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			<title>Meta releases AI model that can identify items within images</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 23 06:19:15 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Segment Anything Model could identify objects even in cases where it had not encountered those items in its training]]>
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				<![CDATA[Facebook-owner Meta&nbsp;published an artificial intelligence model on Wednesday that can pick out individual objects from within an image, along with a dataset of image annotations that it said was the largest ever of its kind.

The company&#39;s research division said in a blog post that its Segment Anything Model, or SAM, could identify objects in images and videos even in cases where it had not encountered those items in its training.

Using SAM, objects can be selected by clicking on them or writing text prompts. In one demonstration, writing the word &quot;cat&quot; prompted the tool to draw boxes around each of several cats in a photo.

Big tech companies have been trumpeting their artificial intelligence breakthroughs since Microsoft-backed&nbsp;OpenAI&#39;s ChatGPT chatbot became a sensation in the fall,&nbsp;triggering&nbsp;a wave of investments and a race to dominate the space.

Meta has teased several features that deploy the type of generative AI popularized by ChatGPT, which creates brand new content instead of simply identifying or categorizing data like other AI, although it has not yet released a product.

Examples include a tool that spins up&nbsp;surrealist videos&nbsp;from text prompts and another that generates children&#39;s book illustrations from prose.

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has said that incorporating such generative AI &quot;creative aids&quot; into Meta&#39;s apps&nbsp;is a priority&nbsp;this year.

Meta does already use technology similar to SAM internally for activities like tagging photos, moderating prohibited content and determining which posts to recommend to users of Facebook and Instagram.

The company said SAM&#39;s release would broaden access to that type of technology.

The SAM model and dataset will be available for download under a non-commercial license. Users uploading their own images to an accompanying prototype likewise must agree to use it only for research purposes.]]>
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			<title>Dilip Kumar requests fans in Peshawar to share images of his ancestral house</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 20 09:57:51 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Entertainment Desk]]>
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			<category><![CDATA[Life &amp; Style]]></category>
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				<![CDATA[Actor emotionally thanked a Twitter user who recently posted some pictures of the residence]]>
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				<![CDATA[Located in Mohalla Khudadad near the historic Qissa Khwani Bazaar, the residences of Bollywood&#39;s bigwigs Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar - albeit torn - stand tall and proud.

The latter&#39;s house was declared protected heritage by the Directorate of Archaeology and Tourism in 2013 and later a protected monument, under the Antiquity Act 1997, whereas the Kapoor Haveli in Mohallah Dhaki Munawar Shah, inside the walled city, was also said to be converted into a museum by end of the year 2012.

But despite the status granted to them, they have existed in a dismal with no restoration or preservation effort, until recently, when the residences were ordered by the government to be turned into museums.

The government has directed the archeological department to preserve historic houses under the restoration project. Both houses will be open to the public after restoration.

Following this, Kumar and his wife appreciated the decision and after a Twitter user uploaded pictures of the current state of their ancestral residence, Kumar requested all in Peshawar to share more photos of the house.

&ldquo;Thank you for sharing this,&rdquo; he said addressing the user. &ldquo;Requesting all in #Peshawar to share photos of my ancestral house (if you&rsquo;ve clicked the pic), tag #DilipKumar,&rdquo; he added.




Thank you for sharing this. Requesting all in #Peshawar to share photos of my ancestral house (if you&rsquo;ve clicked the pic) and tag #DilipKumar https://t.co/bB4Xp4IrUB
&mdash; Dilip Kumar (@TheDilipKumar) September 30, 2020



Kumar&#39;s wife, veteran star Saira Banu has also reacted to the restoration recently. She told ETimes, &ldquo;I wish the provincial government success in its efforts and sincerely hope that this time the dream comes true. Mashallah.&rdquo;

She went on to add, &quot;My heart fills up with joy each time I receive the same news about the ancestral home of Yousuf Saheb in Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which the provincial government has been repeatedly trying to turn into a monument for posterity.&quot;

&quot;It has come up so many times in the past and I have appreciated the tenacity with which the government is pursuing the mission of turning the house into a museum for the public to visit and feel the vintage charm of the house where Dilip Saheb grew up like any bright boy of the province,&quot; continued Banu.

Fondly sharing memories of their last visit to the house, Banu recalled, &ldquo;The house is of great sentimental value to my husband and I have shared his pride and happiness during a visit to the property some years ago. He was so emotional when he saw the house where he spent his lovely childhood in the comfort and security of a large, refined family.&rdquo;

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			<title>Satellite images show new Chinese structures near site of border clash with India</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/2250113/satellite-images-show-new-chinese-structures-near-site-border-clash-india</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 20 13:22:46 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[reuters]]>
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				<![CDATA[China says the whole of Galwan valley is its territory and blames Indian troops for triggering the clashes]]>
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				<![CDATA[China appears to have added new structures near the site of a deadly border clash with India in the western Himalayas, fresh satellite pictures show, heightening concerns about further flare-ups between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

Indian and Chinese military commanders agreed on Monday to step back from a weeks-old standoff at several locations along their disputed border following the June 15 clash in the Galwan Valley in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed.

The satellite images showing new construction activity in the week following the brutal hand-to-hand combat underline the challenge of disengagement and the risk the accord could still fall apart because of overlapping claims in the arid territory.

(Open tmsnrt.rs/2Z6f0AZ in an external browser to see an interactive graphic of these satellite images)

The pictures shot on Monday by US-based space technology firm Maxar Technologies show what appear to be extensive Chinese structures on a raised river terrace overlooking the Galwan River.

India says the area where the structures have sprung up are on its side of the poorly defined, undemarcated Line of Actual Control or the de facto border between the two Asian giants.

China says the whole of Galwan valley, located at about 14,000ft (4,300m), is its territory and blames Indian troops for triggering the clashes.

The new activity includes camouflaged tents or covered structures against the base of cliff, and a short distance away, a potential new camp under construction with walls or barricades. The camp was not seen in pictures made available to Reuters the previous week.

Nathan Ruser, a satellite data expert at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said the buildup suggested there was little sign of de-escalation.

“Satellite imagery from the Galwan Valley on June 22nd shows that ‘disengagement’ really isn’t the word that the (Indian) government should be using,” he said in a post on Twitter.

On the Indian side, defensive barriers can be seen in the latest images which were not visible in pictures taken in May. An Indian forward post appears to be scaled back compared with images a month ago.

China’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the apparent activity.

India’s defence ministry also did not respond to a request for comment.

Indian military officials have previously said they will be closely monitoring the planned disengagement process and verify it on the ground.

“There is a trust deficit so far as the Chinese are concerned,” said former Indian army chief Deepak Kapoor.

“So if they are telling us verbally they are ready to pull back, we will wait to see it on the ground. Until then the armed forces will be on alert.”]]>
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			<title>Aerial images reveal virus emptying famed sites</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/2170488/aerial-images-reveal-virus-emptying-famed-sites</link>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 20 06:41:10 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Colorado-based space technology firm Maxar, show normally bustling spots from Mecca to Beijing thinned of people]]>
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				<![CDATA[Empty public squares, a ghostly train station and deserted holy sites - a series of striking satellite images have revealed the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on some of the world's busiest spaces.

The aerial photographs, released by Colorado-based space technology firm Maxar, show normally bustling spots from Mecca to Beijing thinned of people.

[caption id="attachment_2170511" align="alignnone" width="625"] This combination of pictures created on March 5, 2020 using handout images released on March 5, 2020 by Maxar Technologies shows a crowd at Mecca's Grand Mosque and the Kaaba on February 14, 2020 (top) and a much smaller group of visitors on March 3, 2020, a day before fears over the novel coronavirus led to the the suspension of the "umrah" pilgrimage. PHOTO: AFP[/caption]

One image shows a handful of pilgrims circling the granite Kaaba at Mecca's Grand Mosque - a sacred site usually thronged with worshippers from every corner of the Muslim world.

Saudi Arabian authorities have suspended the year-round "umrah" pilgrimage to Islam's holiest place, in a bid to stop the spread of the virus which has killed more than 3,000 people worldwide.

[caption id="attachment_2170514" align="alignnone" width="625"] This combination of pictures created on March 5, 2020 using handout satellite images released on March 5, 2020 by Maxar Technologies shows people in the courtyard of Hazrat Masumeh Shrine in Qom, Iran on September 25, 2019 (top) and a nearly empty courtyard on March 1, 2020, during the coronavirus outbreak. PHOTO: AFP[/caption]

An image above the Hazrat Masumeh Shrine in Qom shows one of Iran's most hallowed places virtually empty as its famed golden dome shimmers in the sunlight.

Streets and courtyards around the shrine are similarly vacant.

[caption id="attachment_2170516" align="alignnone" width="625"] This combination of pictures created on March 5, 2020 using handout images released on March 5, 2020 by Maxar Technologies shows Wuhan Dongdamen Train Station in Wuhan, China, on October 17, 2019 (top) and on February 25, 2020, with trains parked in the station, during the novel coronavirus outbreak. PHOTO: AFP[/caption]

Photos above Wuhan, China - the epicentre of the global outbreak - show dozens of trains parked up at the city's deserted Dongdamen Station.

With the city under lockdown and virtually cut off from the outside world since January 23, the usually bustling station has been transformed into a make-shift depot.

[caption id="attachment_2170518" align="alignnone" width="625"] This combination of pictures created on March 5, 2020 using handout images released on March 5, 2020 by Maxar Technologies shows pedestrians and cars in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on February 21, 2019 (top) and an almost empty square on February 11, 2020, during the novel coronavirus outbreak. PHOTO: AFP[/caption]

Elsewhere, Tiananmen square lives up to its name as the Gate of Heavenly Peace, with only a couple of dozen cars passing by and no pedestrians to be seen.]]>
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			<title>The JLo dress that created Google Images</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/2064013/the-jlo-dress-that-created-google-images</link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 19 07:02:59 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Tech Desk]]>
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				<![CDATA[Fast forward 18 years, Google images has become one of the most used search services]]>
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				<![CDATA[According to the company's recent blog post, to mark two decades of the iconic moment where Google Images was born, search engine giant recently celebrated at Milan Fashion Week by ‘reuniting’ with Versace to reinvent the famous green dress modelled by JLo while also showcasing the company’s new products.

In the year 2000, American celebrity, Jennifer Lopez wore a jungle print dress designed by Donatella Versace at the Grammy Awards which led to many users of Google to search for the image itself.

Google green energy buys boost 'carbon-free' portfolio

Back then though, search results (even for images) were merely just a list of blue links. However, the search engine giant realised that they were not able to directly connect people with images they wanted to see.

Fast forward 18 years, Google images has become one of the most used search services by people not just to look up for their favourite celebrities but for everyday work as well.

Former CEO Eric Schmidt wrote in 2015 that the search for 'JLo wearing that dress' had become such a popular query that Google had to work on it and bring something new.

Lopez walked in the modern version of the green jungle print dress catching the attention of millions.

Ex-Google engineer indicted for stealing self-driving car secrets

The fashion show incorporated the search engine giant’s VR painting app, Tilt Brush, “helped decorate the runway space with digital artwork inspired by the new print,” according to the blog post.

&nbsp;

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="625"] PHOTO: GOOGLE[/caption]

The show also displayed a demonstration of Google’s voice-activated AI helper, Google Assistant.

This article originally appeared on The Verge.]]>
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			<title>Seoul closely monitoring N. Korea for 'missile launch': military</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/1927121/seoul-closely-monitoring-n-korea-missile-launch-military</link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 19 07:43:17 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[After a series of satellite images triggered international alarm that Pyongyang might be preparing long-range missile]]>
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				<![CDATA[South Korea's military said on Monday it was closely monitoring North Korean facilities after a series of satellite images triggered international alarm that Pyongyang might be preparing a long-range missile or space launch.

Analysis indicates increased activity at two key sites - the Samundong missile research facility and the Sohae rocket-testing facility. Any launch could send stuttering talks on denuclearisation into disarray.

South Korea is "closely tracking and looking into all activity for possible scenarios including a missile launch" across the border, in close coordination with the US, said Kim Joon-rak, spokesperson of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

US, S. Korea to 'discontinue' major military exercise: US official

Satellite images of Samundong taken on February 22 showed cars and trucks at the site, as well as rail cars and cranes at a yard, US news outlet NPR reported.

"When you put all that together, that's really what it looks like when the North Koreans are in the process of building a rocket," Jeffrey Lewis, a researcher at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, was quoted as saying.

Located on the outskirts of Pyongyang, the Samundong facility was built in 2012 to support development of long-range missiles and space-launch vehicles.

As well as developing the Hawsong-15 ICBM, which analysts agree is capable of reaching the whole US mainland, Samundong constructed the long-range rockets that were then transported and successfully launched from the Sohae satellite launch station in 2012 and 2016.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed last year to shutter the Sohae site at a summit with the South's President Moon Jae-in in Pyongyang.

Satellite pictures in August suggested workers were dismantling an engine test stand at the facility.

But the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies suggested last week rebuilding was progressing quickly at the facility.

A moving structure that had been used to carry vehicles to a launch pad on rails has been restored, said respected research website 38 North project.

It added the work had started before last month's failed meeting on denuclearisation between Kim and US President Donald Trump.

John Bolton, President Donald Trump's national security adviser, said Sunday the US sees "exactly what they are doing" in regard to possible missile or rocket launch moves by the nuclear-armed state.

On N. Korea, Trump clings to 'all or nothing' strategy

"We see it unblinkingly, and we don't have any illusions about what those are," he warned, adding his boss would be "pretty disappointed" if a nuclear-armed state conducted a new missile test.

North Korea has been banned by the UN Security Council from carrying out space launches, as some of its technology was similar to that used for intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs.

Since the collapse of the Hanoi summit, Trump has been cautious in his forecasts, continuing to suggest a deal remains possible.

Trump said Kim promised he would carry out no more missile or nuclear testing, adding, "I take him at his word."]]>
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			<title>Pictures of the day: March 2, 2019</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/1921641/pictures-day-march-2-2019</link>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 19 10:22:03 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Eleven photos from around the world]]>
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				<![CDATA[11 photos from around the world

[caption id="attachment_1921654" align="alignnone" width="940"] Revellers dance during a street party called "Minha Luz e de LED" (My light is LED) on the eve of Rio Carnival, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 1, 2019. - The annual street party attracts thousands of people wearing LED lights on their costumes and its location and time are kept secret and only announced late via social media on the same evening it takes place. Hundreds of street parties tradionally take place every year in the city before and during Rio Carnival which will run from March 2nd to March 9th 2019. PHOTO: AFP[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1921655" align="alignnone" width="940"] Overhead view of the field competing in the mens 3000m event at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow on March 1, 2019. PHOTO: AFP[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1921656" align="alignnone" width="940"] Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton takes part in the tests for the new Formula One Grand Prix season at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmelo in the outskirts of Barcelona on March 1, 2019. PHOTO: AFP[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1921657" align="alignnone" width="940"] Dawid Kubacki of Poland soars through the air during his first jump during the men's ski jumping event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships on March 1, 2019 in Seefeld, Austria. PHOTO: AFP[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1921658" align="alignnone" width="940"] Algerian protesters clash with security forces in the capital Algiers on March 1, 2019, during protests against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term in power. - The demonstrations came a week after tens of thousands of people rallied in the North African state against 81-year-old Bouteflika's decision to stand in the April 18 election. PHOTO: AFP[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1921663" align="alignnone" width="940"] North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (C) bows after laying a wreath at the War Heroes and Martyrs Monument in Hanoi on March 2, 2019. PHOTO: AFP[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1921665" align="alignnone" width="940"] A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft, lifts off on an uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center as viewed in Vero Beach, Florida, US, March 2, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1921667" align="alignnone" width="940"] Riot police officers stand guard in front of Central American University (UCA) in Managua, Nicaragua March 1, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1921669" align="alignnone" width="940"] A Pakistani scout member reacts as he takes part in a march to commemorate the World Civil Defence Day in Karachi, Pakistan March 1, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1921672" align="alignnone" width="940"] Yazidi children survivors are greeted by residents of Sinuni following their release from Islamic State militants in Syria, in Sinuni, Iraq March 1, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS[/caption]]]>
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			<title>Google clarifies stories related to Pakistan flag search</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/1913872/google-clarifies-stories-related-pakistan-flag-search</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 19 11:38:33 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Tech Desk]]>
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				<![CDATA[The company issued a clarification suggesting the screenshots of search results were actually from a meme in 2017]]>
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				<![CDATA[With tensions rising between the two countries following the Pulwama attack, Google’s image search was found to be compromised.

According to users, searching for the “best toilet paper in the world,” the Google UI supposedly showed results linking to the national flag.

This comes after a deadly incident where at least 44 Indian security personnel in Indian-occupied Kashmir were killed in a car bomb attack on a security convoy.

Google shuts down Google+ after mass data leak

The responsibility of the deadly attack was reportedly claimed by the banned Jaish-e-Muhammad. India, however, took no time in pointing a finger at Pakistan.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="625"] PHOTO: SCREENSHOT[/caption]

Google to charge Android device makers up to ‘$40 per device’

A Google spokesperson while responding to queries related to the spokesperson stated, "While we continue to investigate the matter, we have not found any evidence that Google Images was ranking the Pakistani flag in response to this particular search."

"Many news outlets wrote about an old screenshot from a meme website that is inconsistent with our UI and dates back to 2017, and we have not seen any independent verification that these results ever appeared as depicted".

&nbsp;

This story originally appeared on BBC.]]>
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			<title>In pictures: Pakistan's Defence Day celebrated</title>
			<link>https://tribune.com.pk/story/1796797/pictures-pakistans-defence-day-celebrated</link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 18 08:45:33 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[News Desk]]>
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				<![CDATA[On September 6 1965, Indian forces launched a surprise attack on Pakistan and crossed the border]]>
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				<![CDATA[The nation celebrated the 53rd Defence and Martyrs Day to honour all the lives lost in the 1965 Pakistan-India war.

On September 6, 1965, Indian forces launched a surprise attack on Pakistan and crossed the international border under the cover of darkness.

The day dawned with a thirty-one gun salute in the federal capital and twenty-one gun salutes in provincial capitals. Special prayers were offered after dawn prayers in mosques for the progress and prosperity of the country. Recitation of fateha and Quran khawani was also held for the martyrs.

Nation commemorates 53rd Defence Day

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			<title>Google just made downloading images very difficult</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 18 13:50:25 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Getty Images had filed a complaint against Google in 2016 stating that the search engine was promoting piracy]]>
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				<![CDATA[After a settlement between Getty Images and Google, the “View Image” tab has been removed from Google's image search window.

“The Visit button remains, so users can see images in the context of the web pages they're on,” the company said in a tweet.
Today we're launching some changes on Google Images to help connect users and useful websites. This will include removing the View Image button. The Visit button remains, so users can see images in the context of the webpages they're on. pic.twitter.com/n76KUj4ioD

— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) February 15, 2018
Getty Images had filed a complaint against Google to the European Union in 2016 stating that the search engine's images feature was promoting piracy.

Alphabet shifts thermostat maker Nest into Google

"Getty Images represents over 200,000 photojournalists, content creators and artists around the world who rely on us to protect their ability to be compensated for their work," Getty Images' General Counsel Yoko Miyashita said in a statement.

"Google's behaviour is adversely affecting not only our contributors but the lives and livelihoods of artists around the world, present, and future."
Ensuring a fair marketplace: why we're lending our voice to proceedings against Google: https://t.co/MKnR3BxzDP #WorldIPDay

— Getty Images (@GettyImages) April 26, 2016
The “search by image” feature will soon be removed while you will still be able to drag and drop an image in the search bar to look for the similar images.
The Search by Image button is also being removed. Reverse image search *still works* through the way most people use it, from the search bar of Google Images.

— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) February 15, 2018
Ultimately, Google Images is a way for people to discover information in cases where browsing images is a better experience than text. Having a single button that takes people to actionable information about the image is good for users, web publishers and copyright holders.

— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) February 15, 2018
Some frustrated users took to Twitter to express their helplessness and anger at the loss of this feature.
The worst part is, Getty images already take you to the website if you click View Image. They already had that set up for themselves. They're just ruining it for everything else now.

— Cee Monster (@cee_jaaaaay) February 16, 2018
Addendum: Not ruined yet. "Save image / open image in new tab" still work fine on the preview, at least for now. So this has been downgraded to "minor annoyance".

— Cee Monster (@cee_jaaaaay) February 16, 2018
But why?
There is no reason for this.

— Crushing on Momiji &#x1f41d; (@_HoneyFingers_) February 16, 2018
terrible idea! &#x1f620;
I'm almost never interested in the original webpage when searching for an image; I want instead to access the image directly

— George M &#x1f1ea;&#x1f1fa; (@EXDE601E) February 15, 2018
I dislike this change

— Chriss Alex (@Cristi178) February 16, 2018
Google raises price of YouTube TV, adds sports, Turner

While some are stating the obvious for both Google and Getty Images.
If someone wants to steal a photo they can do it without using view image. There are more advanced and easy to learn ways. Ex: on a protected site you can use inspect element to find the exact url that the image you want is being kept on and then download from there.

— Milkac (@NikolaMilisic99) February 16, 2018
right click magic &#x1f609;

— DaisyHead (@dazyhead) February 16, 2018
I have come to the conclusion it isn't entirely your fault. Blame @GettyImages

— D (@DragonMetalhead) February 15, 2018
I know you were forced to make this decision but its very sad

— PrinceNiels (@PrinceNielsi) February 16, 2018]]>
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			<title>India sends 31 satellites into space, some for foreign customers</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 17 07:16:14 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[India fired a rocket carrying 31 small satellites into space on Friday, several of them for European countries looking for high resolution earth images, underlining its strength as a low-cost provider of services in space.

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle [PSLV] launched a 712 kg Cartosat-2 satellite for earth observation and 30 other tiny satellites from Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh at 9:29 am [0359GMT]. The rocket is carrying satellites from India and 14 other countries, including Austria, Belgium, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia, as part of an international commercial arrangement by the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation. [ISRO]

India to launch 'Pakistan-snubbed' South Asia Satellite on May 5

"Congratulations to ISRO on its 40th successful Polar satellite launch ... You make us proud!" Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted. Modi's government has been promoting the space programme as a showcase of low-cost technology. In February, the ISRO launched 104 satellites in a single mission, most of them for foreign customers. In 2015, the global space industry was valued at $323 billion, according to Space Foundation report, and India
accounted for just 0.6 percent of that business.

Friday's lift-off comes 18 days after India put a three-tonne satellite, its heaviest, into the orbit matching the technical know-how of the United states, Russia, China, Japan and the European Space Agency. "Our effort of continuing to provide increased earth observation, navigation as well as communication will continue," ISRO chief A.K. Kiran Kumar said in a speech after the launch.]]>
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			<title>Images show North Koreans playing volleyball at nuclear test site</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 17 05:31:42 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[Latest satellite images of the country's nuclear test site revealed volleyball games underway]]>
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				<![CDATA[US experts who have been forecasting an imminent North Korean nuclear test said on Tuesday they were surprised when they viewed their latest satellite images of the country's nuclear test site and saw volleyball games under way.

With tension mounting between Pyongyang and Washington, analysts had thought they would see activity suggesting preparations for an underground explosion at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site and were not expecting what the photos, taken on Sunday by a commercial satellite, revealed.

Trump praises China for helping on North Korea

"We see that at three locations in the facility – in the main administrative area, at the support area, at the command centre and at the guard barracks near the command centre - they have volleyball games going on," said Joe Bermudez, an expert with 38 North, an independent North Korea monitoring project based in Washington.

Bermudez offered two possible explanations - that the test site could be going into "a standby mode" or that the games were intended to confuse observers, given North Korea knows that Punggye-ri is under constant observation.

North Korea has conducted a series of ballistic missile launches in recent months in defiance of UN sanctions and concerns have been growing that it could soon conduct a sixth nuclear test after carrying out two last year.

South Korean and US officials and 38 North have been saying for weeks that North Korea could test a bomb at any time and speculation was rife that it could coincide with celebrations last Saturday to mark the 105th birthday of North Korea's founding father, Kim Il Sung.

North Korea missile test fails before Pence visit

Fears of military confrontation mounted last week after US President Donald Trump warned against further North Korean provocation and North Korea's state media said the isolated country would respond to any sign of US aggression with nuclear strikes.

Bermudez said Sunday's images of the Punggye-ri site showed indications of some minor dumping from mine carts - a sign of tunnelling work - but no active pumping of water out of the tunnel system used for nuclear testing.]]>
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			<title>59 most powerful images in Pakistan's history</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 15 08:38:00 +0500</pubDate>
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				<![CDATA[A powerful image can take us back in time, and give us a better understanding of who we are and where we come from. The Express Tribune has compiled 59 images that have shocked, inspired, and moved us as a nation. Enjoy.

August 1947 - Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi



As slogans of “Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad! Pakistan Zindabad!” echoed, Jinnah along with his sister, Fatima Jinnah, on August 7, 1947, landed in Karachi -- a week before Pakistan became recognised as a separate state.

August 1947 - Pakistan gains independence from India



Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah's hard work paid off when Pakistan was announced as an independent state for Muslims of the subcontinent. Following its creation as a new country, Pakistan applied for membership of the United Nations and was accepted by the General Assembly on September 30, 1947.

August 1947 -- Transfer of power

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Jinnah delivers a speech on the occasion of Transfer of Power at the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. Lord Louis Mountbatten on August 14, 1947, appointed Jinnah as Governor General of Pakistan and transferred all powers to him. Fatima Jinnah and Edwina Mountbatten were also present at the ceremony.

August 1947 - Muslims leave for Pakistan



With about 10 million people migrating to Pakistan in what was called the largest mass migration in human history, as many as one million civilians died due to riots and internal conflicts.

September, 1948 - Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah passes away

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] PHOTO SOURCE: I OWN PAKISTAN[/caption]

Suffering from tuberculosis, Jinnah’s health began to deteriorate and he had to be flown from his residence in Ziarat to Karachi. He was brought into the city on September 11, 1948 where he passed away later at night.

1951 - Rana Liaquat meets Walt Disney

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] PHOTO SOURCE: DYNAMIC DIARIES[/caption]

Pakistani first lady Rana Liaquat meets famous American film-maker and animator Walt Disney in Washington DC. She was accompanying her husband Liaquat Ali Khan to an official tour to the United States. Rana played a leading role in the Pakistan Movement.

May 1955 -- Second Constituent Assembly

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The Second Constituent Assembly of Pakistan was created on 28th May, 1955. The strength of the Assembly was 80 members, half each from East and West Pakistan. It was this assembly that declared Pakistan an Islamic Republic.

October 1958 -- Constitution abrogated; Martial Law imposed



On October 7, 1958, President Iskander Mirza abrogated the Constitution and declared martial law. As soon as the announcement was made, army units captured all sensitive points and buildings in Karachi.

1959 - Pakistan's first international gold medal in athletics

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] PHOTO SOURCE: YOUNG PAKISTAN.ORG[/caption]

Pakistani sprinter, Abdul Khalique (left), won the first ever international gold medal in athletics for Pakistan in the 1959 Commonwealth Games in the 100 meters dash. Khalique won a total of 36 international gold medals, 15 international silver medals &amp; 12 international bronze medals for Pakistan.

February 1961 - Queen Elizabeth II visits Karachi

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Queen Elizabeth II drives through Karachi with President Ayub Khan in a white Cadillac, marking the beginning of her visit to Pakistan, February 1, 1961.

1965 - Indo-Pak War

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The helmet of Major Aziz Bhatti (Shaheed), Nishan-e-Haider, resting on his rifle near the spot where he fell after being hit by an Indian shell during the 1965 war.

1967 - Pakistan's first ever horror film

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Pakistan's first ever horror film directed by Khwaja Sarfaraz was released in 1967. It also has the distinction of being the first ever horror film to be screened at two major international film festivals.

December 1971 - Pakistan dismembered, Bangladesh created

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] PHOTO SOURCE: DEFENCEPAK.NET[/caption]

Bangladesh emerges as a sovereign nation in 1971 after the East Pakistan debacle. Following the conclusion of hostilities, the Pakistan Eastern Command agreed to surrender all Pakistan armed forces personnel stationed in Bangladesh to the general officer commander in chief of the Indian and Bangladesh forces in the eastern theatre. The surrender included all Pakistan land, air and naval forces as well as all paramilitary and civil armed forces personnel.

April 1973 - Pakistan issues special stamp for prisoners of war



The government of Pakistan issued a stamp in 1973 portraying 90,000 prisoners of war languishing in Indian jails after the 1971 war. To date, there have been reports that India continues to hold some prisoners who were not released.

July 1977 -- Constitution suspended; Martial Law imposed



On July 5, 1977, General Ziaul Haq dismissed Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s government. The military man imposed martial law and ruled the country for the next 11 years.

May 1978 -- Journalists after censorship and newspapers' closure



The image from May 1978 shows journalists courting arrest in protest against censorship and newspapers' closure in 1978. The then military government had ordered flogging of journalists for protesting against the government's media policy.

In a period of one year after take over, General Zia's government closed down about 11 newspapers and while penalising 13 others.

April 1979 - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto hanged

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] Nusrat Bhutto's reaction at her husband's execution.PHOTO SOURCE: ABOARDTHEDEMOCRACYTRAIN.COM[/caption]

Bhutto was convicted in a murder case and sentenced to death by the Lahore High Court (LHC) in 1979 during the dictatorship of the then army chief General Ziaul Haq. Bhutto was the prime minister and founding chairpman of Pakistan Peoples Party.

1979 -- Flogging of journalists

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An anti-Zia journalist being flogged at Karachi’s KarKi Stadium in 1979. Journalists were flogged for protesting against the military government's media policy.

1980 -- Women protesting against the Zia dictatorship being baton-charged 



Woman's rally in Lahore protesting against the Zia dictatorship being baton-charged by the police in 1980. Women in universities and colleges along with women organisations came out on the streets to protest against Zia's anti-women laws.

March 1981 - Pakistan International Airlines aircraft hijacked

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] PHOTO SOURCE: HISTORY OF PAKISTAN[/caption]

This rare photograph shows Salamulla Tipu, hanging out from the cockpit of a PIA plane that he had hijacked with three other colleagues. In March 1981, a Peshawar-bound flight from Karachi carrying 135 passengers and nine crew members was hijacked by an organisation named Al-Zulfikar headed by Murtaza Bhutto.

1981 -- Anti-Zia protests



Women played a significant role in anti-Zia protests. Many took to streets to burn their dupattas as a protest against Zia's anti-women laws.

February 1983 -- Revolutionary poet Habib Jalib arrested

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] PHOTO SOURCE: THE FRIDAY TIMES[/caption]

Habib Jalib was a revolutionary poet who stood up to every military ruler — Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan, Ziaul Haq and Pervez Musharraf. During the Zia era, Jalib was arrested three times. The image is from February 12, 1983, when Jalib was arrested in Lahore during a Women Action Forum protest against Zia's Hudood Ordinance.

March 1992 - World Cup victory

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The national team wins the 1992 Cricket World Cup against England in Melbourne, Australia. The team won its first ever World Cup beating England by 22 runs. The glorious victory came as captain Imran Khan bagged the last wicket and the match's highest score.

May 1998 - Pakistan's first nuclear test



On May 28, Pakistan cut communication links for all Pakistani seismic stations to the outside world and all military installations along with the Pakistan Air Force were placed on high alert to carry out the first nuclear test, known as Chagai-I.

October 1999 -- Military coup

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] Troops seized a state TV station as foreign journalists watched.PHOTO: BBC[/caption]

On October 12, 1999, Pakistan's military overthrew Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government and in came Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf.

January 2002 - Gen Pervez Musharraf shakes hands with Indian PM Vajpayee at Saarc Summit.

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President Pervez Musharraf extended a 'hand of friendship' to India as he shook hands with the Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee- a gesture which was warmly applauded by delegates at the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit 2002.

Later in January 2004, President Musharraf and Vajpayee met in Islamabad to discuss bilateral issues including the long drawn Kashmir dispute. The meeting lasted for 65 minutes and according to diplomatic sources ended on a positive note at the Aiwan-i-Sadr.

February 2002- Daniel Pearl beheaded in Pakistan

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Daniel Pearl of the Wall Street Journal went missing in January 2002 from Karachi. The government announced he had been killed a month later The announcement came after the government received and examined footage containing scenes of his beheading.

October 2005 - Earthquake kills over 80,000 people in Pakistan

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A 7.6 magnitude earthquake which occurred on October 8, 2005 at 8:50am shook the Kashmir region leaving over 80,000 dead and about 4 million others homeless.

May 2007 - Black Saturday riots



Karachi's Sharah-e-Faisal turned into a battlefield as the then recently suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry arrived at Jinnah International Airport on 12 May 2007. Clashes erupted as rival parties who supported the judge and and those against him took to the streets against each other. CJ Chaudhry was dismissed by General Pervez Musharraf in March, 2007.

2007 - Taliban take over Swat

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] A signboard outside the local police station in Matta states that the station is now under control of the local Taliban.PHOTO: AFP[/caption]

Seeking to enforce the Sharia in Pakistan, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) took control of Swat. The militant group began with taking over major tourist attractions Madyan and Kalam.

July 2007 - Lal Masjid saga

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] Students of Jamia Hafsa protest in Islamabad.PHOTO SOURCE: POLITICAL PAKISTAN[/caption]

In July 2007, the military stormed into Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) when talks failed between the government and the extremist group at the helm of the mosque. The government crackdown on the controversial pro-Taliban mosque in the capital ended in a bloody eight-day siege killing at least 58 Pakistani troops and seminary students.

October 2007 - Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan

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Two powerful explosions on 18 October 2007 rocked Benazir Bhutto's vehicle upon her return to Karachi after eight years of exile in Dubai and London. While Bhutto survived the attack, over 125 participants of the procession lost their lives.

November 2007 - Nawaz Sharif returns from exile

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Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan in November 2007 after surviving a military coup, a seven-year exile to Saudi Arabia and a government dismissal.

December 2007- Benazir Bhutto assassinated 

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A photographer managed to capture the last photograph of Benazir Bhutto alive, seconds before a 'tall, thin' assassin leaped out of the crowd and fired gunshots, one of which struck Bhutto in the neck.

Bhutto was assassinated in a gun-and-bomb attack outside Rawalpindi's Liaquat Bagh on December 27, 2007, right after addressing an election campaign rally in the city.

September 2008 - Marriot Hotel Islamabad attacked

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A truck bomb which exploded at the entrance to the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad killed over 40 people and wounded at least 250. The attack happened just a few hundred yards from the prime minister’s house.

March 2009 - Sri Lankan cricket team attacked

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On March 3 2009, a bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team touring Lahore was attacked by 12 gunmen near the Gaddafi Stadium. Six members of the Sri Lanka national cricket team were injured while six Pakistani policemen and two civilians were killed.

March 2009 - Deposed chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry restored 

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] PHOTO SOURCE: CONTENT TIME[/caption]

The lawyers' movement -- a mass protest initiated against General Pervez Musharraf for deposing Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry for alleged 'misuse of authority'  -- came to an end when Chaudhry was finally restored as the chief justice by the government of Pakistan in March 2009.

July 2010 - Airblue crash 

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A Karachi-Islamabad Airblue flight crashed intoMargalla Hills on July 28 2010, killing all 152 passengers on board. The Peshawar High Court held pilot Parvez Iqbal guilty in 2013.

July 2010 - Floods deluge one fifth of Pakistan

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] Flood victims run towards an army helicopter dropping suppliesPHOTO: GETTY[/caption]

In 2010 Pakistan was struck by its worst ever natural disaster, one fifth of the country was inundated by floodwater, leaving about tens of thousands of people living in emergency camps.

A report last year, of the WB-funded Pakistan Flood Emergency Cash Transfer project of $125 million revealed that there are some beneficiaries who are still awaiting a second tranche of Rs20,000 that was promised to them in order to aid the reconstruction of their damaged homes.

August 2010 - Mohammad Amir banned for spot-fixing 

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On 29 August 2010, Mohammad Amir was implicated in allegations of spot-fixing and was banned for allegedly bowling two-deliberate no-balls. Following a five-year ban, he was allowed back into domestic cricket earlier this year and is likely to return to International cricket too.

January 2011 - Salmaan Taseer assassinated

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] Mumtaz Qadri, the bodyguard arrested for the killing of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, shouts religious slogans while being taken away by police after he was presented at a court in Islamabad on January 5, 2011. PHOTO: REUTERS[/caption]

Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer was gunned down by one of his security guards, an elite force personnel by the name of Mumtaz Qadri. Taseer was shot 25 times and died on the spot in Islamabad's Kohsar market. The accused later admitted shooting Taseer, saying he objected to the politician’s calls to reform Pakistan’s blasphemy laws which can carry the death penalty.

January 2011 - US diplomat Raymond Davis kills two in Lahore

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] PHOTO SOURCE: PUBLIC INTELLIGENCE[/caption]

On January 26, Raymond Davis shot two men at a traffic signal of Qartaba Chowk, Lahore after which he fled from the scene. Davis claimed that it was an act of self-defence. Soon after US embassy claimed that Davis had diplomatic immunity.

On March 26, Davis was acquitted after 18 relatives of the dead men pardoned him in court under Pakistan's Sharia law. The judgement came as family members claimed to have received a sum of $2 million in blood money from Davis.

May 2011 - Osama bin Laden killed

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] PHOTO SOURCE: NBC NEWS[/caption]

On May 2, al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was shot dead in a night-time helicopter raid by US covert forces at a compound in Abbottabad. Following the success of the operation led by US Navy SEALs, a senior US official announced that Bin Laden had been buried at sea.

November 2011 - NATO attack on Pakistan check post

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] PHOTO SOURCE: PAKISTAN TODAY[/caption]

An attack by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) helicopters killed at least 24 security personnel and injured 12 soldiers on a Pakistani check post in Salala, located in the Tehsil Bayzai area of Mohmand Agency on the Pak-Afghan border. As a result of the attack, Pakistan immediately closed all Nato supplies to Afghanistan.

April 2012 - Avalanche hits Siachen Glacier

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An avalanche at at Gayari sector near Siachen Glacier buried over 130 soldiers and members of civil defence staff. It was noted as the worst avalanche that the Pakistani military ever experienced in the area.

While troops with sniffer dogs, aided by helicopters, were frantically trying to find signs of life in the deep snow after the avalanche engulfed the camp in mountainous Gayari, Siachen, heavy machinery was flown in from Rawalpindi.

September 2012 - Baldia Factory fire

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On September 11, 2012, Ali Enterprises, a garment factory on the outskirts of Karachi caught fire and took away the lives of 259 workers trapped inside.

Even though it has been three years, the investigators have to rely on the owners’ claims to establish the cause of the fire. There is no scientific evidence. It was recently revealed that an extortionist group was behind the attack.

January 2013 - Hazaras refuse to bury their loved ones

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Following a deadly twin bombing that killed over a hundred people in Hazara Town, Quetta, families and community members staged an unprecedented protest refusing to bury the victims. Thousands of Hazara Shias staged the sit-in in freezing cold on Alamdar Road for three days along with the bodies of dozens of victims killed in bombings. The protest ended when the government announced Governor's Rule in the province.

May 2013 - Pakistanis come out to vote

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According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) the overall voter turnout in the 2013 general elections was recorded at 55.02% — a much higher percentage than elections since the 80s.

June 2013 - Pakistan gets its only war-ready female fighter pilot

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Hailing from Bahawalpur, 26-year-old Ayesha Farooq is the first and only female war pilot in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). Being the first of six female fighter pilots in the force to pass qualify for battle, Farooq is set to fly missions in a Chinese-made F7PG fighter jet alongside her 24 male colleagues. Women joining the air force is seen as less of a taboo now as Pakistan currently has 316 women in the air force whereas it had only about 100 five years ago.

June 2013 - Ziarat's Jinnah Residency targeted 

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Militants blew up Jinnah’s residency in Ziarat, the building where Quaid spent the last days of his life with his sister Fatima Jinnah in 1948, a year after Pakistan came into being. Soon after the attack, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility, which also removed the national flag from the building and replaced it with the BLA standard.

September 2013 - Peshawar church attack

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A twin suicide bombing killed over 80 people at a All Saints Church service in Peshawar, officials said, in what is believed to be the country’s deadliest attack on Christians.

January 2014 - A student gives his life to save thousand others

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Aitizaz Hasan sacrificed his life while trying to prevent a suicide attack on his school on January 6, 2014. There were nearly 2,000 students in the school at the time.

June 2014 - Operation Zarb-e-Azb begins

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Following a deadly attack on the Karachi Airport in 2014, the military announced to launch Operation Zarb-e-Azb  against militants in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan and after a year, military forces claim to have killed at least 2,763 militants since the offensive was launched.

December 2014 - Attack on Army Public School, Peshawar

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] APS auditorium right after the attack.PHOTO: AFP[/caption]

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="945"] A group of four friends has been reduced to just two after the attack.[/caption]

Pakistan's darkest day fell on December 16, 2014, when at least 141 people, including 132 children and nine staff members of the school, were killed when unidentified armed men opened fire on an Army Public School. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack, the biggest in the history of the country.

March 2015 - Pakistan Day Parade after seven years

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The annual Pakistan Day parade was last held in 2008 before authorities abandoned it because of fears it could be targeted as militants increased their attacks on the military.

May 2015 - International cricket returns to Pakistan

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After security concerns were addressed, Zimbabwe cricket team accepted an invitation to play in Pakistan, marking the first visit by a test-playing nation since 2009. The teams played a series comprising of two T20s and three ODIs.

June 2015 - Heatwave in Pakistan kills over 1,000

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With the temperatures rising over 42 degrees Celsius, the worst heat wave to hit Karachi for nearly 35 years took over 1,000 lives. Morgues ran out of space and residents rushed to supply over-stretched public hospitals.

August 2015 - Shuja Khanzada killed

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Punjab home minister Col (retd) Shuja Khanzada was killed along with 16 others in a suicide blast at his political office in Shadi Khan near Attock on August 16. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.

October 2015 - Earthquake kills over 200 people in Pakistan and Afghanistan

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="945"] Landslide in Hunza as a result of the earthquake. PHOTO: AFP[/caption]

October once again turned out to be the cruellest month in Pakistan. On October 26, Pakistan relived the horror when a major earthquake centred in the Hindukush – the 800km mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan and northern Pakistan – killed more than 200 people in the two countries and injured hundreds of others, sending shockwaves as far as New Delhi.]]>
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