TikTok Banned: Pakistan telecomunication authority (PTA) banned the video sharing app “TikTok” on Friday. Because they failed to filter out “immoral and indecent” content, the country’s telecommunication authority said in a statement. They blocked the app after receiving a “number of complaints from different segments of the society”, the regulatory body said in a press […]
NAB seeks cancellation of Nawaz Sharif’s CNIC, passport. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has written a letter to Interior Ministry for the cancellation of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s CNIC and passport. NAB seeks cancellation of Nawaz Sharif’s CNIC, passport. Arrest warrants for Nawaz Sharif have been issued by the court his travel documents should […]
The National Bank of Pakistan has denied news that its system was hacked. In a statement released on Friday, the bank said the news was falsely reported by a TV channel. “We have adequate information security controls in place to protect customers and other confidential data. In line with industry practices and SBP guidelines.” It […]
Police arrested six youngsters, undoubtedly the children of staff of the University of Karachi (KU), on Thursday. The incident took place after students of main campus of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), of The University of Karachi complained on social media of an alleged harassment incident at the KU. Institute of Business Administration (IBA) […]
Pakistan has become the first Muslim country to make it illegal for a man to take dowry. In the latest development by the Minister of Religious Affairs of Pakistan has decided to ban the tradition of dowry, in which the groom and his family ask for a dowry and then they put it on display. […]
Bundal Island project will “surpass Dubai” after it will be developed into a city with an investment of around $50 billion, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail said on Thursday. He was addressing a news conference in Islamabad after meeting Prime Minister Imran Khan to discuss the matters related to the development of islands off Karachi’s coast. […]
Eight suspects were arrested by police after the body of a minor girl was found in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Charsadda town. According to police, the minor girl was kidnapped and then sexually assaulted before being brutally murdered, and her body bears torture marks. The police refused to share further details as it would “affect the investigation”. […]
A guy named Ahsan Irshad shares his journey on Twitter from starting with a stall to now finally opening his own food place. A cook based in the city of Islamabad, Pakistan, shared how he went from being a road-side seller to opening his own café. After reading his story, the internet applauded him for […]
PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on Thursday demanded “Imran’s selectors” to answer for the ongoing crises in the country, saying that his supporters “will not sit back” until they get one. Nawaz, who is currently in London, made the remarks in a virtual address at a convention of PML-N’s parliamentarians and ticketholders, saying that the country […]
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) cabinet, in its meeting has approved the KP School Bags Act 2019 which limits the weight of the bags of the students. With that, KP has become the first province to introduce any law regarding the weight of the school bags. The Provincial Minister for Education Shahram Khan Tarakai said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]
