Nov 9(ABC): It’s looking like Chromebooks could be getting a useful new security update at some point in the future — possibly. According to About Chromebooks, it’s still a work-in-progress, so ChromeOS users won’t be seeing it quite yet. The feature in question is a password strength indicator, which may not sound significant since you’ve likely seen similar indicators before …

Nov 9(ABC): Apple has informed customers ordering the new iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max models to expect “longer wait times” because of Covid restrictions in its iPhone factory in Zhengzhou. The iPhone factory in China is currently “operating at significantly reduced capacity”, the company explained. Despite the strong demand for the new models released this year, shipments are lower …

Nov 9(ABC): Fitbit and Google are reportedly working on a wearable device for kids, code-named Project Eleven, in reference to the Stranger Things character. According to Business Insider, the device will be designed to “help older kids form healthy relationships with their phones and social media”. Equipped with safety features for parents like cellular and GPS connectivity without the need for …

Nov 9(ABC): Netflix and game developer, Tender Claws, have announced a VR Stranger Things game set to release in winter 2023 on all VR platforms. According to a press release, the game will let players assume the role of Season 4 villain Vecna, and let them “enact revenge on Eleven and Hawkins”. The video released on the announcement entailed that …

Nov 9(ABC): YouTube is planning to roll out a new feature that will allow select creators to go live with another guest creator on YouTube. The Creator Inside Channel will only be available to co-stream using a phone, and not a desktop. While guests can be rotated on Livestream, only one is allowed at a single time. In the upcoming weeks, …

Nov 9(ABC): Instagram is currently rolling out its new in-app post scheduling feature to all professional accounts after trying it out with a small group of users over the last few weeks. The new Instagram post scheduling feature allows you to directly plan images, carousels, and reels within the app up to 75 days in advance. So, you can create …

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Nov 9(ABC): Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman Wednesday reminded the world that delaying climate justice for the vulnerable is subjecting them to a death sentence. The minister is currently on an official visit to Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, where she is attending the Climate Implementation Summit as part of the United Nations COP27. “There is a …

ISLAMABAD, Nov 9 (ABC): In the wake of Pakistan’s historic win in the semi-finals of T-20 World Cup, Federal Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal while praising the team’s performance quipped a “former cricketer”[referring to Imran Khan]that “he has put the entire nation in a turmoil situation due to his stubbornness”. Talking to a private news channel, …

LAHORE, Nov 9(ABC): A meeting of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) presided over by former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday demanded that the assemblies should be dissolved for early elections to pave the way for immediate elections in all four provinces. It was decided in the meeting that the PTI lawmakers from across the country will approach the apex court …

Nov 9(ABC): Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that he will disclose the name of the second military officer who was also in the control room monitoring the “execution of the plot” – the apparent reference to the assassination attempt on him in Punjab’s Wazirabad city last week. Imran Khan, 70, was wounded by …

Nov 9(ABC): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari traveled to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday on a two-day visit as he sought to enhance mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries. According to the agenda of his two-day visit shared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, Bilawal will co-chair a Joint Sub-Committee meeting of the Political and Security pillar of …

WASHINGTON, Nov 9(ABC): US State Department spokesperson Ned Price while briefing the newsmen in Washington said that violence has no place in politics and we are concerned about what has happened in Pakistan in recent days, reported. He said that all parties should never resort to violence. They should express their disagreements peacefully, using – employing universal rights – freedom …

ISLAMABAD, Nov 9(ABC): President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday approved the appointment of three judges in the Supreme Court of Pakistan including Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court Justice Athar Minallah. The president also approved the appointment of Sindh High Court judge Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi and Justice Shahid Waheed of Lahore High Court as the judges of the …

ISLAMABAD, Nov 09 (ABC): The protestors of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday again closed the entry and exit points of Islamabad which resulted inconvenience for the citizens. However, Islamabad police in coordination with traffic police made maximum efforts to ensure convenience to citizens and made some alternate arrangements. Police said that Faizabad, Srinagar Highway, Islamabad Expressway, Motorway Link Road & …

RAWALPINDI, Nov 9(ABC): Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday directed the troops to always stay focused on their professional duties in the service of the nation. On arrival at Peshwar Corps Headquarters, the COAS laid a floral wreath at Shahuada (martyrs) monument, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release said. Later, the COAS addressed officers …

RAWALPINDI, Nov 9(ABC): AML chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad Wednesday claimed that the delay in the arrival of PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s long march to Rawalpindi is part of an “important strategy”. “The delay in Imran Khan’s arrival in Rawalpindi is part of an important strategy, while those sneering about not registering FIR will have their ‘own political kites cut’,” the former …

Nov 9(ABC): As Babar Azam and Co sneaked into the T20 World Cup semi-final, Pakistan fans started likening the team’s run Imran Khan and his team had during the 1992 World Cup. And it seems the dream is alive as Pakistan thrashed New Zealand to secure a place in the final just like they did during the 1992 World Cup’s …

Nov 9(ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has departed for London after wrapping up his two-day visit to Egypt, reported on Wednesday. Vital decisions are expected in the next 24 hours as PM Shehbaz meets PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif after he arrives in London. Sources said that in his meeting with the PML-N chief, the premier will discuss the long march …

NAIROBI, Nov 9(ABC): Around 10 American instructors and US national trainees were present at AmmoDump Shooting Range where Arshad Sharif had spent his last night before being gunned down by the Kenyan police. A trusted Kenyan government official has told that Sharif had dinner with other guests at the site including American instructors on October 22 and 23. Sharif left AmmoDump …

Nov 9(ABC): PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said that a meeting of the workers responsible for the Lahore and Gujranwala division will take place which will be followed by a meeting of party’s senior leadership. Fawad said that the party’s long march will resume from tomorrow. “There will be no extension in reaching Rawalpindi now and Imran Khan will be in …

ISLAMABAD, Nov 9(ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged the nation to make a pledge to achieve a Pakistan as dreamed by Allama Muhammad Iqbal which should feature peace, political forbearance and brotherhood. The prime minister, in his message on the birth anniversary of Allama Iqbal annually observed on November 9, said the great poet had a vision for Pakistan …

ISLAMABAD, Nov 9(ABC):President Dr Arif Alvi has urged the nation to re-align their lives in accordance with the teachings of Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal of strengthening brotherhood, and upholding the cherished values of liberty, justice and equality. The president, in his message on the birth anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal annually observed on November 9, said following Iqbal’s teachings also …

LAHORE, Nov 8(ABC): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supremo and former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday while reiterating demand for independent investigation assassination bid said that his party rules in Punjab province and he was former premier of the country, yet he could not get a first information report lodged against three officials. In an exclusive interview with TRT, the former …

LAHORE, Nov 8(ABC): The counsel of ex-deputy speaker of Punjab assembly, Dost Mohammad Mazari — who was jailed by a court in a land-grabbing case — Tuesday urged the judge to grant bail to his client, arguing the case was “politically motivated.” A District Court Judge Khalid Mahmood heard the bail plea filed by Mazari’s lawyer Farhad Ali Shah. Following the completion of …

Nov 8(ABC): PTI Chairman Imran Khan has asked his party’s workers and leaders to end their protests across the country, except for those taking place in Islamabad and the areas near the federal capital, sources told

ISLAMABAD, Nov 8 (ABC): Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman was pursuing an agenda of halting foreign investment in Pakistan. Imran Khan was trying to make the appointment of army chief controversial, he said while talking to a private news channel. The people had rejected the PTI’s long march, and only a small group …

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Nov 8(ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday called on the international community to take joint responsibility for climate change as Pakistan sought “climate justice” at an international climate summit. “In Pakistan, more than 30 million people have been severely affected; floods caused widespread destruction due to unusual rains; 8-thousand-km-long roads, 3-thousand-km-long railway tracks were affected,” the prime minister …

ISLAMABAD, Nov 8(ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday wrote another letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial requesting the formation of a judicial commission to probe the attempted assassination of PTI Chairman Imran Khan. The prime minister, in his letter, has asked the CJP to form a judicial commission comprised of the Supreme Court’s all available judges. The …

ISLAMABAD, Nov 8(ABC): The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday indicated another increase in the electricity tariff of the ex-Wapda distribution companies XWDISCOs by Rs0.08 per unit on account of fuel cost adjustment (FCA) for September 2022. The distribution companies would charge Rs0.0819 per unit in November bills under the FCA — a system by which the price …

ISLAMABAD, Nov 8(ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday penned a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial seeking the formation of a judicial commission to probe the death of slain journalist Arshad Sharif — who lost his life at the hands of Kenyan Police in what was described as a “mistaken identity” case in October. The prime minister asked …

LAHORE, Nov 8(ABC): Federal government Tuesday wrote a letter to the provincial governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa seeking the maintenance of law and order situation amid the protests following the assassination attack on PTI Chairman Imran Khan. The government, in its letter, has provided a charge sheet to both the provincial governments warning Punjab and KP of “serious consequences” if law …

LAHORE, Nov 8(ABC): The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday restricted the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from harassing PTI chief Imran Khan. The directive came during the hearing of the PTI chief’s plea against the FIA summons in the prohibited funding case opened against him. During the hearing, the court ordered the FIA and other parties to submit their responses at …

Nov 6(ABC): The news of the microblogging platform Twitter working on editing posts made rounds on social media previously. Now, the instant messaging application WhatsApp is reportedly working on a feature that will allow users to edit messages. According to the platform’s watchdog WABetaInfo, WhatsApp will introduce the feature to a future update of the meta-owned service on the iOS version. “WhatsApp …

Nov 6(ABC): Twitter on Saturday updated its app in Apple’s App Store to begin charging $8 for sought-after blue check verification marks, in Elon Musk’s first major revision of the social media platform. The change comes a week after Musk took over the social media company in a $44 billion deal. The billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of electric car maker Tesla cut half the …

While it’s almost like a nightmare for this generation to spend moments without our phones and laptops, a horrifying model generated by artificial intelligence that predicts what humans will look like a few centuries later might motivate some to spend less time on tech devices. A terrifying model called “Mindy” has been developed by researchers. They believed the model sheds …

LAHORE, Nov 06 (ABC): Adviser to the Prime Minister on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira has advised Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan to stop blaming opponents, institutions or individuals without any proofs, as such an attitude is damaging the country.Addressing a press conference at the residence of PPP’s senior leader Aslam Gurdaspuri here on Sunday, he said …

Nov 6(ABC): Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leaders including PM’s aide Attaullah Tarar were booked on Sunday under terrorism charges for allegedly directing a party leader to issue death threat to PTI Chairman Imran Khan. According to first information report (FIR) registered in Punjab’s Hafizabad district, PML-N leader Rai Qamar hurled threats to the PTI chairman at a public gathering …

MIRPUR (AJK), Nov 6(ABC): US President Joe Biden has said “defending democracy, promoting freedom, human rights, respecting the rule of law and treating everyone with dignity are the important part of core values of foreign policy of the United States and American society”. The US President Biden expressed these views in his recent letter to Raja Muzaffar, a Washington-based veteran …

ISLAMABAD, Nov 6(ABC): Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Sunday said that PTI Chairman Imran Khan is “committing the crime of treason against the state.” Sanaullah reiterated that Khan wants to make the army chief’s appointment controversial. “Institutions, government, Parliament, and the judiciary should stand against his wretched agenda,” he said adding that the PTI chief will never be successful in his …

NAIROBI, Nov 6(ABC): Pakistan has called on the Kenyan authorities to share information about the telephone calls and the history of Waqar Ahmed, his wife Morin Waqar, and Khurram Ahmad to assist in the murder inquiry of slain journalist Arshad Sharif. Republic of Kenya’s National Police Service has confirmed that it received a letter from the Pakistan government asking for …