Minister of IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin Ul Haque launched a web portal Thursday for registering freelancers online at the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) headquarters. Secretary IT Dr. Sohail Rajput attributed the growth of the gig economy in Pakistan to Pakistani freelancers. The Freelancer Industry in Pakistan is booming.
An Argentine draft budget submitted to congress indicates the nation intends to purchase 12 JF-17A Block III fighters from Pakistan. They will include two Block IIIs with dual seats and ten single-seater Block IIIs. The PAC JF-17A Block III is a supersonic, multi-role fighter aircraft of the fourth generation. There is a close relationship between the two countries in a number of fields.
A Careem driver in Islamabad has been praised for returning a passenger’s bag of cash as a recent act of honesty. The driver, Captain Adnan Asghar, proved to be a great example of honesty by reaching out to the customer and returning everything that was lost. Asghar found the bag when he woke up in the morning and reported it to the office.
Nida Usman Chaudhry, a Pakistani lawyer, has won the prestigious Justitia Award 2021 in the Academic (international) category in Austria. The award is presented to female laureates of the legal profession for their outstanding performance. Nida has been working for ‘Women In Law,’ an initiative launched in Pakistan in 2016. The organization aims to increase the number and quality of female lawyers in Pakistan.
Hundreds of Pakistani journalists demonstrated against proposed legislation they said would take away their freedoms. The proposed legislation aims to converge various media regulatory bodies in Pakistan and make digital media subject to a broader range of regulations. Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) would be a new entity to regulate the content of the media in Pakistan.
Pakistan Army Aviation successfully rescued three mountaineers stranded on Rakaposhi mountain on Wednesday. Wajidullah Nagri, a Pakistani climber, and Czech climbers Peter Macek and Jakub Vicek became stranded as they descended from the mountain. Sources indicate the foreign climber’s health deteriorated, which led locals to drag him to the army helicopter. One of the climbers had frostbite and could not walk.
The chairman of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Amir Azeem Bajwa has recommended that social media users be arrested if they continue to post “inappropriate content” on the social media app “Tik Tok”. It was suggested in the context of immoral and insensitive content found on the app since its introduction in Pakistan.
Taliban leaders on Tuesday thanked the international community for providing emergency aid to Afghanistan and urged the United States to show a “heart” in future dealings. Acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said that donors’ money would be spent wisely and used to fight poverty. “America is a big country, they need to have a big heart,” he said.
Pakistani athletes won four gold medals and a bronze in the 5th International Cultural Festival Romania (Europe) 2021. Rukhsar Gul, Majid Fareed, Basharat Ali, and Mohammad Rashid each won a gold medal in the Mas-Wrestling competition. Rukhsar competed in the 65Kg category, Majid in the 80Kg category, Basharat in the 90Kg category, and Rashid in the 90Kg category.
The Lahore administration has sealed the popular Butt Karahi restaurant that serves customers’ dead animals’ meat. As reported, the city administration raided the eatery late on Sunday and found dead animals in the storage. The restaurant was immediately sealed and the manager was promptly arrested. The raid was led by Assistant Commissioner Faizan Ranjha.