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  • Pakistani Sabir Sami becomes KFC Global Chief Executive Officer

    Pakistani-origin Sabir Sami has been appointed as KFC Global Chief Executive Officer. He will succeed Tony Lowings, who is stepping down as CEO at the end of 2021 in advance of his retirement in early 2022.

    “I’m incredibly privileged and excited to continue working with our talented and dedicated KFC leaders and amazing franchise partners around the world to keep strengthening and accelerating the development of our powerful, iconic brand,” said Sami. “KFC is uniquely positioned around the world as a well-loved, well-trusted brand with millions of fans – the future is certainly bright.”

    Sabir Sami received his MBA from the University of Karachi. Sabir has two sons and he currently lives in Toronto with his wife. Sabir has also worked for brands like Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, and Reckitt Benckiser, as per the information available on KFC’s website.

    https://twitter.com/kfc_pk/status/1441121094224662533

  • Pakistani students’ formula car gets second position in intl competition

    Pakistani students designed a Formula Electric car, which won the second position in a competition held in Russia’s capital city Moscow, ARY News reported.

    As per details, the team consisted of 35 engineering students from a private university. The Pakistani team was a runner-up in the competition in which 20 teams participated.

    Uzair Mudassir and Saad Ahmed, who were part of the team, said in ARY’s morning show ‘Bakhabar Savera’ that designing the car was a learning curve for them and they want to show a positive image of Pakistan to the world.

    They said that technology is evolving every day and it was important for them to represent Pakistan on a global scale.

    Uzair Mudassir mentioned that they wanted the world to know that Pakistan has many students who are skilled in the field and have a passion to move forward.

  • Man gets arrested for ‘sextortion’ after FBI complains to FIA

    Man gets arrested for ‘sextortion’ after FBI complains to FIA

    An inquiry was registered upon information received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States of America (USA), via Child Pornography Cell of Cybercrime wing Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), about a person residing in Hayatabad, Peshawar. As per the complaint, he was blackmailing and sexually extorting a minor female child in Virginia, USA.

    A raid was conducted and the alleged culprit, Anas Farooq s/o Farooq Ahmad, was arrested and their mobile phones were seized.

    The accused was interrogated and he admitted that he had got illegal access to the minor victim’s Snapchat account and later found her nude picture in her compromised Snapchat account.

    He further admitted that he used the explicit pictures to blackmail her and was involved in sextortion.

  • Man strips naked to win bet, spreads horror among villagers

    Man strips naked to win bet, spreads horror among villagers

    A man in his 40s allegedly stripped naked and walked around in an Egyptian village to win a bet from a friend, Gulf News reported.

    The villagers tried to cover him up but the man refused to get covered, leading people to question his mentality and motives.

    “Children gathered around him as he walked naked across the village. People thought he had been caught doing something immoral and had not enough time to put on his clothes,” Mohammed told Egyptian newspaper Al Watan.

    “The scene was nauseating. He prevented anyone from covering him. He refused to put on any clothes,” added the witness.

    Later, he received 25,000 Egyptian pounds from a person who had earlier made a bet with him. “He then sat down while still naked in front of his house, counting the money,” Mohammed said.

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    “He is not a poor person,” Nabil Awwad, another local of the village, said. “The alleged offender owns a flock of sheep worth thousands of pounds,” he told Egyptian news portal Masrawy.

    “What struck our attention was that whenever we tried to cover him with clothes, he took them off, insisting to continue walking naked,” Awwad added.

    The act forced the village’s shocked women to stay indoors, the portal said.

  • Mother of two raped in Rawalpindi at job interview

    Mother of two raped in Rawalpindi at job interview

    A woman who went to Rawalpindi from Lahore was raped by an unidentified man who promised to give her a job after an interview, Dawn reported.

    As per details, the victim, a mother of two, reported to Race Course police that she along with her family were in a department store when a man came to them and distributed property advertisement pamphlets.

    She said she took a pamphlet and informed her husband about the advertisement, who later contacted a man for further details. The man told her husband to come to Rawalpindi where he could arrange a job for her in his project.

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    Later, the woman with her husband and children went to Rawalpindi and reached Saddar where the man was waiting for them in a black car. Upon reaching Saddar, the husband was asked to stay there with his children as the man would take his wife for an interview and come back soon.

    She said she was taken to a hotel situated and asked to wait at the reception until her turn for an interview. She said although she resisted going into a hotel room, she was taken to a room where she was asked to wait, adding the suspect locked the door from inside, raped her and escaped.

    She said that as he was fleeing, she shouted and tried to catch him but he was able to run away.

    Police said medical examination of the victim was carried out and the suspect was arrested by Race Course police. He will be presented before a court of law for remand custody.

  • Instagram harmful for teenage users, report reveals

    A report published in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday has revealed that Instagram is harmful for teenage users. The report is based on Facebook studies over the past three years that examined how Instagram affects its young user base, with teenage girls being most notably harmed.

    As per the WSJ report, among teenagers who reported suicidal thoughts, about 6 per cent in the US and 13 per cent in the UK traced them back to Instagram. 

    The researchers noted that many of these problems are unique to Instagram because it focuses heavily on body and lifestyle, meaning “social comparison is worse on Instagram”. 

    “Thirty-two percent of teen girls said that when they felt bad about their bodies, Instagram made them feel worse,” the researchers reportedly wrote, as per CNBC.

    The research also found “teens blame Instagram for increases in the rate of anxiety and depression”, a reaction researchers described as “unprompted and consistent across all groups”.

  • #MostBeautifulFaces2021: Twitter nominates Imran Khan, Shahid Afridi and Shehnaz Gill

    Most Beautiful Faces of 2021 was trending on Pakistani Twitter after social media users nominated different personalities including Shahid Afridi, Prime Minister Imran Khan, a Big Boss contestant Shehnaz Gill and many other personalities.

    Here are a few nominations by social media users:

    https://twitter.com/_waleedzafar/status/1440873714719944707?s=20
    https://twitter.com/bint_e_asif18/status/1440630164941987840?s=20

  • ‘I want all daughters of Pakistan to stay safe,’ Noor’s father demands justice

    A protest took place today outside the Islamabad Press Club to seek justice for Noor Mukadam. The protest was co-hosted by Noor’s sister Sara Mukadam. Noor’s father Shaukat Ali Mukadam addressed the gathering at the protest and appealed to the authorities to award exemplary punishment to the the prime suspect of his daughte’s murderer, Zahir Jaffer.

    “I want all daughters of Pakistan to stay safe. May they never see these days. My mission in life is to get justice for Noor so that Pakistan’s women to feel safe in their homes, their offices and on the streets. May they never go through things like this, nor their parents.”

    Noor Mukadam’s sister recited a poem at the protest. “You were my better half, my better version, my soulmate and now I will have to live incomplete without you for the rest of my life,” she said.

    People came to the protest to support Noor Mukadam and her family in Islamabad today.

    Actor Osman Khalid Butt also came forward to show his support.

  • ‘Rich gori, stop this horrible trolling’: Shaniera Akram opens up on cyber-bullying

    ‘Rich gori, stop this horrible trolling’: Shaniera Akram opens up on cyber-bullying

    Shaniera Akram has expressed her distress over people constantly demeaning all the blood and sweat she has shed for Pakistan over the past 10 years.

    She took to her Instagram and bashed the keyboard warriors for calling her “rich gori”, “privileged” and “celebrity’s wife”.

    “Sick of being called a random white woman, rich gori, privileged, white person, someone of occasionally lives in Pakistan and a celebrity’s wife,” she wrote displeasingly.

    “Do you not know I have spent 10 years in Pakistan, fighting for the rights of our people, caring for those who are underprivileged and standing up for the country I have grown to love,” she questioned.

    “Yes, I am a white. Yes I am an Australiam woman. I can’t help that and I don’t want to be ashamed of it, I am proud of my heritage and for who I am,” added Akram.

    “Yes, I am married to an incredible Pakistani man, who happens to be a national hero, But I have never used that in vain. I have never lauded that over anyone.”

    Shaniera further added, clearing that she is also a part of this country and has earned her own recognition, “Like me or not. Red my words and let them sink in. I am no random, I am Shaniera Akram. I have earned every bit of my name and I am here to stay!”

    “Let’s stop this horrible trolling, I am a part of Pakistan whether you like it or not. I have earned my position here,” she said adding: “So let’s put our differences aside and work together and get on with making our country even better than it is, for all who love it as much as I do.”

    “I am a human, I will make mistakes, but my intentions are good and there is always method to my madness, just trust in me and know, even if I make you feel uncomfortable for what ever the reason, I will always have best interests at hear”, she concluded.

    Earlier, Shaniera said that she feels safe in Pakistan and took to Twitter after receiving backlash on it.

    She wrote : “I stand by my words. In terms of national security, I do feel completely safe in Pakistan. I know where we have come from and I have seen how hard we have worked to promote a peaceful nation. And it’s a safe feeling when you’re with 200million people who all want the same thing – PEACE!”

  • Exclusive: Shahzeb Khanzada’s wife Rushna Khan celebrates his birthday in NY

    Exclusive: Shahzeb Khanzada’s wife Rushna Khan celebrates his birthday in NY

    Shahzeb Khanzada’s wife Rushna Khan celebrated her husband’s birthday in New York.

    The couple are enjoying their vacations in the US. Rushna took to her Instagram stories and shared some glimpses of celebrations in the US.

    In the video, Shahzeb can be seen trying the Krispy Kreme doughnut for the first time, while his wife was wishing him.

    She also shared some other posts in which they tried different cakes.

    She also shared a post in which anchorperson Mohammad Junaid wished his colleague from Geo News.