Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Iran slams UN rights report as “political”

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TEHRAN — Iran denounced as “political” the recent human rights report on Iran by the United Nations, Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday. “Iran constantly moves towards enhancement and betterment of human rights, and this is based on religious guidelines, not international obligations or political reports,” Kazem Gharibabadi, secretary-general of Iran’s Human Rights Office, was … Read more

Xi talks with Macron over phone

Xi jin ping with emmanuel macron

BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday held a phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron. Xi stressed that China and France, on condition of effective epidemic prevention and control, should advance relevant cooperation, consolidate cooperation in such traditional areas as civil nuclear energy, aviation and aerospace, and expand cooperation in such new fields … Read more

YouTube threatens content creators to demonetize low quality kids’ videos

YouTube cracks down on anti-vaccine misinformation

YouTube has announced that it will begin demonetizing low-quality videos on the accounts for kids from next month. All the YouTube channels, claiming themselves as “made for kids” content have been warned by the video streaming platform to stop promoting negative behaviour or violence. “Such sort of content will not be tolerated by the YouTube … Read more

Highlights of Shahveer Jafry, Ayesha Beig’s Walima ceremony happening now!

Highlights of Shahveer Jafry, Ayesha Beig’s Walima ceremony happening now

Famed YouTuber Shahveer Jafry and his wife Ayesha Beig are now officially married. Their luxurious Walima ceremony is happening today, Tuesday in Lahore and the couple looks absolutely stunning at their wedding reception.

The bride and groom look perfect together at their Walima and leave fans in awe with their couple goals.

Check out the glimpse of their wedding reception!

 

 

Mr & Mrs. Shahveer arriving at their Walima.

Cake cutting ceremony of Ayesha and Shahveer.

YouTuber Zaid Ali, Sham Idress, and singer Danyal Zafar are also spotted at their wedding reception.

The couple has tied the knot on October 23, 2021, in Islamabad.

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Iran says cyberattack blocks distribution at gas stations

Petrol

TEHRAN – A cyberattack in Iran interrupted petrol distribution at the country’s service stations on Tuesday, state television said, citing the Islamic republic’s top security body. “The Supreme National Security Council confirmed that there has been a cyberattack against the petrol distribution computer system,” the television said. It had earlier reported that the interruption was due … Read more

T20 World Cup 2021: De Kock withdraws after refusing to take knee

De Kock withdraws after CSA directive on ‘taking the knee’

Quinton de Kock withdrew from South Africa’s Twenty20 World Cup match against the West Indies on Tuesday “for personal reasons” after refusing to take the knee ahead of their contest. South Africa’s captain Temba Bavuma said the wicketkeeper-batter had made himself unavailable in their crucial Super 12 game in Dubai. The decision raised eyebrows as De … Read more

China demands clarification on U.S. Navy nuclear-sub incident

BEIJING — China said on Tuesday it is gravely concerned over the recent incident of the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine USS Connecticut in the South China Sea and demanded that the United States provide full details, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesperson. Spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a daily news briefing when asked … Read more

Prince of spin: Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Afghanistan’s rising star

Prince of spin: Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Afghanistan's rising star

Rashid Khan remains Afghanistan’s original spin king, but Mujeeb Ur Rahman has emerged from his shadow as a rising star to make an instant impact at the Twenty20 World Cup. The 20-year-old bamboozled the Scotland batters with his mystery spin on Monday to return T20 best figures of 5-20 in Afghanistan’s 130-run rout of Scotland … Read more

PPL approves 20 per cent cash dividend

LAHORE: The Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) earned a profit-after-tax of Rs52.4 billion, the second highest for the company. The company also announced a final cash dividend of 20 per cent on ordinary and 15 per cent on convertible preference shares. This was announced in the 70th annual general meeting of the Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), … Read more

Police arrest 150 people globally in dark web sting: Europol

THE HAGUE: Police around the world arrested 150 suspects involved in buying or selling illegal goods online in one of the largest-ever stings targeting the dark web,Europol said on Tuesday. Operation DarkHunTOR also recovered millions of euros in cash and bitcoin, as well as drugs and guns. The bust stems from a German-led police sting earlier … Read more

Pharma goods’ exports rise 7% in three months

Medicines

ISLAMABAD: The export of pharmaceutical goods from the country has witnessed an increase of 7.36 per cent during the first three months of the financial year 2021/22, compared with the corresponding period of the last year. Pakistan exported pharmaceutical products worth $73.428 million during July-September 2021/22, compared with the export of $68.393 million during July-September … Read more

Sania Mirza loves it when Indian cricket fans applaud Jeeja Jee to Shoaib Mailk

Sania Mirza

On Monday, Sania Mirza, a well-known Indian tennis player and the wife of former Pakistan national team captain Shoaib Malik, posted an interesting video from the Pakistan vs. India match on her official Twitter account. Cricket supporters from India cheered Malik, who was near the ground’s boundary to the field in the high-octane T20 World … Read more

PARC working on new breeding technologies to enhance crop production

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) chairman Dr Ghulam Muhammad Ali on Tuesday said that the council has started work on new breeding technologies, including speed cloning, speed breeding, genomic selection and genomic editing for enhancement of crop production for achieving food safety and security in the country. Briefing federal secretary for the Ministry of … Read more

Rupee depreciates further to Rs175.27 against dollar

KARACHI: The rupee continued to fell to another record low of Rs175.27 against the dollar on Tuesday, dealers said on Tuesday. The exchange rate recorded a decline of 84 paisas in the rupee value against the dollar from last day’s closing of Rs174.43, the previous record low, in the interbank foreign exchange market. The dealers … Read more

China has huge potential market for Pakistani goods: expert

BEIJING: China is a huge potential market for Pakistani goods and the country should find ways to continuously expand exports to China to reduce bilateral trade imbalance, visiting professor at Southwest University of Political Science and Law Cheng Xizhong said. “To reduce the trade imbalance between the two countries, both sides should make efforts and … Read more

FM Qureshi to attend ministerial meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbours in Iran tomorrow

FM Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has reached Tehran on a two-day official visit to attend the ministerial meeting of Afghanistan’s close neighbours tomorrow. Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mohammad-Ali Hosseini and Pakistan’s envoy in Iran Rahim Hayat Qureshi received the foreign minister at the airport on Tuesday. FM Qureshi will represent Pakistan’s viewpoint at the … Read more

Two killed, four injured in US mall shooting

LOS ANGELES: Two people were killed Monday and four others were injured including a police officer when a gunman opened fire in a shopping mall in the US state of Idaho. Police in Boise were called to the mall with reports “that at least one person was shot and down,” the city’s police chief Ryan Lee told reporters. … Read more

Chinese Premier urges expedited negotiations of the COC

BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday said that China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries should expedite the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC) negotiations and strive for its early conclusion. Li made the remarks when attending the 24th China-ASEAN Summit. He said that peace in the South … Read more

FIA’s Babur Bakht Qureshi in hot waters over alleged misuse of authority

LAHORE: Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Director Operations of the Cyber Crime Wing (CCW) in Lahore Babur Bakht Qureshi is in hot waters over his alleged misuse of authority. Qureshi since taking charge of his post has faced controversy one after another. Under his supervision, various FIRs have been registered against journalists including Amir Mir, Imran … Read more

Asad Umar asks India to hold comprehensive dialogue with Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning Asad Umar on Tuesday urged India to come for a “comprehensive dialogue” with Pakistan for a shared future of peace and prosperity. In a tweet Asad Umar said a “mindset” had developed in India that Pakistan can be “crushed” and there was no need to work out the differences. “Last three … Read more

Aiman Minal’s most recent seaside collection.

Aiman and Minal

A&M Closet, founded by twin sisters Aiman and Minal Khan, strives to create stunning apparel collections for everyday girls with a touch of elegance and style, offering something unique to the high street and fashion industry. Aiman Minal Closet has released their latest collection, “By The Sea,” which features Aiman Khan. Aiman Khan looks stunning … Read more

Female teacher terminated in India for expressing happiness over Pakistan’s win

A female teacher at an Indian school was fired from her job after expressing happiness over Pakistan’s victory against India in the T20 World Cup, reported India Today. The Muslim teacher, Nafeesa Attari, was working at the Neerja Modi School in Indian state Rajasthan’s Udaipur area. She had put up a status on WhatsApp with … Read more