Rasool Pur, a remote village in Pakistan’s northeastern Punjab province, has created a model for a perfect civilization for the whole world. This village that has a 100% literacy rate and zero crime rate celebrated International Literacy Day on Sept 8. Government Girls High School Principal Mehtaab Jahan says nobody litters on the street or smokes anywhere in Rasool Pur.
Noor Quraishi, an Afghan journalist, shared images of PTI MNA Aamir Liaquat and claimed he was Colonel Adil killed in Panjshir valley in Afghanistan. He shared a picture of Aamir Liaquat in army gear on Twitter and claimed he was killed in anti-Taliban clashes. Several Pakistani netizens have mocked the journalist for his tweet, which went viral on social media.
LUMS graduate, Saba Haleem has became the first Pakistani woman in the world to summit Gondogoro Peak. Saba’s trekking journey started with the LUMS Adventure Society (LAS). Every summer, LAS, and its members plan a summer trek which consists of an expedition either of attempting a mountain pass or a mountain peak. LAS’s initiative this summer also became the first-ever successful student-led expedition to Gondogoro Peak.
Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy criticized the Single National Curriculum for telling young girls to cover up at an early age. She posted a picture of the new English textbook for grade 5 with a cover picture of a 4-5-year-old girl wearing a hijab. She questioned the Single National Curriculum, “and this is the lesson we are teaching our children?”
Singer Bilal Saeed and actress Saba Qamar have both been issued arrest warrants in Lahore in connection with the shooting of a video at the historic Wazir Khan mosque. Warrants were issued for the pair because they failed to appear at the court hearings. Following a complaint by lawyer Farhat Manzoor, an Akbari Gate police officer filed a complaint against the duo last month.
Toyota Indus Motor recently announced that it would begin producing hybrid electric vehicles in Pakistan soon. The company announced by a formal notification that it would invest $100 million in local production over the next three years. Toyota IMC is allocating funds for the upgrading of the local assembly plant at Port Qasim, Karachi.
Pakistani nonprofit Tayaba Organization has auctioned a limited collection of Non-Fungible Tokens in order to raise awareness about their water access program. Tayaba Organization has become Pakistan’s first NGO to adopt blockchain-based NFT technology for fundraising purposes in the philanthropic sector. In an ongoing auction, Tayaba has managed to raise over Rs. 2m ahead of International Charity Day ranging from $41 up to $3,876.
The Taliban on Tuesday denied allegations that Pakistan intervened in Afghanistan’s internal affairs, saying the group “acted with complete freedom”. A Taliban spokesperson said that the interference of Pakistan is a rumour that has been spread for 20 years. He added that we don’t allow any kind of interference in our country.
Pakistan, China jointly developed high production hybrid rice varieties using artificial intelligence, big data, 5G and remote sensing to boost Pakistani rice exports. The rice varieties were developed in Hubei Province at the joint Wuhan-Punjab University research center. Honglian rice is one of three main types of cytoplasmic male sterility in rice commercially used to produce hybrid seeds.
El Salvador became the world’s first country to accept bitcoin as legal tender. President Nayib Bukele’s government says the move will allow many Salvadorans to access bank services for the first time. The process eliminates remittance fees by some $400 million each year. El Salvador had bought its first 400 bitcoins, in two tranches of 200 each, and promised more would follow.