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  • ‘Do I reinstall Facebook or Snapchat?’ Twitter users concerned over rumours of site shutting down

    ‘Do I reinstall Facebook or Snapchat?’ Twitter users concerned over rumours of site shutting down

    Twitter goes through upheavals since Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media app, users have expressed extreme apprehension over rumors the app will shut down.

    The bird app has announced that its office buildings will be temporarily closed, effective immediately and that offices will reopen on Monday, November 21.


    Twitter employees were informed about the closure in a letter, but the company withheld an explanation.


    The statement comes as rumours circulate that employees were leaving after the new owner, Elon Musk, told them to sign up for “long hours at high intensity” or quit.
    After the recent development, rumors of the micro-blogging website shutting down have taken hold of the micro blogging app.


    Twitter users are sharing their concern over the expected shutdown of the site while others are sharing usernames of their handles on other social media sites and some are sharing memes.

    Have a look at the reactions:

    https://twitter.com/servinghun/status/1593546957653508097

  • Thinking of going up north? NDMA issues travel guidelines

    Thinking of going up north? NDMA issues travel guidelines

    National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued tourist guidelines for people visiting popular holiday destinations such
    as Murree, Galiyat, Abbottabad, Gilgit-Baltistan, Naran, Kaghan and other northern areas.


    Tourists have been advised to regularly check weather forecasts on Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) and NDMA’s website for updated weather information.

    In addition the authority has advised tourists to check with National Highways & Motorway Police (NH&MP) on their website or helpline for the status / road condition of the intended route.

    “Ensure proper checking and maintenance of vehicles from a mechanic. Also carry a spare tire (checked and filled with required air pressure), radiator fluids and lubricants, as advised by the mechanic,” reads the advisory.

    “Keep passage for fresh air circulation through the air conditioning mechanism or keep a window slightly ajar,” it added.
    Earlier this year in January, a traffic jam in Murree turned deadly after 23 people, including children, were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning as they waited for roads to clear in their cars with engines running.

  • Faisalabad: FIA arrests over 300 online scammers who stole millions

    Faisalabad: FIA arrests over 300 online scammers who stole millions

    More than 300 scammers have been arrested in Faisalabad by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) after more than 150 cases of internet fraud were reported to the agency, Samaa has reported.


    The scammers made phone calls to consumers through a software, pretending to be bank employees and obtaining account details or offering to change ATM cards.


    According to FIA officials, internet conmen are targeting the industrial city of Faisalabad with the number of fraud cases increasing daily.
    More than 1,100 Faisalabad citizens fell prey to online fraud in 2022, losing millions of rupees from their bank accounts.
    In 2021, cyber criminals defrauded more than 900 victims out of their money.

  • The Indian Dahmer? Man chopped his girlfriend into 35 pieces

    The Indian Dahmer? Man chopped his girlfriend into 35 pieces

    The murder of Shraddha Madan Walkar, a 26-year-old employee in a call-centre in Mumbai was murdered by her live-in partner Aftab Amin Poonawalla in India on May 18 has swept the country in a frenzy of outrage. Aftab Amin Poonawala had allegedly strangulated Walker to death after she demanded that he marry her and then chopped her body into 35 pieces in the Chhatarpur area of the India’s capital Delhi.
    Aftab has been arrested by the police.


    The police said that after chopping his 26-year-old girlfriend into pieces on May 18, Aftab bought a brand new refrigerator with a large storage capacity the next day and placed the pieces in it. To counter the stench, he lit incense sticks at his home. He has been accused of dumping parts of her body in trash sites and garbage dumps across the city.

    Who is Aftab Ameen Poonawalla?

    Aftab Ameen Poonawalla is a food blogger. Poonawalla used to manage a culinary blog named hungrychokro_escapades account on Instagram. There are several high-resolution images of many Indian and Chinese meals on the 28,500-follower account. Many of his blogs feature foods from well-known restaurants, while others discuss delicacies made at home. He identified himself as a food photographer, food & beverage consultant, and food photographer in his biography.

    One of his Facebook posts depicts support for LGBTQ+ causes. In June 2015, he changed his profile picture to celebrate pride.

    Some social media users have dubbed the alleged murderer “Dahmer” after the American serial killer who used to chop up his victims into small pieces which he then stored in his house.

    https://twitter.com/road_runner1234/status/1593125221279891457?t=bkIL9VH9dm_5pC7PiOkEXQ&s=19

    https://twitter.com/MasalaNoodles/status/1592889948126212098?t=xZetEcuAG8Kvkfia7qLEYw&s=19
  • Bride in India refused to marry after getting ‘cheap’ lehnga from Susraal

    Bride in India refused to marry after getting ‘cheap’ lehnga from Susraal

    A bride in India’s Uttarakhand region called off her wedding after receiving a ‘cheap’ lehnga from her in-laws.

    The woman broke up with her fiance just days ahead of the wedding, after her in-laws sent her a lehenga worth 10,000 Indian rupees. The groom’s father sent it to his daughter-in-law-to-be, however, the bride said she did not like it.


    After hours of heated discussion between the two parties, the subject was brought to the attention of the police, and it was mutually decided that the marriage should not take place.

    As per Indian media news reports, the boy and girl got engaged in June this year and the wedding was scheduled for November, for which the groom’s family had already got wedding invites printed.

  • Six killed in attack on police in Lakki Marwat

    Six killed in attack on police in Lakki Marwat

    Terrorists opened fire on a police patrol car in Lakki Marwat on Wednesday morning, killing six people including a driver, an ASI, and four constables.

    The attack happened when local police were conducting a routine patrol in the city.


    Security officials have started a search operation in the area after the attack.

    The Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Mahmood Khan, has taken notice of the attack and directed the Inspector General (IG) of police to submit a report on the attack.

    Soon after the attack, Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif condemned the incident in strong words, writing on twitter, “Let us make no mistake. Terrorism continues to be one of Pakistan’s foremost problems. Our armed forces & police have valiently fought the scourge. No words are enough to condemn terrorists’ attack on a police van in Lakki Marwat. My thoughts & prayers are with bereaved families.”

  • City Traffic Police Lahore launches digital challan system to fine violators

    City Traffic Police Lahore launches digital challan system to fine violators

    To replace the decades-old manual system of fining traffic violators in Lahore, Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) Dr Assad Malhi officially launched the digital challan system on Tuesday.

    It started as a pilot initiative on The Mall, and after evaluating its success, it will be gradually expanded to the rest of the city.

    The busiest thoroughfare in the province capital, The Mall 1, The Mall 2, and The Mall 3, were the primary targets of the digital challans.

    CTO Lahore claimed that the use of digital challans would end complaints about fake and fraudulent challans and guarantee transparency.

    In this regard, he stated, a specially created App has been downloaded on the traffic wardens’ smartphones, and the general public will receive a challan message.

    All the information will be automatically filled in after inputting the ID card number or vehicle number into the app.

    He said that numerous government departments have been connected to or associated with the digital mobile phone app.

    They comprised the department of excise and taxation, the police crime record office, the anti-vehicle lifting squad, the route permit department, and the database management for fitness certificates.

    According to DAWN, the wardens will have access to the traffic offender’s criminal history after entering their CNIC number and will call the police right away to have the traffic offender arrested on the spot if he or she has a criminal history.

  • At least 50 minors killed in Iran over participating in protests

    At least 50 minors killed in Iran over participating in protests

    The Iranian government’s crackdown on demonstrators asking for social freedom and political change that has rocked the country for the past two months has had a severe impact on the country’s youth, reports The New York Times.

    Human rights advocates and lawyers familiar with the situation have talked about the affect on the country, where the average age of protestors is said to be just 15-years-old. In an effort to quell dissent, authorities have raided schools and carried out arrests, beatings in custody, shootings and killing of protestors on the streets. The lives of countless others have been disrupted in other ways.

    The authorities are targeting thousands of minors under the age of 18, for taking part in the protests. Human rights groups in Iran have said that at least 50 minors have been killed by government authorities since the protests started.

    Following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, in the custody of the morality police in September, the country has witnessed daily rallies, primarily spearheaded by women, calling for an end to the rule of hard-line clerics.

  • Javed Hussain becomes first Pakistani to receive Gender Just Climate Solution Award’

    Javed Hussain becomes first Pakistani to receive Gender Just Climate Solution Award’

    The “Gender Just Climate Solution Award” was given to environmentalist Javed Hussain at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt, making him the first Pakistani recipient of the honour, Sameer Mandhro reports for Express Tribune.

    The title of Hussain’s project was, “Advancing the labor rights of women cotton pickers in Pakistan”.


    The Hala-born environmentalist has actively worked on the issue of how climate change affects women who harvest cotton in Mitiari and other areas of Sindh province, one of the most flood-prone districts in the province.

    Three awards were given out on Monday during an event that saw a total of 259 organisations from 119 nations, including Pakistan, submit their applications.

    According to a press release from the United Nations-affiliated group Women Engage for Common Future’s Women and Gender Constituency, SCF use a feminist participatory action research methodology to serve the needs of female agricultural workers.

  • No Pakistani Rooh Afza in India: Indian High Court bans the product permanently

    No Pakistani Rooh Afza in India: Indian High Court bans the product permanently

    Delhi High Court in India has permanently restricted the e-commerce platform Amazon from adding the Pakistan-manufactured Rooh Afza to its platform and has restricted them from selling any products under the name of ‘Rooh Afza’’.

    The high court in its Wednesday order said, “‘Rooh Afza’ is a product which has been consumed by the Indian public for more than a century now, and its quality standards have to comply with the applicable regulations prescribed by the Food Safety and Standards Act and Legal Metrology Act.” The court wondered how an imported product was being sold on Amazon without complete details about the manufacturer being disclosed.

    “The listings of infringing ‘ROOH AFZA’ products on the website not originating from the Plaintiffs (Hamdard National Foundation) shall be removed within 48 hours,” said the court in its order.

    The order dated September 5 also said that when one clicks on the link ‘Visit the Hamdard Store’, which is provided next to the product listing of Golden Leaf — the seller of imported Rooh Afza on Amazon – the consumer is taken to the webpage of Hamdard Laboratories India.

    “Thus, any consumer or user on the platform is likely to confuse the ‘ROOH AFZA’ product originating from Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf), Pakistan as being connected or originating from the Plaintiffs..,” said the court.

    The court instructed the e-commerce platform to submit an affidavit clarifying whether such details are mentioned on the Rooh Afza product listings, invoices, and product labels.