Web archive - August 20, 2021

Pakistan

PM expands 'Ehsaas Koi Bhooka Na Soye' programme to three more cities

Premier's food charity programme to now also operate in Multan, Gujranwala and Lahore

Pakistan

Court grants bail to accused in Ranjit Singh statue vandalisation case

Accused is an activist of the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan

Pakistan, Sindh, Karachi

Schools in Sindh to remain closed for another week

CM Murad says teachers and parents of students to also have to show vaccination certificates

Pakistan

Asim Iftikhar replaces Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri as FO spokesperson

As per MoFA, Iftikhar has served in UN and also as Pakistan's ambassador to Thailand

Technology

FTC says Facebook 'bought and buried' rivals in renewed antitrust fight

FTC's case against Facebook represents one of the most significant challenges by the agency against a tech company

Technology

Musk says Tesla likely to launch humanoid robot prototype next year

"Tesla Bot" will be designed for dangerous, repetitive, or boring work that people don't like to do

Pakistan, Punjab, Lahore

24 rounded up for assaulting, harassing TikToker: Mazari

SHO, DSP suspended over negligence as Punjab IG forms three-member inquiry team

Fashion

Five celebrity sisters that stunned at their sibling’s weddings

From Saboor Aly to Naimal Khawar, learn how to make a statement at your family wedding without outshining the bride

World

NATO pledges to speed evacuations from Afghanistan as criticism mounts

Thousands of people, desperate to flee the war-torn country, continue to throng the airport

Pakistan, World

Pakistan has evacuated 1,100 people from Kabul: UN envoy

Ambassador Akram says national carrier operating three flights a day; can evacuate at least 500 to 600 people each day