioned TikTok as the number one source of misinformation thanks to its gigantic number of users and minimal filtering of content, experts say. Every day, Shayan Sardarizadeh, a journalist with the BBC’s disinformation team, ploughs through a hallucinatory mix of fake and misleading information about the war being […]
Health experts advise the public to avoid oily products while fasting By: APP on April 6, 2022ISLAMABAD: Health experts on Wednesday advised the general public to avoid “oily unhealthy products” as consuming large quantities of food or an unbalanced diet in Iftar could lead to stomach upset and intestinal disorders that may worsen existing health conditions. A Clinical Nutritionist Dr. Taiyba Sultana talking to a private news channel recommended that due […]
AIOU launches nationwide plantation campaign By: APP on April 5, 2022ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has launched a tree plantation campaign at its regional offices and model study centres in all provinces of the country, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. According to Dr. Malik Tauqeer Ahmad Khan, Director Regional Services (DRS), regional directors have been directed to engage students, teachers and social activists […]
Imran Khan nominates former CJP Gulzar Ahmed as caretaker PM By: webdesk on April 4, 2022ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has nominated former Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed for the post of caretaker Prime Minister. صدر مملکت کے خط کے جواب میں تحریک انصاف کور کمیٹی سے مشورے اور منظوری کے بعد وزیر اعظم عمران خان نے سابق چیف جسٹس پاکستان جسٹس گلزار احمد کا نام نگران وزیر […]
UN chief calls for independent probe of civilian deaths in Ukrainian town By: APP on April 4, 2022UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an independent investigation into the killing of over 400 civilians in a Ukrainian city. “I am deeply shocked by the images of civilians killed in Bucha, Ukraine,” he said in a tersely worded statement issued on Sunday evening. It was also posted on his official Twitter […]
Kashaf Alvi attends his book signing ceremony By: Web Desk on April 4, 2022It was a lively event since the author interacted one-to-one with the people who joined him whether to greet him or get his book. Alvi also taught them how to say some common words in sign language for example how to say a thank you in sign language. Shortly, the event fulfilled the purpose of […]
Wheat smuggling bid foiled By: APP on April 4, 2022MULTAN: The district administration on Monday foiled an attempt to smuggle 350 bags of wheat to other provinces at Shujaabad Interchange here. According to the Directorate General of Public Relations (DGPR), the district administration has a strict policy against the illegal transportation of wheat. Deputy Commissioner Amir Karim directed the Food Department to put up […]
Indian Army Captain faces court martial for killing 3 Kashmiris in fake encounter By: APP on April 4, 2022ISLAMABAD: A Court of Inquiry set up by the Indian Army authorities on the pressure by international human rights organisations, has confirmed that the Indian Army troops were involved in the killing of three innocent Kashmiri youth in a fake encounter, staged by the soldiers in July 2020 in Amshipora area of Shopian district Indian […]
No longer a last resort: Pulling CO2 from the air By: AFP on April 2, 2022Paris: To save the world from the worst ravages of climate change, slashing carbon pollution is no longer enough — CO2 will also need to be sucked out of the atmosphere and buried, a landmark UN report is expected to say on Monday. If humanity had started to curb greenhouse gas emissions 20 years ago, […]
Indian troops martyr Kashmiri youth in Shopian By: APP on April 1, 2022ISLAMABAD: Local fores in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred one more Kashmiri youth in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on early Friday morning. According to Kashmir Media Service, the youth was martyred during a cordon and search operation at Turkwagam area of the district by Indian troops […]