There are many negative effects of violent video games which sometimes are too severe to ignore. The Current asked game players and developers how do these games affect them psychologically?
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The negative impact of violent video games
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How to deal with work-related back pain
Do you feel fatigued, stressed and cranky at the end of the day? Chances are that you are reading this slouched over your desk with your legs crossed or on your way back home after a long week. Most of us spend approximately 8 to 9 hours on our office desks, as a result of which the probability of developing back and neck pain is high. Here are a few tips to avoid back pain.
For a pain-free posture:
- Keep monitor height in line with your eye level
- Sit at least one and a half foot away from your computer screen
- Place your arms on the armrest and vertical from the shoulders
- Thighs and legs should make a 90 degrees angle
- Feet should be resting on a flat surface.
Fix the things on your desk
Place the keyboard and mouse close to your hands and arms.
Take short
breaksGetting up at least once an hour for three to five minutes reduces pressure on spinal disks and boosts circulation. Try this out and notice the difference. You will guaranteed feel less stressed.
Stretch your
shouldersIf you have lots of work on your plate, and getting up after every hour is not possible, don’t worry. You can stretch your shoulders while sitting on the desk.
Don’t put your phone between the ears and neck
Pinning the phone between your shoulder and ear while you multitask is a natural move but it can result in neck pain. Use earphones or turn on the speaker of your phone during lengthy conversations.
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Old tweet comes back to bite PM Imran’s govt
With the tragic train accident in Sadiqabad claiming over 20
lives, an old tweet of the now ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has come
back to haunt the Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan-led government.At least 24 people were killed and over 100 injured when the Akbar Bugti Express travelling from Lahore to Quetta on Thursday collided with a stationary freight train at the Walhar Railway Station.
It wasn’t later that opposition leaders stepped up to seek Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed’s resignation.
Blaming human negligence for the accident, Rasheed rubbished the opposition’s demands. “I will step down if [PM] Imran Khan asks me to do so,” a private media outlet quoted the minister as saying.
However, soon after the opposition parties’ demand made headlines, an old PTI tweet quoting its chief started doing rounds on social media.
“All over the world, just on an incident of railway accidents, minister resigns. This is real democracy, says Imran Khan [sic],” the tweet from August 2014 stated. It had come as Imran demanded Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and then railways minister Khawaja Saad Rafique’s resignation.
This isn’t the first time an old tweet has come back to bite the PTI government.
As PM Imran reached China amid Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) nationwide protests last year, a 2012 tweet of his, went viral. In the tweet, he had criticised the then premier for traveling abroad as the country “burned”.
It was aimed at criticising former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, who had traveled to China for the Boao Forum while violence linked to sectarian, ethnic and political tensions continued in different parts of the country.
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Mani thinks Momina Mustehsan’s performance at LSA 2019 was the ‘death of rap and dance’
As much as this year’s Lux Style Awards tried to be politically and morally correct, in reality, the exact opposite happened. The awards continue to be in the headlines and not for the best of reasons. After the whole Iqra Aziz, Yasir Hussain drama, which frankly blew out of proportion, people are now turning their attention to the other things that happened at the award ceremony. Such as Momina Mustehsan’s performance.
Momina, who was performing for the first time ever, opened the Lux Style Awards with Eva B, the cult classic rapper from Lyari. The entire segment, written, directed and produced by Mustehsan, raised more than just a few eyebrows and videos of her performing went viral on social media with people asking what exactly she was doing on stage.
Salman Sheikh, better known as Mani, also had a few thoughts on the matter. Sharing the video on his Instagram, he remarked that Momina’s performance was the death of rap and dance.
Meanwhile, here’s what Twitter had to say on her performance.
Signing off with a video of her performance. Enjoy.
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Lahoris beware: Pulling pranks might get you into trouble
Pranking has become a common form of entertainment, especially among young boys who usually carry out their pranks in public to record the reactions of the people so they can then post them on different social media platforms. In a lot of cases, the pranks tend to get out of hand. Keeping this in the mind, the Lahore police has decided to arrest people who are caught doing pranks.
According to reports, 77 cases of pranksters are being investigated by the Lahore Police, while 11 cases have been registered against prank callers and pranksters who ask inappropriate questions.
As per Section 506 (punishment for frightening someone) of the Pakistan Penal Code or Section 25D (the penalty for causing annoyance) of the Telegraph Act, 1885, the police can arrest you.
Section 506 of the PPC is punishable with an imprisonment of up to two years in jail or a fine, whereas Section 25D of the Telegraph Act is punishable by a jail term of up to three years or a fine.
Pranks are not only troublesome for the general public but also for pranksters themselves. A prankster named Zuhair in Lahore was shot dead while making a ghost prank video with two of his friends.
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PTI leader ‘who inserted iron rod into driver’s rectum’ becomes HR focal person
Mir Iftikhar Ahmed Khan Lund, who allegedly violated his poor driver by inserting an iron rod into his rectum, has been appointed as a human rights focal person by the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
According to a Human Rights Ministry notification dated July 10, Minister Shireen Mazari has appointed Lund as a focal person on the issues of human rights in Sindh.
“He shall assist the office of the federal minister on the issues of human rights while keeping liaison with relevant stakeholders,” the notification read.
While the appointment is “purely voluntary without the ministry bearing any expenses”, the news has taken social media by storm owing to the gross violation allegedly committed by Lund in April.
Lawyer and activist Mohammad Jibran Nasir was among the first to point out.
THE ASSAULT:
As per the details, a van driver named Allah Rakhio was allegedly assaulted and meted out inhumane punishment in Sindh’s Ghotki district on the orders of his employer, Lund, and his three relatives.
According to the victim’s son, Zahid Hussain Rakhio, his father had a disagreement with Shafiq Lund, following which he was called to Iftikhar’s residence where he was mercilessly beaten up by Shafiq, Rafiq Lund and Mumtaz Ali Lund in Iftikhar’s presence.
Injured Rakhio called Hussain, who took him to the hospital, where he received eight stitches on his private parts. A video of Rakhio lying on his back on a stretcher and narrating his ordeal was also widely shared over the internet.
FIR AGAINST LUND:
A First Information Report (FIR) against Iftikhar, Mumtaz, Shafiq and Rafiq on the victim’s complaint was filed at the Khanpur Mahar police station.
The FIR was filed under sections 324 (attempt to commit qatle amd), 355 (assault or criminal force with intent to dishonour a person), 147 (punishment for rioting) and 143 (punishment for being a member of unlawful assembly).
Hussain, however, claims that police have not yet made any arrests and are trying to brush the incident under the carpet.
Picture of the victim published with his consent
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‘Judge who convicted Nawaz to be removed from post’
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has decided to sack Accountability Court Judge Arshad Malik, who convicted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia corruption reference, a private media outlet reported Friday.
Earlier, the judge had written a letter to the IHC, refuting Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz’s allegations and the leaked tapes that purportedly showed him admitting to sentencing Nawaz after being blackmailed.
PML-N leadership last Saturday had released the tapes that allegedly showed Malik confessing in front of a party worker named Nasir Butt.
In the tapes, the judge was heard claiming he was coerced to hand down the prison sentence against the former PM despite there being no proof of corruption against him.
In a subsequent press release, Malik had denied the contents of the video and termed them as edited, fabricated and aimed to defame him. He, however, had admitted knowing the PML-N worker and his brother.
Meanwhile, PML-N spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb has demanded that Nawaz’s sentence be nullified and the former premier be immediately released.
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American woman accepts Islam, marries unemployed Nawabshah youngster
Another social media interaction-turned-love affair met a happy ending when an American woman reached Nawabshah and got married to an unemployed local youngster, a private media outlet reported.
According to reports, Claudia and Rashid Rasool Rajput tied the knot in a simple ceremony held earlier this week.
Rashid told the media that he met Claudia on a social networking site and the interaction gradually turned into an affair. He used to post Islamic teachings and messages on his account, which influenced the woman.
Later, she embraced Islam prior to their decision of getting married and changed her name to Khadija. The wedding was held at the office of Nawabshah deputy superintendent of police (DSP).
The groom said he is jobless and Khadija is well aware of his financial position. The bride, on the other hand, is a degree holder in weather sciences and is currently serving as a university lecturer.
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VIDEO: How Iqra Aziz & Yasir Hussain fell in love
We all know when and how they got engaged, but here’s how they fell in love.
