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JUI-F members recieving social media training in Karachi. Photo by Zia-ur-Rehman Parallel to our TV screens there’s another battle going on. The ongoing Azadi March led by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Ameer Maulana Fazlur Rehman against Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government has triggered a social media war between the two sides. Prominent leaders of major political parties and even ministers are active on social media amid tense environment in the federal capital. The official social media channels of major parties, too, are fully engaged in this battle of narratives in the cyber space. Weeks before the planned anti-government march, the JUI-F had started training its workers on how to use Twitter and Facebook effectively, according to a  report  in this paper. Sami Swati, JUI-F’s Sindh leader had told The News that the party had made a strategy to strengthen its social media presence at the national, provincial, divisional, district and even neighborhood le...

Jannat Mirza has become number one TikTok model of Pakistan with around 3.2 million followers and more than 29.5 million likes. 20-year-old Jannat Mirza belongs to Pakistan’s Faisalabad city. She has been a student of Arts College and had also moved to Japan recently for educational purpose. The emerging star has uploaded 224 videos on TikTok, the majority of which have received close to 100,000 to 1 million likes. Jannat Mirza's popularity for TikTok has even reached the Japanese advertising agencies, where she has also received offers to serve as a model in Japanese advertising. Responding to a question by  Daily Jang , Jannat Mirza said that TikTok is her passion and it is absolutely an honor for her to have 2.5 million followers in just two years. She belongs to an educated family of Faisalabad where her father holds a bureaucratic position. According to Jannat Mirza, her parents have always supported her and really want to see her do well in journalism. This...

KARACHI: Pakistan has been holding its home series and most of the Pakistan Super League matches in the UAE for the last many years, but the country seems at odds with PCB at a time when international cricket is returning to Pakistan. The Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) has robustly protested the PCB's decision to not allow Pakistani players to participate in the T10 League. And several accounts suggest that, according to the PCB at least, the decision to revoke the NOCs came from the board patron and Prime Minister Imran Khan. The PCB spokesperson told the Jang correspondent that Pakistan’s position on T10 league is clear and no further comments could be offered on the “sensitive issue”. The PCB originally allowed players to be drafted in the league but later revoked the permission last week. In a statement, the PCB said that the decision had been taken "to manage the players' workload, continued work on their fitness levels [and] to ensure primacy and participati...

Babar Azam takes over the T20I reins from Sarfaraz. Photo: PCB Pakistan's new T20I captain Babar Azam on Saturday said that he would miss his predecessor and recently sacked skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed "a lot" ahead of the series against Australia. The 25-year-old Azam took over the T20I reins from Sarfaraz earlier this month after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) decided to remove the Karachi native due to his failing level of performances. On the eve of Pakistan's first assignment in the post-Sarfaraz era, Azam paid a tribute to the man he replaced in the leadership role. "Of course, we would miss him a lot," he said at a press conference in Sydney on the even of the first T20I between Pakistan and Australia. "Sarfaraz’s services for Pakistan are immeasurable. He made the team number one [in the world] and I hope to build on this." Read more:  Pak Aus T20I: When Akmal bros showed their best and worst in 2010 He dismissed the notion th...

Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan for giving special concessions to Sikh pilgrims willing to visit Pakistan. Also read: Pakistan all set to open Kartarpur corridor on Nov 9 "Thank you@ImranKhanPTI May baba Nanak bless us all.. waheguru," the Indian cricketer commented  while  retweeting Prime Minister Imran Khan's  tweet which he had posted on Friday. Harbhajan Turbanator ✔ @harbhajan_singh Thank you @ ImranKhanPTI May baba Nanak bless us all.. waheguru https:// twitter.com/imrankhanpti/s tatus/1190087955588755456  … Imran Khan ✔ @ImranKhanPTI For Sikhs coming for pilgrimage to Kartarpur from India, I have waived off 2 requirements: i) they wont need a passport - just a valid ID; ii) they no longer have to register 10 days in advance. Also, no fee will be charged on day of inauguration & on Guruji's 550th birthday 3,536 1:42 PM - Nov 2, 2...

ISLAMABAD: Top leadership of the opposition parties at Azadi March came up with the unanimous demand of resignation of the Prime Minister Imran Khan while expressing complete no-confidence in government policies, as the JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman gave two days deadline to the premier to quit. The JUI-F chief managed to get key leaders of all the opposition parties on the container, including opposition leader and PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, ANP chief Asfandyar Wali Khan, Mahmood Khan Achakzai of PkMAP, QWP chief Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao and others, who pledged to get rid of the government. Fazlur Rehman gave the deadline of next two days to Prime Minister Imran Khan to quit, otherwise the protestors would move forward. “You the people will take the decision if the prime minister does not resign within two days,” the JUI-F chief maintained as the ground echoed with slogans of ‘Go Niazi Go’. During his speech, Maulana Fazlur Rehm...

LAHORE: High Education Department and Lampro Mellon Limited Pakistan have singed a MoU for certification courses for engineers of educational institutions and universities. The duration of the MoU is for 10 years and the best job opportunities would be available to engineers going through this certification. According to the agreement, certification course would be held every year for 5,000 engineers of educational institutions and universities of the higher education department. Punjab Minister for Higher Education has said the Punjab government has made arrangements to provide job opportunities to 100,000 engineers at the international job market. He said “Our engineers can earn 4,000 to 5,000 dollars which will increase the size of national economy by $2 billion.” The minister said there was an opportunity to move our country forward in Chip Technology. Within next few years Pakistan will become the hub of Micro-Chip Manufacturing Technology, he added. He said China...