Tag: media
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Google fires 28 workers protesting contracts with Israel
New York, United States – Google fired 28 employees following a sit-down protest over the tech giant’s contract with the Israeli government, a Google spokesperson said Thursday. The Tuesday demonstration was organized by the group “No Tech for Apartheid,” which has long opposed “Project Nimbus,” Google’s joint $1.2 billion contract with Amazon to provide cloud services…
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Why did Aurat March hold a Feminist Press Conference?
This Friday, on March 8, as the world will celebrate Women’s Day, Aurat March will take to the streets in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Multan. The Current attended this year’s Aurat March press conference and got details about how this year is different from the ones before. Every year, the press conference is dominated by…
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Over Rs6.4 billion allocated for Ramzan subsidies: Essential items to be available at reduced rates
The government has earmarked Rs6.484 billion to provide essential food items at subsidised rates through the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) during the holy month of Ramzan.
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Bushra Ansari takes stand against media double standards on Shoaib Malik’s wedding
Veteran actress Bushra Ansari is upset with people on social media after reactions to the news of Shoaib Malik’s wedding. Ansari said that the country has been buzzing since morning. She was annoyed with mainstream media too. Bushra shared that after Shoaib Malik’s second wedding, she received many calls from media channels. View this post…
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‘No, babies are not dropped from the skies’, Sarwat Gilani haters get schooled
Joyland star Sarwat Gilani recently announced the birth of her baby girl. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sarwat Gilani 🇵🇰 (@sarwatg) In the months preceding the delivery, she shared pictures of her baby bump. While some showed love, the morality police criticized her for being “vulgar”. Ye hmaray so cold celebrities…
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Kya Malik Riaz ka interview Imran Khan ko muskhkil mein daal sakta hai?
Kya Malik Riaz ka interview Imran Khan ko muskhkil mein daal sakta hai?
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Instagram page, Eye on Palestine, restored
According to officials from Meta, the owner of Eye of Palestine has been given access to their account. We have an update here, @yashar. We’ve helped the account owners regain access and they can reactivate their accounts. https://t.co/JLiGOKxWbl — Andy Stone (@andymstone) October 26, 2023 Previously, the widely followed Instagram account Eye on Palestine (@eye.on.palestine),…
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BBC admits to ‘misleading’ coverage of pro-Palestine protests
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) News has admitted to “misleading” sentences used to describe recent pro-Palestine protests when one of its presenters, Maryam Moshiri, termed the marches supportive of Hamas. Moshiri posted on X (formerly Twitter), “Earlier we reported on some of the pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the weekend. “We spoke about ‘several demonstrations across Britain during…
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Fact-check: Is Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen dead or alive?
News about veteran Indian economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen’s death started circulating on social media today. A social media post about Sen’s death that the Indian media was quoting was from Claudia Goldin’s X (formerly Twitter) account, which turned out to be a fake account. I don’t think she has tweeted that. I think…
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Journalist corrects Indian media spreading misinformation about Pakistan
Naimat Khan, a journalist working with Arab News, pointed out false news being widely circulated by Indian media. Indian news platforms have been reporting that Maulana Qaiser Farooq has been shot and killed in a target attack in Karachi, alleging that he was one of the prominent leaders of Lashkar-e-Taiba and was a close associate…