The 60-year-old Pakistani bodybuilder Abdul Waheed won the gold medal in the 50+ category at the World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship in Tashkent. In the junior category, Omar Shehzad already won a silver medal. In the meantime, Datuk Paul Chua, WBPSF’s president, believes Pakistan is safe to host international events.
The final year student Muhammad Gibaril, who was expelled from IBA for exposing alleged harassment, has been reinstated after his review petition was heard. The decision to reinstate the expelled student was taken by IBA Executive Director Syed Akbar Zaidi, according to details. In response to the student’s expulsion, several protests and social media uproar erupted among IBA students.
A former product manager for Facebook’s civic misinformation team said the company’s business model promotes hate speech, damages democracy, and is even “tearing our societies apart.” Frances Haugen, who left Facebook in May of this year, was the whistleblower who leaked a report that showed Instagram impacts the mental health of teenage girls to the Wall Street Journal.
Facebook’s outage costs Zuckerberg $5.9 billion after a former product manager becomes whistleblower
The stock of Facebook fell 4.8% Monday due to continued political pressure and a long-term outage, which cost CEO Mark Zuckerberg billions. Zuckerberg’s fortune dropped by $5.9 billion to $117 billion. Currently, he ranks 6th on the world’s wealth ranking. Facebook’s stock came under pressure after one of its ex-workers disclosed internal research to AOL and the Wall Street Journal.
India’s intelligence agency believes that Pakistan has appointed some of its army officers as the joint staff department of the central military commission. Reports indicate that appointed Pakistan army officials are in charge of battle planning, instructing, training, and strategy for the Chinese armed forces, including the ministry of state security.
A Pakistani artist based in Denmark uses salt and spray gun to create a portrait of legendary comedian Umer Sharif, expressing his love for him. Last week, Umer Sharif passed away in Germany after a prolonged illness. It took Amir Hussain just an hour to complete the unique art piece. Hussain expressed sorrow over Sharif’s death, saying his performances were unmatched.
Many people around the world complained that Facebook, its associated applications WhatsApp and Instagram were experiencing loading problems. Users reported that social media apps started displaying error messages at 15:45 GMT (8:45 pm PST). Approximately 50,000 users reported outages on downdetector, a website that monitors outages. The Downdetector platform tracks outages by combining status reports from a number of sources, including user input.
Captain Babar Azam became the fastest batter to score 7,000 runs in the T20s after hitting another milestone on Sunday. The feat was accomplished during the T20 Cup match between Southern Punjab and Central Punjab in Rawalpindi. Babar has surpassed the record of Chris Gayle and Virat Kholi scoring 7000 runs.
The Pakistan High Commission in London launched the Oxford Pakistan Programme, a program that funds academic and research scholarships for Pakistani students. Under this program, students will be given the opportunity to study at Oxford University. In addition to providing graduate scholarships, Pakistani faculty will receive visiting fellowships and receive special lectures on eastern philosophy.
The early nine months of 2021 have seen Pakistani startups attract investors from around the world, raising a record amount in direct and advanced investments of $305 million. A typical deal size increased fivefold in 2021 to $5.9 million compared to $1.2 million in 2020, with greater foreign participation. A total of 52 startups raised $305 million, including ventures in health, logistics, e-commerce, fintech, and e-commerce.