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  • Peshawar High Court orders immediate ban on TikTok

    Peshawar High Court orders immediate ban on TikTok

    The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has banned TikTok, a popular social media application commonly used by teenagers and influencers for video sharing, over immoral content.

    PHC Chief Justice (CJ) Qasier Rashid Khan said that the ban will not be lifted till the immoral content is removed.

    The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Director General (DG) told the court he contacted TikTok management to remove the objectionable content but didn’t receive any response. Justice Khan remarked that the app should remain blocked till authorities respond.

    Last year in September, a man approached Peshawar High court after the PTA and other institutions failed to take notice of the “Immoral and objectionable” content on the app.

    He said that “such activities are leading the country’s youth astray, adding that suicide cases are on the rise too.”

    Last year, Pakistan also blocked the app on October 9, 2020, when PTA issued final notice to the TikTok management.

    They were given considerable time to respond and develop an effective mechanism for proactive moderation of unlawful online content. TikTok has failed to fully comply with PTA’s instructions.

    Later on, the ban was lifted when the TikTok management had told the authority that it will block all accounts repeatedly involved in spreading obscenity and immorality.

    As per the orders of PHC, PTA has directed the service providers to immediately block access to TikTok.

  • Jemima Goldsmith opens up on being stalked by a cab driver

    Jemima Goldsmith has opened up on being stalked and harassed by a cab driver.

    Responding to a tweet by British author Jojo Moyes about ingrained fear of women, Jemima revealed that she feels scared driving in a cab because she was stalked by a cab driver for almost two years.

    “For those lucky enough to be able to afford an Uber or cab when too scared to walk – that’s not always safe either,” wrote Jemima, adding: “I had a cab driver stalker who harassed me for two years.”

    “How many times have you felt scared with a male driver?” she questioned.

    Jemmia also suggested said that “Uber should have a lady driver service.”

    Meanwhile, Jemima is currently working on“What’s Love Got To Do With It”. Featuring Sajal, Shabana, Emma Thompson, Lily James and Shazad Latif in key roles, the movie is being directed by Shekhar Kapur of Mr India and Dil Se fame and will be produced by Goldsmith under the banner of her production house Instinct Productions. The film has been written by Jemima herself and is set between London and South Asia, exploring cross-cultural conflicts of love and marriage.

  • Pakistanis appreciate PM Imran for ‘Koi Bhooka Nahi Soye Ga’ programme

    Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday launched the ‘Koi Bhooka Nahi Soye Ga (No one will sleep hungry)’ program under the administration of Ehsaas Programme and Bait-ul-Maal. Under the scheme, free meals will be distributed among the poor through food trucks in all major cities of Pakistan.

    As per details, freshly cooked food will be distributed twice a day, among 1000-1500 people on daily bases in portable food trucks. Initially, the food trucks will operate in Islamabad and Rawalpindi only, with daily wage workers the main beneficiary of the programme.

    Speaking at the launch, PM Khan expressed his desire to spread the programme in every city of the country. The premier added that the launch of this food drive is a step forward towards a welfare state.

    “I always feel happy to see that deserving people are given shelter and food with honour and dignity at various Panahgahs established across Pakistan,” said PM Imran.

    VIDEO: Bushra Bibi makes rare public appearance, visits Panah Gah in Lahore

    He also announced to launch a subsidy programme under which direct money will be transferred to 30 million deserving families.

    The scheme is being highly appreciated by Pakistanis on social media. Check out some reactions below:

    https://twitter.com/MuhammadMobinK4/status/1369694559643566085

  • Bilal Ashraf praises Syra Yousuf, calls her a ‘true rockstar’

    Bilal Ashraf praises Syra Yousuf, calls her a ‘true rockstar’

    Ever since Syra Yousuf posted a selfie of herself and Bilal Ashraf, social media users cannot stop shipping the two and asking them to get married to each other.

    Read more – Syra Yousuf, Sheheryar Munawar turn up the heat with their latest photoshoot

    “Kind people are the best kind of people,” wrote Yousuf in the caption.

    Responding to Syra’s post, Ashraf said: “Syra, you are and a source of inspiration for so many and a true rockstar.”

    Meanwhile, colleagues and other celebrities including Mahira Khan, Saboor Aly and Bilal’s Rangreza co-star Ghana Ali showered the two with love.

    Earlier, Bilal had also shared a black and white picture of the two with the caption: “Dataaaaaaaa.”

    Syra later revealed that Dataaa was their “standard greeting”.

  • Fawad Chaudhry pays tribute to inventor of audio cassettes

    Fawad Chaudhry has paid a rich tribute to Dutch engineer Lou Ottens, who passed away in his hometown of Duizel last weekend.

    Read more – Pakistan to get its own version of Netflix

    Responding to the news of his demise, the Minister for Science and Technology, in a tweet, said: “RIP Lou Ottens. You will be remembered as an iconic inventor.”

    “Cassettes and CDs were part of our lives till 2008/2010,” said Chaudhry further, adding: “[The] inventor of cassette and later CD was the man who filled our lives with so many colours and sounds.”

    According to details, the Dutch engineer who developed the cassette tape at Philips in 1963 died on Saturday at the age of 94.

    Ottens joined Philips in 1952 and rose to become head of product development by 1960. He wanted to create a portable tape recorder because he “got annoyed with the clunky, user-unfriendly reel-to-reel system,” he explained years after he invented the cassette. His invention transformed the way people listened to music.

    The Philips “compact cassette” was unveiled at a 1963 electronics fair in Berlin, boasting it was “smaller than a pack of cigarettes.” On the 50th anniversary of its creation, Ottens told Time magazine that it was a “sensation” from day one.

    Later, Ottens struck a deal with Philips and Sony that saw his model confirmed as the patented cassette after a number of Japanese companies reproduced similar tapes in a number of sizes.

    Ottens was also involved in the development of the compact disk, and more than 200 billion of those have been sold worldwide to date.

    In 1982, when Philips showed off a production CD player, Ottens said: “From now on, the conventional record player is obsolete”.

    He retired four years later. When asked about his career, he said his biggest regret was that Sony and not Philips had created the iconic cassette tape player, the Walkman.

  • PML-N leader booked for ‘thrashing woman constable outside Lahore court’

    PML-N leader booked for ‘thrashing woman constable outside Lahore court’

    Islampura police on Wednesday registered a case against a senior leader of the PML-N for allegedly torturing and thrashing a lady police constable on the premises of an accountability court.

    According to a local media outlet, the police nominated PML-N leader Tanvir Chaudhry in the first information report on the complaint of anti-riot force constable Anam Fatima.

    She alleged the suspect tried to enter the premises of the accountability court along with five unknown women without seeking permission. As she and her colleague Sonia Ashraf tried to stop them, Tanvir Chaudhry got furious and slapped her.

    The FIR stated that he and the unidentified women then thrashed her publicly, Anam alleged and added the attackers also hurled threats at her.

    However, conflicting reports claim that the police arrested another PML-N MPA, namely Tanveer Bibi, for slapping the lady constable and registered a case against the lawmaker after approval from the Punjab Assembly speaker.

    Meanwhile, a police official has confirmed to the media that the matter had been referred to the investigation wing for further action against the suspects.

    Later, Tanvir Chaudhry’s son took to Twitter and said: “Incompetence at its peak! Punjab government lodging an FiR against my father who is not even in Pak[istan] & @Dawn_News, @dawn_com incompetence at its peak putting up wrong picture and writing an article on a man who’s not been in Pak[istan] for 6months.”

    “Going for a defamation suit against both,” he added.

  • Zayn Malik slams Grammys for excluding him

    Zayn Malik slams Grammys for excluding him

    Zayn Malik has hit out at the Grammy Awards for excluding him, five days before the music ceremony is scheduled to take place.

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    “Unless you shake hands and send gifts, there’s no nomination considerations. Next year I’ll send you a basket of confectionery,” wrote the livid musician in a tweet.

    According to details, Malik’s latest album wasn’t eligible for this year’s Grammys because it was released after the cut-off date in August 2020. The lead single for his third album Nobody Is Listening ‘Better‘ was released on September 25, 2020, while the album itself came out in January 2021.

    Later, the British-Pakistani singer clarified that his comments were “not personal or about eligibility”.

    Instead, he was concerned “about the need for inclusion and the lack of transparency of the nomination process”, saying the current system and “allows favouritism, racism, and networking politics to influence the voting”.

    Malik has never been nominated, either as a solo act or with One Direction.

    Zayn’s comments a few months after The Weeknd, who was snubbed in this year’s nominations, accused Grammys organisers of being “corrupt”.

    Audiences and fans had expected the Canadian singer’s hit single Blinding Lights, which has now spent a record-breaking 52 weeks in the US top 10, to be among the main contenders. Instead, he was overlooked in all 84 categories.

    Terming the exclusion “an attack”, The Weeknd had said: “I’m not a cocky person. I’m not arrogant. People told me I was going to get nominated. The world told me. We were all very confused.”

    The Weeknd

    He added that the three Grammys he has “mean nothing” now and called for change within the industry.

    “In the last 61 years of the Grammys, only 10 Black artists have won Album of the Year. I don’t want to make this about me,” he added. “That’s just a fact.”

    Meanwhile, the 63rd Grammys Ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on March 14, with special staging to adapt to the pandemic era.

    The show will feature four stages, each with a small group of performers, nominees and guests, plus a fifth stage for presenters. The stages have been arranged in a circle, while a reduced crew will stand in the centre to film the proceedings.

    Beyoncé leads the nominations with nine in total, including four for Black Parade, a protest anthem released at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests last summer.

    Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift both have six nominations – with Swift hopeful of winning album of the year for a record-breaking third time for her first lockdown album Folklore.

    Performers on the night will include Cardi B, BTS, Doja Cat, Billie Eilish, Haim, Megan Thee Stallion and Malik’s former bandmate Harry Styles, who is nominated for three awards.

  • Kaptaan Ki Team Mei Ek Aur Izafa?

    Kaptaan Ki Team Mei Ek Aur Izafa?









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    Hey, *|MERGE1|*. It’s March 10th. 
     
    It will be sunny in all the major cities with a cool breeze in Islamabad and the possibility of rain in Peshawar.

    We have finally figured out ways to watch the Harry and Meghan interview in Pakistan. 

    Recently, The British royal family issued a statement last night saying they found the allegations of racism to be “concerning”. Do you think the allegations are true? . 

     

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    Morning Tea

    Government offers Senate deputy chairmanship to JUI-F?

    The PTI government has offered the post of Senate deputy chairman to Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F).

    Defence Minister Pervez Khattak says he offered the position of deputy chairman Senate to JUI-F’s Abdul Ghafoor Haideri. What’s shocking about the development is that Haideri belongs to a party that PM Khan has regularly spoken against, recently calling its chief, Fazal ur Rehman, a ‘do number admi’. Haideri has strongly denied that any such offer was made. Interesting times in the Senate.

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    Government offers Senate deputy chairmanship to JUI-F?

    Another surprising development was the addition of the newly elected Senator from Balochistan, Abdul Qadir, to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) yesterday. Qadir was elected as an independent candidate with the support of the Balochistan Awami Party. 

    Initially, PTI had wanted to give business tycoon Qadir a party ticket but withdrew it after strong opposition from the PTI provincial leadership. PM Khan welcomed the new senator with open arms to the PTI as seen in the video. 

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    Bride dies due to cardiac arrest after excessive crying?

    Talk about a sad story. The bride, identified as Gupteswari Sahoo aka Rosy, got married to Bisikesan in a village in India. As her parents prepared to send her off with her in-laws after the wedding rites, Rosy kept crying, fainted, and then collapsed on the ground. 

    When she failed to gain consciousness, Rosy was instantly taken to the nearest health center where doctors declared her dead.

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     Malala turns producer, announces multi-year deal with Apple TV?

    Nobel Peace Prize winner and the pride of Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai is expanding her partnership with Apple Inc to produce dramas, children’s series, animation, and documentaries that will air on the tech giant’s streaming service, Reuters has reported.

    As per Apple’s website Malala, 23, and her new production company ‘Extracurricular’ have joined Apple TV+’s growing roster of content creators including Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Will Smith, Octavia Spencer, and Jennifer Aniston. We can’t wait to see what she comes up with. 

    Read On

    On This Day: 10th March

     WOMEN AND GIRLS HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY 

    We observe this day to increase awareness, spark conversations, and highlight the work being done to reduce HIV among women and girls across the world.

    Current Baba’s prediction

     Aaj you will get to discover your hidden talent, is liye aaj apne comfort zone se bahir aein. ??

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  • Shut Your Mouth And Play Cricket

    Shut Your Mouth And Play Cricket









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    Hey, *|MERGE1|*. It’s March 9th. 
     
    Today’s forecast calls for sun in all major cities.

    Tuesday is often the most productive day of the week for most people. You’ve moved past Monday and you’re in full GSD mode: Get Stuff Done!

    Have an awesome day!

     

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    PDM nominates Gilani?

    Yousaf Raza Gilani, who defeated Minister of Finance Hafeez Sheikh in the recent Senate polls, has been nominated by the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) as its joint candidate for Senate chairman. 

    PDM decided this today in a meeting chaired by Maulana Fazl ur Rehman. The elections for Senate chairman will be held on March 12 and will be done through secret balloting.

    On the other hand, the government has announced Sadiq Sanjrani as its nominee for Senate chairman.

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    Hina Butt berates Hafeez for pro-PM tweet?

    PMLN’s Hina Butt has lashed out at cricketer Muhammad Hafeez for congratulating Prime Minister Imran Khan and calling his Vote of Confidence a “Masterstroke”.

    Responding to Hafeez’s tweet, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Hina Butt said: “Pakistan was ridiculed in the world for not following corona SOPs and now you are supporting a vote thief.”

    “It is better to play cricket with your mouth shut and do not comment on politics,” she added.

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     Sarfaraz lashes out at television anchor for joking about his infamous yawn

    Cricketer Sarfaraz Ahmed has lashed out at Geo News anchor Muhammad Junaid for passing a joke on his infamous yawn.

    Sarfaraz replied to Junaid’s tweet saying: “Mere bare me itna mat soucha karo tabiyat kharab honjaye gee” (Don’t think about me that much, you will get unwell).
     

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     Bache ka rang kala hoga ?

    Meghan Markle, in a tell-all interview with American talk show host Oprah Winfrey, has given a rare insight into her relationship with Kate Middleton, admitting to the fact that their relationship has been tense.

    During the interview, Meghan also said that she contemplated taking her own life after joining the royal family, and raised allegations of racism in the monarchy during an explosive television interview.

    Explaining the couple’s dramatic exit from royal life, Meghan said she was denied help during her mental health crisis, was targeted by lies, and that there was official concern about the skin color of her unborn son.
     

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    On This Day: 9th March

    MUSHARRAF VS JUSTICE IFTIKHAR CH 

    Today in 2007,  President General Pervez Musharraf met the Chief Justice of the Pakistan Supreme Court, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, and forced him to resign. However, the Chief Justice’s refusal resulted in his virtual suspension, which led to riots across the country. This was the first time that a Chief Justice had been made non-functional.

    Current Baba’s prediction

     Money will flow today, lekin bachat karein abhi next month ki salary aanay mein bohat time hai. ?

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  • Shafqat Mahmood memes light up the internet once again

    Shafqat Mahmood memes light up the internet once again

    Shafqat Mahmood memes have struck the internet once again after the minister announced on Wednesday that schools in Punjab and other parts of the country will remain closed from March 15 till 28.

    Delighted, hundreds of students across the country took to Twitter to post memes. Most thanked the minister for taking the decision while a few opposed the decision and some made good fun out of it.

    Here are a few memes doing rounds on the internet:

    https://twitter.com/zaynanxari/status/1369561848887054336?s=20
    https://twitter.com/TrimiziiiSyeda/status/1369565129642303491?s=20
    https://twitter.com/MIANALI91079867/status/1369647620688388097?s=20

    https://twitter.com/Ahmadfaraz_10/status/1369638014020943875?s=20

    https://twitter.com/Muqadas_pervaiz/status/1369648960122597379?s=20

    https://twitter.com/junaidhashmi32/status/1369630810077339648?s=20

    Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood on Wednesday announced the closure of schools in several cities from Monday, March 15 following a spike in coronavirus cases.

    Speaking to the media after a meeting at the National Command and Operations (NCOC), the federal minister said educational institutes would be closed in Islamabad and other Punjab cities from Monday for two weeks.

    The SAPM on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said a decision had also been taken to extend a ban on indoor activities and reimpose the 50% work-from-home policy. The implementation of the work from home policy has been left to the discretion of the provinces, but will go into effect in Islamabad immediately.

    Meanwhile, he made it clear in his another tweet that all send ups and exams being currently conducted will continue under proper SOPs.

    Earlier, in an exclusive interview with The Current, Shafqat revealed which memes were his favourite.