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 →
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 →
(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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The federal government announced on Wednesday that prices for petroleum products will be reduced in the second half of December. The price of petrol has been reduced by Rs 5 to Rs140.82 per litre, while the price of High Speed Diesel (HSD) has been reduced by RsRead More →
ISLAMABAD – According to Chaudhary Fawad Hussain, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, the Prime Minister’s Rashan Discount Program has so far enrolled nine point six million households and over ten thousand retail outlets. He added this figure is continuously climbing in a tweet today (Wednesday). He stated that this initiativeRead More →
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The Supreme Court (SC) issued an order on Wednesday ordering the closure of illegitimate private university campuses across the country. The case was heard by a three-member court led by Justice Umar Ata Bandial. During the proceedings, the court ordered that the Higher Education Commission’s policies beRead More →
ISLAMABAD – Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani met with Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday to address issues of mutual interest. During the meeting, the situation in Balochistan and legislative matters were discussed in depth, according to reports. Other topics covered during the discussion, according to sources, were the Gwadar sit-in.Read More →
