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Late Pakistani Chef Fatima Ali Honored with James Beard Award

Pakistani-American Chef Fatima Ali who died in 2019 after fighting bravely against cancer has been recently honored with the James Beard Award. This is the second time Ali was conferred with this prestigious award. Fatima Ali, the daughter of an ex former attorney general for Pakistan rose to the heights of fame for her participating […]

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Twitterverse is Bombarded With Hilarious Responses to This Tweet

A tweet asking users to share historic battles without using Google has garnered over 311.5 million reach with more than 35k quotes and replies. The original tweet said, “WITHOUT GOOGLING Name a famous historic battle,” and people started sharing their unique and hilarious responses to it. Though some users deviated completely from the given instructions, […]

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More than 100 Accounts Suspended Over “Anti-State Activity”

Image: ABC News More than 100 social media accounts have been suspended in Pakistan for multiple reasons including anti-state, terrorist, anti-Islam activities along with promoting sectarianism. The request to suspend these accounts on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook was initiated by the Capital Police. The police said that 106 accounts have been suspended so far via […]

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Siblings Separated During Partition Reunite in Pakistan After 75 Years

A recent reunion of a brother and his sister from India and Pakistan have made people happy on both sides of the border. Mahinder Kaur, an 81 year old lady, came to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur, Pakistan, from India while her brother Aziz Azad, who is now 78 years old, came from Azad Kashmir. Both […]

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8 Pakistanis Included In The List of 103 United Nations Peacekeepers Globally

Image: Reuters The United Nations (UN) is going to honor eight Pakistanis among 103 peacekeepers from across the world on May 25 at the 75th anniversary of UN Peacekeeping. The announcement was officially made on Tuesday. The list of Pakistani peacekeepers include six martyred who lost their lives during a helicopter crash in March 2022 […]

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WhatsApp Allows Users to Edit Sent Messages Within 15 Minutes

image: CNBC The most awaited WhatsApp feature has been rolled out finally. Now users will be able to edit their messages within 15 minutes of sending a message. “For the moments when you make a mistake or simply change your mind, you can now edit your sent messages on WhatsApp,” the Meta Inc messaging app […]

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Instagram Outage Affects 180,000 Users Worldwide

image: BBC Instagram faced a global outage on Sunday after a technical glitch was reported, affecting more than 180,000 users worldwide. According to the Meta Platform Inc., the services were resumed for many users after the issue was resolved. A Meta spokesperson told the media that “Earlier today, a technical issue caused some people to […]

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Pakistani YouTube Channel Awami Show Achieves 20 Million Views

Karachi, Pakistan: Awami Show proudly announces the accomplishment of a remarkable milestone with an impressive total of 20 million views on their engaging videos across various social media platforms. This significant achievement highlights Awami Show’s dedication to entertaining and educating audiences on crucial social, political, and cultural matters. “We created Awami Show to address important […]

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Meet the Youngest Climber from Pakistan With an Historic Achievement of Summiting 12 8000-Metre Peaks

Image: File Shehroze Kashif has made Pakistan proud by summiting 12 peaks above 8,000 meters at a very young age. The young Pakistani achieved this historic success after conquering Mount Dhaulagiri in Nepal (also known as the seventh-highest peak in the world). Secretary of the Alpine Club of Pakistan, Karrar Haidri, said on this occasion, […]

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Google to Remove Inactive Accounts

Image: TechCrunch Alphabet Inc’s Google has announced that it is going to delete all inactive accounts with no activity in the last two years. The company said this move is important to prevent security risks including hacks. The announcement was made on Tuesday where the company said that from December it would start removing accounts […]

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Lahore District Education Council Launches Inclusive Education Program for Transgender Community

In a remarkable effort to foster inclusivity and provide educational opportunities, the District Education Council of Lahore has introduced a pioneering initiative. Special classes will be allocated for the transgender community in all government schools across the 260 Union Councils of the provincial capital. This groundbreaking initiative aims to address the educational needs of transgender […]

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Is women empowerment the need of the hour?

Women’s empowerment has been a topic of discussion for a long time now. Despite the progress made in recent years, women still face significant challenges in various areas of life, including education, employment, and social standing. The question then arises, is women’s empowerment still the need of the hour? The answer is a resounding yes. […]

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Revised Exam Schedule Released by BISE Rawalpindi After Protests

The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Rawalpindi has unveiled a revised exam schedule following the recent wave of violent protests that led to the postponement of exams earlier this week. In an official statement, Muhammad Adnan Khan, Chairman of the Board, announced that the deferred papers will now be held on May 17, […]

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Pakistan Bans Cambridge Textbooks Over LGBTQ Content and Map Misrepresentation

Pakistan’s Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PEIRA) has banned certain Cambridge textbooks for their content related to LGBTQ issues and misrepresentation of Pakistan’s map. The banned textbooks include Sociology by Jonathan Blundell of Cambridge University Press and The History and Culture of Pakistan by Nigel Kelly of Peck Publishing Limited/Danish Publishing Private Limited, which was […]

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Minister Refuses to Give VIP Hajj Facilities to MPs

Image: AFP Talha Mehmood, Religious Affairs Minister, while addressing the National Assembly on Tuesday said that there will be no VIP Hajj Facilities for the members of parliament (MPs). Mehmood said, “The facilities that will be provided to the common Hujjaj will also be provided to the MPs. I have clearly said that no one […]

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World’s Oldest Newspaper to Start Publishing Online

Austria’s Wiener Zeitung is considered to be one of the world’s oldest newspapers still in print. Now the newspaper intend to start publishing online after a decision given by the Austrian Parliament. The decision was long pending due to a dispute between the newspaper and the government authorities about the future of the newspaper. Now […]

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20 Countries Including Pakistan at Risk of ‘Excessive Rainfall’ This Year

Image: Geo.TV Pakistan is one of the 20 countries which are likely to get excessive rainfall this year, as predicted by the United Nations’ Globally Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) of the food and agricultural organization (FAO). The report also suggests that while 20 countries will receive more rain than usual 42 countries are […]