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  • TikTok launches new video competition in Pakistan

    TikTok launches new video competition in Pakistan

    TikTok has announced a competition for its users in Pakistan for the first time. Contestants can participate in the competition ‘1 Million Audition’  by sending creative videos.

    The #1MAuditionPK campaign started on January 6 and will continue till January 22. The campaign invites all TikTokers to showcase their creative streak, across various talent categories.

    TikTokers in Pakistan will have to use the #1MAudition hashtag for the campaign. They can also add the category in which they would like to compete such as #1MAComedy, #1MATalent, #1MASing&Dance.

    There will be nine winners in each category. Winners will be selected based on video quality and engagement on the video. The final winners will be announced on January 22.

    TikTok will gift a voucher worth US$1000 to one winner in each category. The runner up in each category will get an $800 voucher and while the second runnerup will receive $500. 

    This campaign was launched in 2018 in many other countries by TikTok.

    As per a press release, the move is aimed to encourage and promote creative expression in Pakistan.

  • Is Imran Abbas a TikTok fan now?

    Is Imran Abbas a TikTok fan now?

    TikTok is one of Pakistan’s most popular applications and even Imran Abbas now agrees. The actor had earlier expressed his dislike for the app.

    Responding to a question, in a recent interactive session on Instagram, Abbas said that he never said he “disliked Tiktok”.

    “Rather it’s an amazing app where people express themselves in lots of funny and creative ways and entertain others,” said Imran. “It’s just the use of anything which makes it likeable or vice versa.”

    The actor further said: “I have lots of respect for TikTokers. I just don’t like when people cross a certain limit, become obnoxious or obscene or risk their lives in order to raise followers.”

    He also added that he might make his TikTok debut soon “since I receive thousands of messages from them.”

    Concluding his answer, he requested his followers to “use TikTok in a positive, creative and productive way”.

    Read more – Imran Abbas spills it all in his latest Q&A session on Instagram

    In an earlier Q&A session on Instagram, when a fan had asked the actor if he uses TikTok, Abbas had said: “I don’t use TikTok and please don’t ask my opinion about this app.”

    Furthermore, when the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority banned TikTok in October over “immoral content”, Imran expressed his delight over the matter, saying “2020 is not so bad”.

    Meanwhile, Mikaal Zulfiqar has taken the plunge and joining the popular video sharing app.

  • ‘Sh Rasheed is like a brother to me,’ says Hareem Shah, advises him to get married soon

    TikTok star Hareem Shah on Monday termed recently-appointed Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed as “her brother” and even advised him to tie the knot soon.

    Harim Shah has 4.9 million followers on the video-streaming platform TikTok.

    Addressing a press conference in Karachi, Hareem said that it is in Sheikh Rasheed’s best interest to get married now.

    “Sheikh Rasheed Sahib should tie the knot, otherwise who knows how many more videos will emerge,” she said in reference to a recent controversy surrounding the minister.

    The TikTok celebrity announced she is not going to marry right now, saying, “My dream boy has not yet landed on planet earth. When I see him, I will marry him.”

    Last year, several videos of Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed on live calls with TikTok stars Hareem and Sundal Khatak had gone viral on social media.

  • Malala is now on TikTok

    Who would have thought but the world’s youngest Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has joined TikTok.

    Malala has joined the popular video-sharing app to raise funds for her charity organisation. In her first video, Malala urged people to support Malala fund, an international, non-profit organisation that advocates for girls’ education.

    “Some of you might already know me, you might have heard my UN speech or might have read my book I am Malala, while some of you might not know me, so I’ll briefly introduce myself,” said Malala. “I am a recent graduate from Oxford University. I like shoes, comedy and reading books.”

    “I have also done campaigning and advocacy for 12 years for education and safe quality of education for all girls around the world,” she added.

    “On Giving Tuesday when you might be deciding to support different causes, I ask you to support Malala Fund and help us ensure that all girls can go to school,” she appealed.

    “In return I will be answering some of the questions you send today,” she said.

    Malala’s first video received thousands of likes and hundreds of comments.

  • Security guard accidentally shoots himself while recording TikTok video

    A security guard accidentally shot himself while recording a TikTok video in Karachi.

    According to reports, the incident happened in the city’s Gulshan-e-Maymar area. The security guard employed at a floor mill was recording a video with his friend to post it on the popular short-video sharing app TikTok when he accidentally shot and killed himself.

    The police said the video saved in his mobile phone shows him putting a rifle on his chest. During the recording, he accidentally pulls the trigger of the rifle resulting in his death.

    The deceased, identified as Anwar Ali, was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he was declared dead.

    Meanwhile, his friend, who was filming the video with him has been taken into custody.

  • Woman arrested for setting house on fire after father refused to finance TikTok video

    Police arrested a woman in Sukkur on Saturday for allegedly setting her house on fire after her father refused to pay for her TikTok video.

    As per reports, Marvi Khilji was arrested after her father, Abdul Aziz, registered a complaint at a police station that she had set fire to their house when refused to finance a modelling video for her TikTok account.

    Abdul Aziz who is a retired employee of the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), with Rs25,000 as pension claimed in his complaint that she had demanded for Rs200,000. When he refused, she got angry and set fire to the house that destroyed a fridge and a washing machine.

    Upon the father’s complaint, police arrested Khilji and the court then sent her to Sukkur jail for 14 days.

  • Police arrest TikToker for posing as a beggar

    Police arrest TikToker for posing as a beggar

    A TikToker was arrested by the police in Sialkot for posing as a beggar.

    As per reports, the TikToker was found begging in Daska after disguising himself as a beggar. The patrolling police of the area found him suspicious and took him into custody. Upon interrogation, they discovered US dollars, Riyals and Pounds from his pocket.

    The police said that the youth was misleading people by disguising himself as a beggar but was later identified as a TikTok star, when he washed out his face.

    He has been taken into custody by the police over charges of deceiving people.

  • ‘TikToker’ is now a real word

    ‘TikToker’ is now a real word

    Collins Dictionary has officially recognised TikToker as a real-world, describing it as “someone who shares content on the social media platform TikTok”. TikTok is an app that can be used for creating and sharing short videos. It was initially launched as Douyin in September 2016 in China. The following year, the app was launched by ByteDance for markets outside of China.

    TikTok is one of the most popular social media apps in Pakistan. According to some estimates, the app has been installed 43 million times in Pakistan, with 14.7 million of those coming in the year 2020 alone.

    Other words which have been taken from social media and introduced in the dictionary include ‘BLM’, ‘Mukbang’ and ‘Megixt.

    BLM, short for ‘Black Lives Matter’ was widely used on the internet during the recent black lives matter protests, while the term ‘Mukbang’ originating in South Korea refers to people who broadcast videos of themselves eating large quantities of food.

    ‘Megixt’, which refers to the withdrawal of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from royal duties, has also been given the status of a real word.

    Meanwhile, Collins has announced ‘lockdown’ as its Word of The Year in 2020 following a dramatic increase in its usage during the spread of COVID-19.

    Lexicographers (a person who compiles dictionaries) said they picked the word because it had become synonymous with the experience of populations across the world as governments look to curb the coronavirus pandemic.

    Because of the way the pandemic has affected the daily use of language, six of Collins’ 10 words of the year in 2020 are related to the global health crisis.

    ‘Coronavirus’, ‘social distancing’, ‘self-isolate’ and ‘furlough’ as well as ‘lockdown’ and ‘key worker’ were included in the longer list of 10 words of the year.

    Helen Newstead, a language consultant at Collins, said: “Lockdown has affected the way we work, study, shop, and socialise. With many countries entering a second lockdown, it is not a word of the year to celebrate but it is, perhaps, one that sums up the year for most of the world.”

    Collins defines ‘lockdown’ as “the imposition of stringent restrictions on travel, social interaction, and access to public spaces”.

  • VIDEO: Man posing as policeman arrested for uploading TikTok video with PTI leader

    VIDEO: Man posing as policeman arrested for uploading TikTok video with PTI leader

    Police arrested a man in Peshawar who was posing as a policeman with PTI leader Taimoor Hassan Khan in multiple TikTok videos.

    As per reports, the man is employed as a private bodyguard with Sahibzada Taimur Hassan. The accused posted many videos on social media, which were pointed out by the Capital City Police social media team.

    Fake cards, police uniforms and weapons were recovered from the bodyguard. A case has also been registered against the Sahibzada Taimoor Hassan.

  • PTA removes ban on TikTok after management assures monitoring

    PTA removes ban on TikTok after management assures monitoring

    The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has removed the ban on video-sharing application TikTok, after assurances from the platform’s management. According to details, TikTok has assured the regulatory body that they will block all accounts indulged in spreading ‘obscenity and immorality’.

    PTA, in a tweet, confirmed that TikTok will moderate all accounts in accordance with local laws.

    Earlier on October 9, PTA had blocked the social media application after receiving multiple complaints from “different segments of society against immoral/indecent content on the video-sharing application TikTok”.

    This came after a final warning to TikTok was issued in July over explicit content posted on the platform. PTA said TikTok was given “considerable time to respond and comply with” instructions for the development of an effective mechanism for proactive moderation of “unlawful online content” but TikTok “failed to fully comply” with the regulator’s instructions.

    TikTok is one of the most popular social media apps in Pakistan. According to some estimates, the app has been installed 43 million times in Pakistan, with 14.7 million of those coming in the year 2020 alone.

    Meanwhile, TikTok had issued a statement on Saturday which called for the lifting of the ban on the app.

    “If the Government of Pakistan decides to reopen access to our services in the future, we will certainly assess our allocation of resources to this market,” the Chinese social media giant had said in a statement.