A blast in Karachi’s Shershah district kills 16 people and injures more than a dozen others.
KARACHI: On Saturday, at least 16 people were murdered and more than a dozen more were injured in a bomb at Paracha Chowk in the city’s Shershah neighbourhood. PTI MNA Alamgir Khan’s father was among those killed in the incident, according to PTI-Karachi President MPA Khurram Sher Zaman, while worriesRead More →
One person is killed and ten others are injured in a blast in Quetta.
QUETTA: A person was killed and ten people were injured in a blast on the city’s Shahrah-e-Iqbal on Saturday, according to authorities. According to Geo News, the injured include women and a toddler. The bomb damaged automobiles and motorbikes on Shahrah-e-Iqbal, according to the police. Meanwhile, Balochistan Chief Minister MirRead More →
TikTok will change For You suggestions to avoid dangerous content gaps
(Web Desk) – TikTok is considering significant modifications to the app’s main screen, the For You page (FYP). It will change the algorithm that feeds the FYP a never-ending stream of videos to prevent it from presenting too much of the same type of material. “As we continue to createRead More →
Meta-goals ‘cyber mercenaries’ using Facebook to spy
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Meta, Facebook’s parent company, blacklisted a number of “cyber mercenary” companies and began warning around 50,000 people who were presumably targeted by the corporations suspected of spying on activists, dissidents, and journalists throughout the world. Meta apparently pulled down 1,500 Facebook and Instagram profiles related toRead More →
Verizon has signed a contract with Google Cloud to automate manufacturing.
(Reuters) – STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Verizon Communications announced a partnership with Alphabet Inc’s Google Cloud on Thursday to combine its 5G network and the tech company’s processing capacity to provide services such as autonomous robots and smart factories. Telecom companies have been collaborating with technology companies to automate businesses andRead More →
PSL 2022: PCB and franchisees reach agreement on two more picks
LAHORE — The Pakistan Cricket Board and all six PSL franchises have agreed that each club may select two more players in the Supplementary Category for the HBL Pakistan Super League 2022, which will take place from January 27 to February 27, 2022. Although each side is allowed to pickRead More →
Australia removes their openers, leaving England in serious difficulty.
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP) – England were fighting for their lives in the second Ashes Test on Friday after Australia bowled out both openers in a ferocious period under lights on day two, leaving the visitors reeling. In Adelaide, the host team declared their first innings on a dominant 473 forRead More →
Russia has urged the West to provide Afghan funding in order to curb the flow of migrants.
(AFP) – The Kremlin has asked Western countries to unfreeze Afghanistan’s assets in order to provide humanitarian aid and prevent a migrant exodus to Europe fueled by the Taliban’s rule. The international community does not recognise the hardline Islamist group that took control of Afghanistan in August after foreign forcesRead More →
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ earns an eye-popping $50 million in previews.
NEW YORK (AP) — The box office is thriving for the first time since the epidemic began. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” made $50 million in previews alone on Thursday, a spectacular start for a film that is expected to smash box office records. “No Way Home” by Sony Pictures hasRead More →
The election campaign for the LG polls in 17 districts of KP has come to a conclusion.
PESHAWAR – Local Government (LG) elections will be held in 17 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on the night of Friday and Saturday. According to Dunya News, voting will take place on Sunday (December 19). The polls will open at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday (December 19) and will remain openRead More →
The Supreme Court has ordered that fired employees be reinstated.
SLAMABAD – On Friday, the Supreme Court of Pakistan announced its final judgement on the firing of 16,000 government employees, and the fired workers were restored. The Supreme Court has ordered that workers in BS-1 to BS-7 would be returned to their old posts, but those in BS-08 to BS-17Read More →
The Punjab government has announced that winter vacation would begin on December 23.
LAHORE, Pakistan — The Punjab government announced on Friday that all educational institutions and schools in the province will be closed from December 23 to January 6 for winter holidays. Dr. Murad Raas, Punjab Education Minister, also tweeted the announcement on his Twitter account. “From December 23rd, 2021 to JanuaryRead More →