Mexican soccer fans called off a Day of the Dead-themed parade in Moscow’s Red Square on Friday after communist lawmakers objected to the event being held so close to Lenin’s tomb. A carnival atmosphere has taken over parts of the capital as thousands of fans pack to watch the soccer World Cup. Mexican fans –...
Selfies thrill but may kill. The craze of taking selfies claimed another life on Friday as a tourist from Karachi drowned in the Swat River. Just like any other 19-year-old, Korangi resident Sheeraz thought taking a cool picture near the Swat River would impress friends back home. However, little did he know that his attempt...
Chaudhry Abdul Jalil, also known as ‘Chacha Cricket’, has said that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has gone back on its promises to support him financially. “The PCB should be renamed after what it did to me,” he told SAMAA TV. “The coaches are being paid Rs5 million per month but they are not sponsoring...
MQM-Pakistan leader Dr Farooq Sattar said he has no role is giving out election tickets, SAMAA TV reported on Saturday. Sattar, who was talking to the media after appearing before the Returning Officer of NA-245, said the MQM Rabita Committee and convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui selected the candidates and issued election tickets. “I’m just...
The elections are under way as is political point scoring but some candidates are not having it. Balochistan National Party President Sardar Akhtar Mengal shut down Balochistan Awami Party President Jam Kamal Khan’s attempt to start a feud on Twitter. Both former National Assembly members are contesting from NA-272 Lasbela-Gwadar. In his tweet, Khan said...
Social media website Facebook introduced Instagram Lite, which is a stripped-down version of the social photo-sharing application. CNBC reported that the mobile phone application targets emerging markets that are mostly dominated by lower cost Android devices. The lite versions of the mobile applications are being introduced as users in the countries have limited data plans....
From Monday onward, only people who file their taxes will be allowed to buy vehicles. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has prohibited people who do not file their taxes, or non-filers, from buying cars and motorcycles. Their requests to get their vehicles registered will not be entertained either. As part of this move, non-filers...
Facial recognition technology, which has drawn criticism from civil liberties activists in recent years, was used to identify the suspect in Thursday’s newsroom shooting which left five dead in Annapolis, Maryland. Police said suspect Jarrod Ramos, who had a prior arrest record, had refused to cooperate with authorities after he was taken into custody and...
