Category: World

US Senate confirms Zahid Quraishi as first Muslim federal judge

The first Muslim American federal judge to be confirmed by the US Senate to the position of US District Judge for the District of New Jersey, Zahid Quraishi, makes history by becoming the first Muslim American federal judge. Previously, he served as a magistrate judge for the United States in New Jersey.

Indian Govt issues over 3.4M fake domiciles to change Kashmir’s demographics

Zahid Hafeez, the spokesman for Pakistan Foreign Ministry, says India has issued over 3.4M fake domiciles in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir region. India continues to change the demographic structure in violation of international law and the 4th Geneva Convention. Moreover, residents of Kashmir have suffered 22 months of a military siege, communication blockade, and constitutional suspension.

Mountaineer Lakpa Sherpa claims this is the most challenging season of his career

The Nepalese Mountaineer Lakpa Sherpa says that he has faced more challenges than ever this year. Although Lakpa Sherpa was able to climb Everest on seven occasions. However, this year’s season was the most challenging due to a cyclone, a coronavirus, and misinformation. Nepal’s mountaineering industry was forced to close in 2020 due to the pandemic, crippling the tiny Himalayan country’s tourism economy.⁠⁠

Pak-China to set up global media platform to combat 5th generation warfare

Islamabad and Beijing plan to form a global media platform similar to Al-Jazeera and Russia’s RT, with international journalists and ‌backed‌ ‌by‌ ‌Chinese‌ funding. A plan is under development by China and Pakistan to create a television channel and a media organization with the aim of gaining “information dominance”. Consequently, providing a different perspective from Western ‌media‌ ‌narratives.

Internet Outages hits some of world’s biggest websites

On Tuesday morning, several major worldwide websites crashed including Amazon, Reddit, the UK government website, and many news sites. Moreover, the problem occurred after the content-delivery network Fastly Inc. went down. The online service Downdetector, which analyzes reports of crashed websites, has observed an unusual increase in reports.

Four members of Pakistani Muslim family killed in premeditated attack in Canada

In a “premeditated attack” in Ontario, a 20-year-old pickup driver struck and killed four members of the Muslim family. However, the suspect, wearing an armor-like vest, fled the scene after the attack. Consequently, Detective said that the suspect was arrested 7 kilometers from the area where it happened in London, Ontario.

eBay sells McDonald’s McNugget for $100K for resembling video game

eBay sold one McDonald’s McNugget for $99,997 after it looked highly similar to a character from the game “Among Us”. When US seller Polizna put the MCNugget on the auction site, the price went from 99 cents to an outrageous dollar figure. A BBC report said there were over 180 bidders for the nugget before the auction closed on Friday.

Man earns $300,000 by paying credit card bills

A Physicist from the United States, Konstantin Anikeev, recently made over $300,000 through a unique strategy. With the help of his credit card, the physicist purchases a large number of gift cards. In order to pay for the credit card bills, he encashes those gift cards and then deposits the money in his bank account.

Hina Bukhari: The first Muslim Pakistani women to be elected to London assembly

It is the first time in history that a Muslim woman has been elected to the London Assembly. The recently elected Muslim member of the London Assembly, Hina Bukhari, is the daughter of a Pakistani teacher. His father Syed Naz Bukhari was also the teacher of Mayor Sadiq Khan. Moreover, he was Britain’s first Muslim headteacher.

Malala unveiled as British Vogue’s latest cover star

Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Prize winner and Pakistani activist for female education, has been unveiled as the newest cover star of British Vogue. In an interview with feature writer Sirin Kale, Malala stated that she understands that young girls are endowed with power in their hearts when they have a mission and vision. She also appreciated young activists Greta Thunberg and Emma González for their efforts