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The Peshawar Concert of Young Stunners Called Off Due to Poor Crowd Control

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Throwing objects, poor crowd control, and management have now become a theme for Pakistani live music concerts. Recently, Young Stunners has called off their concert due to managerial and security issues. The concert for the rap duo was scheduled in Peshawar on 28th March and the rapper went to the micro-blogging site early on Tuesday morning. He told that if Talha Yunus had started his performance, people might have gotten hurt or injured. Couldn’t play in Peshawar last night because of the uncertain security situation and poor crowd control.. If we went ahead and played the show there were high chances of people being injured or worst. 1/2 — Talha Anjum (@talhahanjum) March 28, 2022 He then added, “This was the first time we came all the way to Peshawar only to play this show for our fans out here. I am disappointed things didn’t work out.” Anjum concluded with an apology and promised the Young Stunners will return to the city again. “With an apology, I’d just like to say we will...

IK Received a Call from Volodymyr Zelensky, The President of Ukraine

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ISLAMABAD: Ukrainian President phoned the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan on Tuesday, the topic of discussion was the current Russia-Ukraine war and the crisis it brought to the world along with the solution to the problems at hand. The Prime Minister expressed condolences and grievance towards the conflict and encouraged diplomatic and peaceful ways to address the issue. IK said that the war has brought havoc not only on Ukraine but also on the world as it has affected the economies and fuel prices across the globe. PM also added that countries like Pakistan can play a helpful role in the ceasefire. Imran Khan also thanked Ukraine for the help in the Pakistani students' and citizens' evacuation from the country. Resources: https://bfrank754.simplesite.com/452103359

Ban on Afghan Women of Flying Alone

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KABUL: Afghani airlines are ordered by the Taliban to stop Afghani women from flying without a 'Mahram'. This ban was implemented along with the latest hit on basic human rights since the new rulers came into power. The new government has imposed many restrictions on women and girls, including local television channels to stop broadcasting BBC news. Despite promising to impose a softer version of the rules. The restrictions are slowly but gradually coming back to their previous state. Women are being completely shut out from the public and also from the education centers.  The women and men are not allowed to visit parks on the same day. Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays are for women while the rest of the days are for men. Taliban took the decision on Thursday and the two airlines and Kabul airport immigration authorities told AFP, "No women are allowed to fly on any domestic or international flights without a male relative." Resources: https://bfrank754.mystrikingly.co...

Arooj Aftab: The First Pakistani to Appear on Times Square

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Two times Grammy nominee, Pakistani-American singer Arooj Aftab is featured on a Times Square billboard as a Spotify 'EQUAL Pakistan' Ambassador. Arooj, with her singing skills, is the global representation of female Pakistani creators. Spotify, The most famous streaming service is providing a platform for empowering female creators to share their work with the world. The Mohabbat singer was featured on a digital billboard in New York as 'EQUAL Artist of the month' for a global campaign. Arooj said, "I am extremely excited to be the first Ambassador of EQUAL Pakistan because this kind of well-structured program will help uplift women in the audio industry of Pakistan." She is the first Pakistani singer to be nominated for Grammy in Best New Artist and Best Global category. She met with the Sufi legend Abida Parveen  during a concert in Pakistan and sang ' Man Kunto Maula '. She believes that Pakistanis   are never without some sort of art like music o...

TikTok Following Snapchat's Style

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TikTok has started rolling out the Snapchat-style story feature to a large number of users. You'll see a banner when you start the app, if you are one of the users that are selected for the beta version, the banner will tempt you to make a story. TikTok told TechCrunch that " Currently, we’re expanding a pilot test, which provides creators with additional formats to bring their creative ideas to life for the TikTok community,” this doesn't say anything about the number of users included in the beta testing phase or about the complete update. The method for making a story is the same as making a regular video but the story will not be added to your profile and will show up only for 24 hours. Also, the story feature of TikTok misses a major part that other social media such as Facebook and Instagram have. It lacks the scroll bar that allows the users to scroll down the list of the users you follow and tap through their stories.  The only way you can see a person's story ...

Compensation for Kocha Risaldar Increased to Rs. 3 million

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Peshawar: Mehmood Khan, the chief minister of KPK has announced to increase the compensation for the heirs of Kocha Risaldar victims from Rs 2 million to Rs 3 million each. The announcement was made during his meeting with a delegation of Imamia Jirga who was led by general secretary KPK retired Brig Sartaj Qazalbash, on Wednesday. According to an official statement, during the provincial cabinet meeting, it was decided that Rs2 million were to be given to the heirs of the martyrs as compensation, on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the delegation declared that the amount should be increased, on which the CM increased it to Rs3 million. Later, in a press conference, Mohammad Ali Saif said that the attack on the mosque was targeted at all the citizens of the country. He added that the attack was not only for a single sector particular community but against every single resident of the country. “The miscreants want to harm the integrity of the country, and we will defeat them through unity and bro...

'Ms. Marvel' will make her First Appearance on 8th June

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Deadline explained, Kamala is an average gamer and a huge fiction fan with an extraordinary imagination -- mostly related to Captain Marvel. She feels like she doesn't fit in like other people until she finds her powers. "Bad Boys for Life" helmers Adil El Arbi and Bilal Fallah, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, a two time Oscar  winner in the short category, and Meera Menon, the person who worked on "The Walking Dead", are directing this series. "Ms. Marvel" includes the cast, Aramis Knight, Saagar Sheikh, Rish Shah, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Laith Nakli, Azhar Usman, Travina Springer, and Nimra Bucha. Bisha K Ali serves as head writer on this project. Studio head Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso are executive producers while Sana Amanat and Trevor Waterson are co-executive producers. Ms. Marvel first made her appearance in 2014 in comics created by Willow Wilson, the artist Adrian Alphona, and editors Sana Aman...

COVID-19 Update: No Death Reported in Sindh

For the last 24-hours, no death has been reported in Sindh; although 255 people were tested positive among the 9000 tests conducted. Reported by the Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah. Out of approx. 8 million tests, 569,117 cases were diagnosed as Covid positive. 97% of them recovered, also 126 overnight. According to the CM, 9,104 are under treatment -- 9,022 in-home isolation, 4 at isolation centers, 78 at different hospitals, and 4 on ventilators. The new 255 cases include 14 from Karachi among which 7 from District East, 4 from District South, and 3 from Korangi. 61 cases were reported from Hyderabad, Shaheed Benazirabad, Thatta 17, Dadu 16, Nausheroferoze 14, Kashmore 12, Ghotki and Matiari 10 each, Sujawal 9, Jamshoro, Tharparkar and Shikarpur 8 each, Sanghar 7, Jacobabad, Umerkot and Larkana 5 each, Badin, Sukkur, Tando Allahyar, Tando Muhammad Khan and Mirpurkhas 4 each. CM also shared that 48.6 million vaccines have been administered which include88.58% of the eligi...

Solar Flare Expected to Hit Earth on Monday

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A solar storm occurs when clouds of the magnetic field of the Sun interact with the magnetic field of Earth. A similar event is expected to occur on Sunday. But the storm will be relatively weak on Monday than others. It May Cause GPS Disturbances It is completely normal for the Sun to undergo such events including the emission of flames into space. According to the experts, such events are more like to happen simultaneously in the future, including disturbing our upper atmosphere and magnetic fields. The flare is harmless for living things but can affect satellites. Around 40 of the 49 Starlink satellites were destroyed by it in early February, these satellites were part of Elon Musk's SpaceX project. This phenomenon is a completely normal process for the Sun which emits plasma and magnetic fields into space, which can cause orientation problems for satellites thus causing issues with the high-frequency radio waves. This can cause a fault in the working of GPS. Although, the flare...

Xulfi's Prediction Came True - 'Pasoori' in the Top 5 of Spotify' Global Chart

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A month ago, coke studio released a masterpiece named 'Pasoori', and since then it has been everywhere - covers, fan arts, and TikToks of course. Everyone has put the song on replay since its release. Due to the continuous play, Pasoori has claimed up to the 3rd spot on Spotify's global chart and also hit the number 1 spot on Indian Spotify. We all know that it was well deserved and everyone on the team is celebrating. Ali Sethi shared the news on Instagram with a narrative that the prediction of Xulfi, which he made one year ago, came true. " One year ago, when Zulfiqar J. Khan heard this tune I’d sent him on a voice note, he told me with enormous calm that it will enter the global charts. I laughed, drank my coffee and put it out of mind. Today I woke up to this… Insanely happy for Abdullah Siddiqui, Shae Gill, Sherry Khattak and Zulfiqar J. Khan — many many congratulations to us and a  EDDA VADDA  thanks to all you lovers —  dildaars  and  sab yaars  [al...

The Mastermind behind Peshawar Massacre

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Peshawar: The mastermind of the terrorist organization that was responsible for the Peshawar Massacre was arrested by the Intelligence last year and was under surveillance, reported on Monday. The group first made its appearance through the assault on last year's Christmas celebrations, which was averted successfully, the area was put under much security due to the information got from the mastermind in custody. The whole motive of the attack was to defame Pakistan and its image globally. But the suicide bomber was still missing. “Intelligence officials were everywhere — as per information of the man under security officials’ captivity — but the bomber reached directly to the handler after coming from Afghanistan,” the official told The Express Tribune. The interrogation gathered information about the bomber that entered Pakistan for the attack on 25th December. But the attack on Friday was very brutal and killed 63 people with dozens of injured. This attack was the biggest extremi...

Gigi Hadid's Stand in Support of Palestine & Ukraine

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Gigi Hadid announced that she will donate all of her earnings from 2022 Fall shows to the people affected by the war in Palestine and Ukraine and more than a million people are supporting her for this stance including Kourtney Kardashian. On her Instagram post , she wro te, "Having a set Fashion Month schedule has meant that my colleagues and I often present new fashion collections during heartbreaking and traumatic times in history. We don't have control over most of our work schedules, but we would like to walk 'for' something." She also said, "Following in the footsteps of my friend @micarganaraz, I am pledging to donate my earnings from the fall 2022 shows to aid those suffering from the war in Ukraine, as well as continuing to support those experiencing the same in Palestine. Our eyes and hearts must be open to all human injustice. May we all see each other as brothers and sisters, beyond politics, beyond race, beyond religion. At the the end of the day,...

Massacre at Peshawar Mosque; 57 Martyred along with 194 Injured

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Peshawar: On the 4th of March, a suicide-bomb blast took place in a mosque during the Jummah Prayer. The location of the mosque was in the heart of Koocha Risaldar in the area of Qissa Khwani Bazaar. According to reports, the suicide bomber shot two policemen who were at the gate of the Imamia mosque for security purposes and forced his entry towards the premises of the mosque. One of the policemen was martyred whose name was Jamil and the other one (Farman) was injured by the gunshots. After that, the attacker got himself close to the Imam and blew himself along with 57 other people. According to the official, 4-5 kg of explosives were used with bearings. In this crisis, 194 people were injured and 57 died on the spot. At the start of the investigation, it was considered that this was the task of two people but later on when the CCTV footage was discovered, there was only one attacker who was wearing black clothes. He opened gunfire on the policemen and after that entered the mosque. ...

Pledge for the Implementation of Indus Water Treat: Reaffirmed

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Islamabad: On Thursday, a reiteration of the committee regarding the Indus water treaty was made by Pakistan and India. Both countries with enthusiasm, are looking forward to the Permanent Indus Commission meeting to be held in India. In the 117th meeting of the Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) discussed the water-related issues among both countries. According to the statement issued by the Commission, "Pakistan reiterated its observations on the KIRU Hydroelectric Project (HEP) located upstream river Chenab and India's new run-of-the-river small HEPs on Western rivers,". According to the Treaty and the practices in vogue from 1989 until 2018, India was persuaded to communicate with Pakistan in case of advance flood-flow and Pakistan's allegations towards Indian projects such as Pakal Dul and Lower Kalnai. The format of the meeting is that it is held in both countries alternatively and manually, under relevant provisions of the Indus Water treaty (IW...

Can TikTok Challenge YouTube in the Lengthy Video Segment?

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Last month, TikTok tried to challenge YouTube with an update regarding the maximum video length. The video length was increased to a max. of 10 minutes. In the beginning, the video length was 1 minute, and then a year later, it was increased to 3 minutes and now we have a round number of 10 minutes. 10 is not just a random number. According to a  2018 study by Statistia , an average YouTube video length is around 11.7 minutes. Google recommends placing the length of a video around 8-15 minutes, thus making 10 a golden number. Find more statistics at Statista That said, we can clearly see that TikTok is trying to take a bite out of the YouTube fanbase plus the revenue. Are these efforts worth it? If we see the January 2020 report, more than 1 billion users were on TikTok, but as of January 2022, YouTube has more than 2 billion users. If we talk about the dough, according to a global media report , YouTube made $19.2 billion of revenue last year, while TikTok was at $2.3 billion in ...

How is Blockchain Restriction on Pakistan can be Harmful for us Financially

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If the headline with ' blockchain ' init is the reason I have your attention as you think that this piece will provide you with the methods of investing cryptocurrencies then you should know that this is about the blockchain technologies and not just the currencies themselves.  A blockchain is a digital ledger that is to be copied and distributed onto various networks of systems. A majority of laymen get confused with blockchain and cryptocurrencies and are most likely to mix them up and it is completely normal. There is a pretty good reason for that, as crypto was the first and most frequently used use case of blockchain. Although, it is the medium for all virtual applications exchange within the network. Web 3.0 The technology has further evolved itself than just remaining currencies and coins that were launched simultaneously after the popularity of Bitcoin. Web 3.0 is the internet that comprises blockchain and encompasses much more. If we give web 3 a dramatic flair, then w...