LAHORE: The Punjab government on Tuesday announced to impose smart lockdown in Rawalpindi, Gujrat, Gujranwala and Sialkot till July 27 as cases continue to rise. According to a notification issued by the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department (P&SHD) under the Punjab Infectious Diseases Ordinance 2020 about the lockdown, “controlled entry and exit” will be observed […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Monday issued a final warning to China-owned short-form mobile video platform TikTok and blocked live-streaming application Bigo over complaints of “immoral, obscene and vulgar content” and “extremely negative effects”. In a press release issued late Monday, the PTA said it had received a “number of complaints … from […]
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ISLAMABAD: The promotion of modern education is a top priority of the government, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Monday, as he directed for the formulation of a mechanism on priority basis to ensure the provision and easy accessibility of Internet facility to the students and removal of all issues in this regard. According to a […]
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SAN FRANCISCO: A top White House official said he expected President Trump to act firmly against the TikTok and WeChat social media apps, prompting an angry response from China on Monday. China dismissed White House trade advisor Peter Navarro’s comments as “ridiculous and narrow-minded”, and slammed the United States as “the world’s real hacker empire” […]
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LONDON: Britain’s main opposition Labour party announced on said Sunday that it has joined a Facebook advertising boycott over allegations that the platform failed to sufficiently curb hateful content. Hundreds of advertisers including big-name consumer brands have suspended advertising with the social media giant as part of the #StopHateForProfit” campaign. “All MPs in the Labour […]
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LONDON: Save the Children sent a dire warning on Monday saying that the coronavirus pandemic has led to an “unprecedented education emergency” which has put close to 9.7 million children affected by school closures at risk of never going back to class. The British charity cited UNESCO data showing that in April, 1.6 billion young […]
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HONG KONG: More than half a million Hong Kong people voted in primaries held by pro-democracy parties to choose candidates for upcoming legislative elections, organisers said on Sunday. The high turnout for the unofficial poll came despite a government warning that it could be in breach of a tough new security law imposed on the […]
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NEW DELHI: Batting great Sachin Tendulkar has renewed demands for cricket rules to give greater weight to TV playbacks over umpires in making LBW decisions. Tendulkar, a long-standing critic of the decision review system (DRS), returned to the fray after multiple LBW calls in the West Indies’ victory over England in the first Test. If […]
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All Karachi Cable Operators Association on Monday shut cable Internet and TV cable for two hours from 7pm to 9pm as a token strike against the K-Electric’s high-handedness. As people expressed outrage over blocked access to the online world, a private Internet service provider intimated its customers through e-mail of the K-Electric’s “highly irresponsible and […]
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