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  • Two more women harassed in separate incidents on Aug 14, spark outrage on social media

    Two more women harassed in separate incidents on Aug 14, spark outrage on social media

    Another video of a woman being harassed in public on August 14 surfaced on social media.

    In the video, it can be seen that the woman is travelling on public transport [rickshaw] when a man out of nowhere jumps on the rickshaw and forcibly kisses her.

    The woman seems shocked at what happened to her and we hear a scream in the background.

    The women are visibly disturbed at the sight of a couple of motorcyclists hounding the rickshaw, catcalling and leering at them.

    The rickshaw appears to be surrounded by men in cars and motorcycles carrying the national flag, which indicates that the incident took place during Independence Day celebrations.

    The video triggered anger and uproar on social media, with many people calling for the government to take strict action against sexual harassers.

    In another video shown on Geo news, it can be seen that men present at Greater Iqbal Park have surrounded a woman and are harassing her. The woman took a stick and aimed it at the men surrounding her. Then men then dispersed to protect themselves.

    Previously, a viral video showed a woman being sexually assaulted by a large group of men at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore on August 14. The incident was confirmed after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered.

    Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari tweeted on Friday that 24 men had been detained through geo-fencing and matching records from National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for harassing and assaulting a female TikToker and her team members at Lahore’s Greater Iqbal Park on Independence Day.

    The minister wrote, “More arrests are expected today” in connection with the “condemnable” incident.

  • ‘My Blood Boils, 400 Yazeeds’: Minal Khan slams ‘Jungle ka qanoon’

    ‘My Blood Boils, 400 Yazeeds’: Minal Khan slams ‘Jungle ka qanoon’

    Actor Minal Khan has reacted on the recent Minar-e-Pakistan incident on her Instagram handle. The Nand star has appealed to the government to take strict actions against the 400 members of the mob, involved in the harassment case.

    Taking to Instagram stories, the Jalan actor wrote: “Such a shame! My blood boils, I am in a state of shock after going through the footage from Minar-e-Pakistan atrocity!”

    She added, “the country fails to protect their own citizens from men like Yazeeds“.

    “The country mourns for the martyrs of Karbala today, however it failed to protect their own citizen from 400 yazeeds”, she wrote.

    A recently surfaced video shows a woman being sexually assaulted by a large group of men at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore on 14 August, Pakistan’s independence day. The incident was confirmed after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered.

  • Minar-e-Pakistan incident: 24 arrested through ‘geo-fencing and Nadra match’, says Shireen Mazari

    Minar-e-Pakistan incident: 24 arrested through ‘geo-fencing and Nadra match’, says Shireen Mazari

    Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari tweeted on Friday that 24 men had been detained through geo-fencing and matching records from National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for harassing and assaulting a female TikToker and her team members at Lahore’s Greater Iqbal Park on Independence Day.

    The minister wrote, “More arrests are expected today” in connection with the “condemnable” incident.

    She further stated that a police investigation was also in progress against the alleged negligence of police officers in the assault case.

    Following a meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and other senior officials, Inspector General Inam Ghani said that senior police officers had been suspended for negligence and delayed response in dealing with the incident.

    “We have suspended SHO and SDPO whereas Divisional SP, SSP Operations and DIG Operations Lahore have been removed from their posts,” Ghani wrote in a tweet.

    “Strict departmental action will be taken once the inquiry committee submits its detailed report on the role and response of other officers,” he added.

    On August 17, the Lorry Adda police had filed a case against nearly 400 suspects for harassing and assaulting a woman at Lahore’s Greater Iqbal Park. The videos of the incident went viral on social media and sparked an outrage.

  • Shahid Afridi thanks wife Nadia Afridi for ‘lovely welcome’

    Shahid Afridi thanks wife Nadia Afridi for ‘lovely welcome’

    Former captain of Pakistan cricket team, Shahid Afridi thanked his wife Nadia Afridi after he received a warm welcome from his family when he returned home from a successful tournament at the Kashmir Premier League (KPL) 2021.

    The all-rounder took to his Instagram and posted a video with a caption: “Feels great to be back home. Thanks begum for the lovely welcome.” He can be seen celebrating his return home with his kids on the lawn outside his house, decorated with hundreds of rose petals.

    Afridi can be seen standing next to his little girls, the youngest in his arms, clearly happy at the welcome that was waiting for him.

    Afridi-led Rawalakot Hawks on Tuesday defeated the Muzaffarabad Tigers by seven runs to win the final of the KPL at the Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium.

  • Facebook launches virtual reality remote work app, users can be ‘avatars’ in meetings

    Facebook launches virtual reality remote work app, users can be ‘avatars’ in meetings

    Facebook Inc. on Thursday launched a test of a new virtual-reality remote work app where users of the company’s Oculus Quest 2 headsets can hold meetings as avatar versions of themselves.

    As per details, the beta test of Facebook’s Horizon Workrooms app comes as many companies continue to work from home after the Covid-19 pandemic shut down physical work spaces and as a new variant is sweeping across the globe.

    Facebook sees its latest launch as an early step toward building the futuristic “metaverse” that CEO Mark Zuckerberg has touted in recent weeks.

    In its first full VR news briefing, the company showed how Workrooms users can design avatar versions of themselves to meet in virtual reality conference rooms and collaborate on shared whiteboards or documents, still interacting with their own physical desk and computer keyboard. The app, free through the Quest 2 headsets which cost about $300, allows up to 16 people together in VR and up to 50 total including video conference participants. Bosworth said Facebook was now using Workrooms regularly for internal meetings.

    The world’s largest social network has invested heavily in virtual and augmented reality, developing hardware such as its Oculus VR headsets, working on AR glasses and wristband technologies and buying a bevy of VR gaming studios, including BigBox VR.

    Gaining dominance in this space, which Facebook bets will be the next big computing platform, will allow it to be less reliant in the future on other hardware makers, such as Apple Inc, the company has said.

    Facebook’s Vice President of its Reality Labs group, Andrew Bosworth, said the new Workrooms app gives “a good sense” of how the company envisions elements of the metaverse.

    “This is kind of one of those foundational steps in that direction,” Bosworth told reporters during a VR news conference.

    The term “metaverse,” coined in the 1992 dystopian novel “Snow Crash,” is used to describe immersive, shared spaces accessed across different platforms where the physical and digital converge. Zuckerberg has described it as an “embodied Internet.”

    In July, Facebook said it was creating a product team to work on the metaverse, which would be part of its AR and VR group Facebook Reality Labs.

    The company said it would not use people’s work conversations and materials in Workrooms to target ads on Facebook. It also said users must follow its VR community standards and that rule-breaking behavior can be reported to Oculus.

    Facebook recently halted sales of its Oculus Quest 2 headsets and recalled the foam face-liners due to reports of skin irritation in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

    The recall notice said it affected about 4 million units in the United States, providing an estimate of Quest 2 headset sales which have not yet been officially announced by the company. Facebook reported non-advertising revenue, which comes from the AR and VR part of the business as well as e-commerce, of $497 million in the second quarter of 2021.

  • Newlywed couple gets five litres of petrol as wedding gift

    A newly-married couple in India received five litres of petrol as a gift at their wedding reception.

    As per reports, a Tamil comedian named Mayilsamy gave an unusual gift to the couple. The images of the wedding ceremony and the gift have gone viral on social media platforms.

    Mayilsamy went up to the stage to congratulate the newly-wed couple. He gifted them with two plastic cans filled with petrol. This gift was assumed to be Mayilsamy’s jibe at the increasing fuel prices in the country.

    Read More: Ex-girlfriend shows up at wedding, groom marries both fiancée, girlfriend

    Fuel prices had seen an all-time high across India when the rates were last hiked on July 17.

  • Video: Toddler handed over the wall at Kabul airport, as the chaos continues

    Video: Toddler handed over the wall at Kabul airport, as the chaos continues

    In a video doing the rounds on social media, it can be seen that a toddler is being handed over a wall to western soldiers at Kabul airport.

    Outside the airport, the situation remains chaotic. The Taliban have been blocking Afghans trying to flee.

    The militants have been going door-to-door to find targets and threaten their family members, reported BBC.

    “There are a high number of individuals that are currently being targeted by the Taliban and the threat is crystal clear,” Christian Nellemann, who heads the group behind the report, told the BBC.

    “It is in writing that, unless they give themselves in, the Taliban will arrest and prosecute, interrogate and punish family members on behalf of those individuals.”

    He warned that anyone on the Taliban’s blacklist was in severe danger and that there could be mass executions.

    Anti-Taliban protests have taken place in several cities. In the capital Kabul, demonstrators waved the national flag while there were reportedly casualties among protesters in Asadabad.

  • ‘Na hum safe hain, na he hum azaad’: Alizeh Shah gets direct in a lengthy post

    ‘Na hum safe hain, na he hum azaad’: Alizeh Shah gets direct in a lengthy post

    Actor Alizeh Shah took to her Instagram stories to condemn the heinous harassment of a female tiktoker by an aggressive mob at ‘Minar-e-Pakistan’. The Ehad-e-Wafa star has stated that this incident indicates that women are not safe in this country.

    A recently surfaced video shows a woman being sexually assaulted by a large group of men at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore on 14 August, Pakistan’s independence day. The incident has been confirmed after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered.

    The FIR was registered under sections 354 A, 382, 147 and 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code against hundreds of unidentified persons for assaulting and stealing from a female TikToker and at least five other people, Dawn has reported.

    She recently pointed out in an Instagram video that in this country, forget a random citizen, even a celebrity doesn’t have the autonomy on her choice of dressing. In July 2021, the Tanaa Banaa star received backlash on her choice of dressing at the Hum Style Awards.

    On the work front, she will be seen next in Lekin opposite Ali Rehman Khan and Khushal Khan.

  • 19-year-old girl takes off solo flight around the world

    Zara Rutherford, a 19-year-old pilot, took out on Wednesday for a three-month journey to become the world’s youngest woman to fly solo around the globe, Reuters has reported. Rutherford dreams of becoming an astronaut.

    Rutherford took off in her Shark ultralight, the world’s fastest microlight aircraft, from Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport in western Belgium.

    “Growing up, I loved aviation and STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics, but I didn’t see many other women or girls doing that. I just always thought that was quite sad or discouraging,” Rutherford told Reuters. “I’m hoping that I can encourage girls to go into this field.”

    “I love adventure, and I think space is probably the biggest adventure out there,” she added.

    Rutherford will take the title from Shaesta Wais, who became the youngest woman to fly solo round the world at 30.

  • Zaid, Yumnah welcome son Izyan, Bilal and Noor cheer

    Zaid, Yumnah welcome son Izyan, Bilal and Noor cheer

    Youtuber Zaid Ali and wife Yumnah Ali welcomed a baby boy, Izyan Ali on August 18th. Several Pakistani celebrities congratulated the couple on their social media posts.

    Zaid took to Instagram yesterday to make the announcement with a photo of little Izyan Ali holding his finger.

    He wrote in the caption, “Alhamdulilah! [On] August 18th, 2021, we have been blessed with Izyan Ali Zaid.” He added that the birth of his son is the “best anniversary gift”.

    Fellow celebrities congratulated the duo in the comment section of Zaid’s post. “Congrats man, you did it!” wrote fellow content creator Shahveer Jafry. “Mashallah! Hope Yumna and baby are doing well. Warmest congratulations!” stated actor Noor Zafar Khan.

    “What a great day Mashallah. Congratulations to the both of you! Can’t wait to meet little Izyan,” chimed in Zoya Nasir. Bilal Abbas Khan, YouTuber Saad Ur Rehman, TikToker Romaisa Khan and Shaam Idrees also sent the duo their congratulatory messages.

    Zaid and Yumnah tied the knot on August 18, 2017 and announced that they were expecting their first child in March this year. They also shared a video of their gender reveal party on YouTube.