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  • 6,000 police officials to perform security duty on new year’s night in Lahore

    6,000 police officials to perform security duty on new year’s night in Lahore

    To maintain law and order on new year’s night and to guarantee the safety of lives and property, the Lahore Police has devised a comprehensive security strategy.

    Lahore’s Additional IG, Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Ghulam Mahmood Dogar, said that more than 6,000 police officers and officials, including 6 SPs, 35 DSPs, 83 SHOs, 400 upper-level subordinates, members of the Dolphin Squad, Police Response Unit, Elite Force, Anti-Rights Force, and lady police officers, would be stationed on streets, squares, and public areas.

    He declared that security would be strictly enforced. At all costs, hooliganism, aerial gunfire, fireworks, and one-wheeling would not be permitted.

    CCPO Lahore said that the respect of the citizens was above all and that anyone involved in aerial firing, mob violence, fireworks, or one-wheeling will face punishment.

    According to The News, teams from the Dolphins squad, PRU, Elite Force, and police stations, according to CCPO Lahore, will make sure that sensitive and major locations are continuously patrolled on New Year’s Eve. Additionally, security would be enhanced at the city’s entry and exit points. Police should be informed right away by those who see any suspicious people or activity.

  • Woman with heroine capsules in stomach arrested from Islamabad airport

    Woman with heroine capsules in stomach arrested from Islamabad airport

    The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Friday arrested a woman with heroin-filled capsules in her stomach at Islamabad International Airport.


    As per details, the woman was attempting to smuggle the drug to Sharjah.


    As per details, the passenger had 100 heroin-filled capsules in her stomach. She was about to board Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-209 when she was detained by ANF officials.


    ANF’s swift action thwarted the smuggling attempt.

  • 2022 Rewind: Everything Pakistani social media went crazy about

    2022 Rewind: Everything Pakistani social media went crazy about

    2022 might feel like it was the longest year ever but it has also given us a lot of things to look back at fondly. From Mera Dill Yeh Pukare girl’s viral video to former PM Imran Khan’s iconic “Ham koi Ghulam Hain”, here are all the things that the Pakistani internet went crazy about in 2022:

    PSL viral dance

    Asif Ghafoor, a young boy, became an overnight star after a video of him dancing on the Pakistan Super League (PSL) anthem, ‘Agay Dekh’ went viral.

    Fiza or Shiza

    A clip of Pakistani television serial Judwa in which a bride gets swapped on her wedding night by her twin sister, confusing netizens about what was happening.

    Kya Hum Ghulam Hain?

    Former Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s “Kya Hum Ghulam Qaum Hain Kay Jou European Union Kahay Hum Woh Karein” reply to European Union (EU) envoys in Pakistan for their letter asking Islamabad to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine went viral across the country.

    The Ketchup Scene

    In a humorous video, a girl can be seen leaving the dining room with two slices of pizza but no ketchup, which worries her husband, as if eating pizza without ketchup was a big deal.

    Mera Dil Yeh Pukare Aaja

    Mera Dil Ye Pukare Aaja went viral over the internet after a Tik Tok video of a girl named Aisha was widely shared on Tik Tok. It went so viral that people from across the border including Madhuri Dixit made a video on it.

    Kaanpen taang rahi hain

    Bilawal was speaking at a rally in Islamabad to mark the end of a 10-day long Awami March. “I am shaking Islamabad. Islamabad may kaampein taang rahi hai [Shivers are legging in Islamabad],” he said. Although he meant to say taangein kaamp rahein hain, his slip of tongue led to a meme fest.
    However, PPP later said the video was morphed, with the real one showing Bilawal correcting himself a second later.

    Lahore Da Pawa Akhtar Lawa 

    In the last month of the year videos of the Lahore based politician Chaudhary Akhtar Lawa trended on social media and his catchphrase, ‘Lahore da Pawa, Akhtar Lava’ (Akhtar Lava, the pillar of Lahore), spread like wildfire across social media platforms. Twitter and TikTok particularly went into a frenzy about him.

  • Naan prices may increase to Rs35 per Naan in Lahore

    Naan prices may increase to Rs35 per Naan in Lahore

    The Nanbai Association of Lahore has summoned a meeting to discuss a raise in the price of roti and naan, ARY has reported.


    The Association is considering raising the price of roti and naan by Rs11 in the provincial capital.


    The owners of tandoors requested approval from the Lahore district administration to raise the price of naan and roti to Rs35 and Rs25 respectively, citing a hike in wheat prices for raising rates of the dietary staples.

    An uptick of smuggling of wheat and subsidised flour bags to other provinces has led to the price of flour in the Punjab capital increase by Rs5 per kilogramme to Rs140.
    Smuggling has exacerbated Punjab’s flour problem, increasing open-market prices to an all-time high. According to sources, subsidised flour bags were being smuggled into Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkwa at a cost of Rs2,400 per bag.

  • Woman pretends to be dead to avoid paying back loan

    A woman in Indonesia faked her own death to avoid giving back a loan she owed.


    The alleged scam artist — known only as “L” — reportedly owed an undisclosed sum to her associate Maya Gunawan, with the cash initially due to be paid on Nov. 20.
    According to details, when the woman was unable to procure the money, she asked Gunawan to extend the payment date till Dec. 6.


    That day came and went — and Gunawan was shocked when she logged onto Facebook Dec. 12 to discover a post from L’s daughter announcing her mom had been killed in a car crash.


    According to the post, L had passed away following an incident on a bridge close to her home in Medan, North Sumatra. The post also said that she would be laid to rest 370 miles away in Banda Aceh.


    The daughter, who claimed her mother had hacked into her Facebook account to write the lie, reportedly acknowledged the post was false.
    According to the Daily Star, the picture of the gurney the daughter put up in the post was reportedly borrowed from a TV show, and the pictures of L in a shroud were taken to “make her lie more convincing.”

  • Activists speak out after actor Muneeb Butt is cast as transgender commissioner in ARY serial

    Activists speak out after actor Muneeb Butt is cast as transgender commissioner in ARY serial

    Actor Muneeb Butt had announced on social media two days ago that he would be playing the first ever transgender Assistant Commissioner in an ARY television serial. Butt had written in the post that this was a role that would break stereotypes in our society.

    However, transgender activists were furious about this casting choice and responded by pointing out that the role would have been more empowering had a transgender person been cast.

    Transgender activists on Twitter shared that there were many trans people who were unemployed and who deserved good, authentic representation on public platforms, hence it was unnecessary to hire a man to play this role.

    Another trans user called this decision ‘dangerous’ because the entertainment will keep on capitalising on transgender issues, rather than employ members of the trans community and bring them to the table.

    https://twitter.com/zakraaaaa/status/1608000325528522752?s=20&t=kGchs1t9Ok_hQE8mbJUakA

    So hopefully, our industry should be mindful about writing stories about minorities and be sure to invite members of said community while giving them the chance to tell these stories themselves without speaking over them. One of the foremost essential demands made by the transgender community is to be granted equal opportunity and rights as anyone else in Pakistan, and we can assure that by allowing them to tell their own stories without censoring them.

  • Covid is back: Pakistan resumes screening at airports

    Covid is back: Pakistan resumes screening at airports

    Federal health officials stated on Wednesday that they will tighten up monitoring systems at all entry ports of the country while monitoring arriving passengers amid growing concerns of coronavirus (Covid-19) spreading in the country, Samaa has reported.


    An official of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination said tBF.7 Omicron variant is a cause for concern.

    He said that relevant authorities had received instructions to make sure that travellers from foreign nations pass through thermal scanners at airports all over Pakistan.
    According to government figures, 90% of the population has already received a Covid-19 vaccination.


    He said that instructions have been given to ensure that hospitals had an appropriate supply of ventilators, oxygen tanks and antiviral medications.

  • Greta Thunberg wins the internet with befitting clap back to incel king Andrew Tate

    Greta Thunberg wins the internet with befitting clap back to incel king Andrew Tate

    When will grown men on the internet stop coming after young girls and attempting to silence them? Climate change activist Greta Thunberg is one of the most vocal voices against climate change. The young girl has been a prime target for insecure men who send her trolling messages.

    This time though, Thumberg has clapped back and done so with a thunderous bang.

    Dirt bag Andrew Tate tried to harass Greta by tagging her in a post where he boasted about the number of cars he had and the emissions they would release.
    Greta had a befitting reply to him. The tweet has already gained 2.2 million likes.

    After this amazing exchange, the top trends on Pakistani Twitter included #smalldickenergy, Andrew Tate and Take An L.

    Sometime later, Andrew Tate responded with a video clip where he accused Greta of being involved in the matrix, and told his followers that she is trying to get people to convince their government to tax them into poverty.

    Still a weak crybaby, but that’s what you get for harassing powerful girls like Greta.

  • ‘If my mother or sister can’t study, then I won’t accept this education’, Afghan professor tears up diploma in protest against ban on women’s education

    ‘If my mother or sister can’t study, then I won’t accept this education’, Afghan professor tears up diploma in protest against ban on women’s education

    A professor from Kabul University tore up his diploma during a live news interview, protesting against the ban on women’s education placed by the Taliban administration.
    “From today I don’t need these diplomas anymore because this country is no place for getting education. If my sister & my mother can’t study, then I DON’T accept this education,” the emotional Professor stated.

    The act of revolt comes after the Taliban placed a ban on female education across the country. The Acting Higher Education Minister Neda Mohammad Nadeem said the ban was a result of women wearing inappropriate clothes and interacting with men.
    “They didn’t observe Hijab; they were coming with the clothes that most women wear to a wedding,” he said.

    The controversial decision has led to a rise of protests all over the country, with video clips emerging on social media, showing men choosing to walk out of university in protest against the ban.

    https://twitter.com/noorenashams/status/1605489051854770176?s=20&t=gSoes3EJEcWicAkMKyhKaw

  • Heavy fog across Punjab disrupts air and road travel, info number provided

    Heavy fog across Punjab disrupts air and road travel, info number provided

    Heavy fog in cities across Punjab including Lahore, Faisalabad and Sialkot has disrupted air and road travel. According to Pakistan International Airways (PIA), four international flights had to be diverted to Islamabad because of foggy weather.
    According to a representative from Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Pakistan International Airways (PIA) four flights including PK-248 from Dammam to Lahore, PK-224 from Dubai to Faisalabad, PK-716 from Madina to Lahore via Karachi and PK-244 from Dammam to Sialkot had to be shifted to Islamabad after intense fog reduced visibility. The representative further explained that visibility at Multan Airport was poor till 2 pm, while at Lahore’s Alama Iqbal Airport fog had not reduced until 4 pm.
    The representative advised travelers to double check with their airlines for flight updates by either visiting the website www.caapakistan.com.pk or call the numbers 114, 0800 00114 and 111 222 114.

    Reports are also stating that railway networks are facing difficulties in Punjab as intense fog reduces visibility. A representative from Pakistan Railways Administration said that trains were traveling at low speed to take safety measures and prevent accidents.
    Due to these precautions, trains are late by six or seven hours to arrive at their destination. The Karakoram Express was late by up to six hours, while Karachi, Alama Iqbal and Khyber Mail Express arrived late at their destination by five hours