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  • How to manage ‘annoying’ cellphone notifications

    How to manage ‘annoying’ cellphone notifications

    Apps and websites regularly push alerts to your devices. Though they are sometimes useful, in most cases they are annoying and unwanted. Here’s what you do to get rid of this once and for all.

    Early Decision

    The first time you open a newly downloaded app, it may ask for permission to send you notifications. You can say no. Alerts from apps like weather or local news media can be important but most e-commerce apps only send unnecessary coupon alerts in unlimited numbers. These notifications are not personalised and consequently, you feel like you’re running a grocery store.

    Opting out here does not mean you can never get those notifications. Later, if you decide you really want those alerts, you can always enable them in your system settings for notification alert. Here is how you can do it:

    Configure your smartphone settings

    For Android

    Some apps may have notification controls in their own settings, but you can also manage alerts in your device’s Settings section. Just look for “Notifications” or “Apps & Notifications.” In the Notification settings, look for a list of apps and select the one you want to change.

    In some situations, a user wants more personalization so in that case, you can tweak your apps by further digging into the settings as shown below.

    For IOS Apple

    In IOS 13 (mobile operating software for iPhone, tap the button at the top of an app’s settings screen to allow or disable notifications. If you decide to keep the notification on, you can adjust where and how it appears on your device. If you don’t want a banner alert popping up on the lock screen, you can downgrade it directly to the IOS Notification Center area so you can browse all your updates at once later on.

    By utilizing these settings, if not completely, then to a great extend your problem with notification bombardment would be curtailed.

  • Newborn diagnosed with coronavirus within 30 hours of birth

    A Chinese newborn has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus just 30 hours after birth, in what was reported as the youngest case recorded so far, state media outlet Xinhua said.

    According to reports, the baby was born on February 2 in Wuhan — the epicentre of the virus — and the mother had earlier been tested positive. It is unclear how the disease was transmitted — in the womb, or after birth.

    Only a handful of children have come down with the virus, which has killed 563 people and infected 28,018.

    The report further said that the baby, who weighed 3.25kg at birth (7lbs 2oz), was now in a stable condition and under observation.

    Medical experts say it could be a case where the infection was contracted in the womb.

    “This reminds us to pay attention to mother-to-child being a possible route of coronavirus transmission,” chief physician of Wuhan Children Hospital’s neonatal medicine department, Zeng Lingkong, told Reuters.

    But it is also possible that the baby was infected after birth from having close contact with the mother.

    “It’s quite possible that the baby picked it up very conventionally — by inhaling virus droplets that came from the mother coughing,” Stephen Morse, an epidemiologist at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, told Business Insider.

  • ‘PCB owes me Rs40-60 million,’ report quotes Younis Khan as saying

    Former national cricket team captain Younis Khan has claimed that Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) owes him Rs40 million [Rs4 crores] to Rs60 million [Rs6 crores], but he is ready to join forces with them and work towards the betterment of the sport in Pakistan.

    Khan, who is the country’s all-time leading run-getter in Tests, also said that he had never asked for money from the board as “it had never been an issue”. “In terms of money, PCB owes me 4-6 crore rupees if you look back. But I have never demanded money, money is never an issue,” he reportedly said.

    “It’s destiny from Allah, you get what is destined for you so you should never run after money, I never ran after money and have always been willing to work with PCB. I was one of the few players who retired and left, players rarely do that. I have 17-18 years of services for Pakistan and PCB.”

    “I don’t know why we can’t come on board together. I played cricket so I want to help in the field of cricket. Why we don’t come on board… perhaps PCB doesn’t change or Younis Khan doesn’t change.”

    “I don’t think anyone in Pakistan would be so personal that he wouldn’t want to work with Younis Khan. Even if I was a big critic of Younis Khan, I would like to still work with Younis Khan. What things are there with my demeanour or what is it with PCB that doesn’t allow us to come on one page,” he added.

     The statement was also tweeted by renowned sports journalist Saj Sadiq, who is also the editor of the media outlet that reported it.

    Younis also reportedly gave his thumbs up to the work done by head coach cum chief selector Misbahul Haq, whom he claims has gotten Pakistan cricket team back on track.

  • Police issue traffic plan for Pak vs Ban test series in Rawalpindi

    Police issue traffic plan for Pak vs Ban test series in Rawalpindi

    The City Traffic Police Rawalpindi have chalked out a traffic plan to facilitate citizens during the Pakistan and Bangladesh cricket test match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium scheduled to take place from February 5 to February 11.

    According to the plan, Stadium (Double) Road will be closed on both sides from morning to evening from Feb 5 to Feb 11. Traffic coming from Islamabad will be diverted to the Expressway from Faizabad Bridge’s slipway Dhoke, Kala Khan, Khanna and Koral.

    https://twitter.com/SSPITP/status/1225086357602734082?s=20

    Traffic from Rawalpindi to Islamabad through Murree Road will be diverted towards Islamabad from a u-turn that is in front of the Kidney Centre.

    Traffic from Islamabad via IJP Road and 9th Avenue will enter Rawalpindi via Katari, Carriage Factory, Chak Madad and Pirwadhai Mor.

    No traffic will be allowed from Ghousia Chowk to Murree Road. However, traffic from Sadiqabad Chowk to Islamabad will have to take Ghosia Chowk via Farooq-i-Azam Road.

    The road from Haroon Chowk and Dhoke Kala Khan Chowk to Ghousia Chowk will also remain closed.

    A traffic police spokesman provided a helpline numbers: 051 9272839 and 051 9272616 for any kind of information and guidance.

    Stickers have been issued to those who would be coming to the stadium for parking.

  • Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, his wife safe in car crash: report

    Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, his wife safe in car crash: report

    Former Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) director general (DG) Major General Asif Ghafoor has met with an accident on the motorway near Sargodha.

    According to Khaleej Times, both the former military spokesperson and his wife were safe as the car was under the speed limit.

    The same was also tweeted by Oasis Energy Director Usama Qureshi.

    Qureshi went on to say that the accident took place during the wee hours of February 3.

    Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar has replaced Asif Ghafoor as the ISPR chief. Maj Gen Ghafoor has been posted as general officer commanding (GOC) of the military’s 40th Infantry Division in Okara.

  • ‘Over my dead body,’ says Khadim Rizvi on Zindagi Tamasha release

    ‘Over my dead body,’ says Khadim Rizvi on Zindagi Tamasha release

    Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi has said that he would not let Sarmad Khoosat’s film Zindagi Tamasha release no matter what anyone does, Pakistan Today reported.

    “We will not let Zindagi Tamasha release and will do whatever it takes to make sure it does not see the light of day,” he said, adding ‘jo karna hai kar lo’ (do whatever you can), as he addressed party workers and supporters at Faisal Chowk on Kashmir Solidarity Day.

    Earlier on January 28, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) had set up a four-member committee that would review the film Zindagi Tamasha and submit a report to CII Chairman Dr Qibla Ayaz.

    The members of this committee include Ghulam Majid, Abdul Rasheed, Taaj Muhammad and Muhammad Ashfaq, all of whom are said to be experts in the concepts of Shariah.

    “All the members are competent and hold qualifications in Islam and social sciences. They belong to CII’s research wing and were selected for this task after going through an interview process. We have shown them the CBFC letter and advised them on how to review the film, keeping religious sentiments in mind,” CII’s Media Coordinator Rana Zahid had said.

    “The Council’s supreme body will further take a decision regarding the film after viewing the report,” he said.

    He further told that the CII has sent a letter notifying the CBFC of its plan of action in the first phase and is expecting a reply soon.

    According to another anonymous member of the CII, the four member bench will also question the viewpoint of CBFC members over objectionable dialogues.

    “How were these dialogues and scenes that hurt the sentiments of the public even cleared if they (CBFC) watched the film? The reply of the CBFC members will also be a part of the report. We are just concerned over the objectionable dialogues that hurt the public. We have no concern otherwise. No scene or dialogue that hurts religious sentiments, would be allowed to pass,” said the member.

  • Chitral man booked for spreading coronavirus rumours

    Chitral man booked for spreading coronavirus rumours

    Amid growing fears of the deadly coronavirus in Pakistan, a man in Chitral has been booked on charges of spreading misinformation on social media.

    An FIR has been registered against Irshad Mukarer, a resident of the Darosh area of Chitral district, in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

    According to Wali Khan, the SHO of Darosh Police Station, a Chinese citizen working on the Lawi Hydro Power Project in Chitral visited a local hospital for having pain in his stomach where doctors prescribed him some medicines.

    Irshad took his picture at the hospital and posted it on social networking websites saying the Chinese man was infected with coronavirus, medically named ‘2019-nCoV’, SHO Khan added.

    The wrong information circulated spreading fear among the locals. Authorities took serious notice of the incident and the police registered FIR against Khan, who managed to get pre-arrest bail.

    While Irshad denied sharing any post on social media. “I was visiting the hospital to meet an ailing relative where I saw the Chinese man who was in severe pain and I asked for his proper diagnosis. ”Irshad went on to add that the charges against him were baseless and that the police twisted his words and registered the FIR against him.

    The coronavirus originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan has claimed many lives and the World Health Organization (WHO) also declared a global health warning.

  • Mahira Khan, Hamza Ali Abbasi, Humayun Saeed stand in solidarity with Kashmir

    As Pakistan observes Kashmir Day, local celebrities including Mahira Khan, Shahid Afridi, Hamza Ali Abbasi, Humayun Saeed and Saba Qamar raised their voice for the people who are currently under lockdown in the picturesque valley.

    https://twitter.com/iamhumayunsaeed/status/1224969229914558465?s=20

  • ‘Thank you for being there as we live yet die every day,’ Love, Kashmir

    Dear Pakistan,

    Over six months ago, we woke up like it was yet another day for caged birds that sing to the deaf in a dark and lonely corner of a pet shop. It wasn’t that bad. You get used to never feeling free, able to be outside, go to school, get groceries with soldiers watching your every move. We were used to it but we would always wish to get what we deserve.

    We deserve to live and breathe as freely as you… yes you… dear Pakistan.

    We would like to thank you for standing up for us when we need it the most. And also for not limiting your support to what you call ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’.

    We pray that you never have to live through the pain of losing a loved one, but do you have any idea how it feels to lose one when you aren’t even sure if they’re gone forever? Do you have an idea what it feels like to lose touch indefinitely?

    We had woken up to a bright August morning. It was just another Monday, and like the rest of the world, Mondays are hard for us too. Little we knew, that this Monday was going to rob us of even the paltry autonomy we had struggled to achieve for decades.

    The government led by fascist Narendra Modi announced abrogating Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, revoking the special status of this troubled heaven, spelling misery for us yet again. We weren’t sure what would follow, some of us had no idea what even it meant, but it wasn’t later that we realised how it was the beginning of the end.

    As protests gripped the valley, Indian forces stooped to a new low. While activists and political leaders were arrested, kids were tortured; communication blackouts were set in place and certain parts of the disputed territory still remain under lockdown.

    Of the 4,000 people, one of the 144 children picked up by Indian occupying forces between August 5 and September 23 last year, was a nine-year-old. His mother had passed away and he was abandoned by his father. He was detained when he went out to get a loaf of bread, and had to spend two days in detention until he was set free by the sweet relief of death.

    In a village in southern Kashmir, a 22-year-old was picked up in a midnight raid and tortured for more than an hour along with a dozen other Kashmiris. He was beaten with sticks, rifle butts and they kept asking him why he went for a protest march. He kept telling them he didn’t, but they didn’t stop. After he fainted, they used electric shocks to revive him.

    While some mothers have lost their children to Indian brutality, others have lost their unborn babies to the lockdown. Besides that, pellet guns being shot in abdomens of pregnant women and eyes of infants, is but the terrible tale of every other Kashmiri family.

    Within minutes of the abrogation, the internet was blocked. People were expecting mobile networks to be shut by the government as well in order to restrict communication in the valley. Our social media accounts have been deactivated due to inactivity, and our loved ones we managed to send out of Kashmir for a better life, don’t even know if we’re dead or alive.

    Don’t take us wrong, dear Pakistan, we’re not scared. We never were. Death, torture or detentions are not new to us. Tens of thousands of us have been killed since the rebellion erupted 30 years ago. But we just want you to know what it means to us when you express your support.

    We just want you to know what it means for us, knowing that you are not forgetting us like many others.

    We have not lost hope, but only because neither of us has lost each other.

    Here’s to a new life… here’s to our love for you and your support for us…

    Here’s to freedom…

    Love,
    Kashmir

  • Every mom will relate to Shaniera Akram’s bathroom workout

    Every mom will relate to Shaniera Akram’s bathroom workout

    Shaniera Akram has a great sense of humour and she doesn’t shy away from cracking a joke or poking fun at her husband whenever she gets the chance.

    This morning, Wasim Akram posted a picture of himself working out at the gym. It is no secret that the former cricketer and his wife are fitness freaks.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B8K8DXOp-pc/

    Under the picture, Shaniera commented that she thought that the picture was for her only.

    In response to Wasim’s photo, Shaniera posted a picture of herself in which she showed off her muscles after cleaning the bathroom. Shaniera wrote how she didn’t have time to hit the gym but got her workout done by cleaning. We’re pretty sure every Mom will be able to relate to this.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/B8LXTgIgEBT/

    When Wasim expressed that he was impressed with her workout, Shaniera remarked, “You should be.” Gotta agree with her.