Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government has introduced the first-ever Literary Policy, confirmed the Provincial Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs, and Social Welfare Raja Basharat.
Formally known as ‘Literacy and Non-Formal Basic Education (LNFBE) Policy’, it aims to achieve a 100% literacy rate in Punjab by 2030.
Under the policy, the government will undertake numerous public-private partnership projects to provide out-of-school children in distant areas easy access to education.
The Literacy policy was launched by Raja Basharat in the presence of Minister for LNFBE, Raja Rashid Hafeez, and Secretary, Sumaira Samad.
Some other prominent characteristics of the policy are:
Establishment of a directorate to monitor the progress under the initiative Launch of a comprehensive movement to increase the literacy rate Enforce education plans at schools throughout the province to achieve 100% literacy rate Invite international organizations to set up their institutes in the province ..
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Comparison: Here’s How Many People are Following PSL Teams on Social Media
Pakistan Super League (PSL) is growing significantly every year thanks to some brilliant cricket and fans’ loyal support. Starting from empty stadiums in the UAE in 2016, PSL has come a long way and it is evident from jam-packed grounds for PSL 2020.
Alongside the real action, the digital platforms are also abuzz with the talks of PSL. Talking about social media, Peshawar Zalmi has become the first PSL franchise to cross 1 million followers mark on Twitter. The official Twitter handle for Zalmi shared the news with the fans earlier today.
Let’s have a look at how many followers other teams have amassed over the years. It is worth mentioning that Multan Sultans is a relatively new side in the league having first played in the 2018 season.
Franchise Followers/Likes Twitter Facebook Instagram Peshawar Zalmi 1M 2.6M 397K Quetta Gladiators 992K 1.2M 321K Islamabad United 786.4K 3.2M 358K Karachi Kings 749.9K 1.5M 362K Multan Sultans 284.2K 1M 187K Lahore Qalandars 742.3K 1.3M 348K Are yo..
Breaking: Darren Sammy Appointed as Peshawar Zalmi’s New Head Coach Mid-Season
In surprising news, Peshawar Zalmi have made Darren Sammy, the team captain, as their Head Coach for the next two years starting from today’s match against Quetta Gladiators.
It means that he will no longer captain the team and that responsibility has been given to fast bowler, Wahab Riaz. Muhammad Akram will continue his role with Zalmi as Director Cricket as well as Bowling Coach.
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The West Indian all-rounder will, however, still be available as a player this season. His main focus will be to work as the Head Coach of the Peshawar Zalmi.
The franchise’s official Twitter handle shared the news earlier today:
There has been no explanation behind the decision, however, it seems that the cricketer was finding it difficult to maintain his fitness standards due to which the responsibility of captaining the side has been given to Wahab Riaz.
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PIA Extends Suspension of Flights to China Till March 31
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has extended the suspension of flight operations to China till March 31. The decision was taken as a preventive measure amid the reports of an increase in the coronavirus-related deaths in the neighboring country.
Earlier, the national flag carrier had halted the flights till March 15, which was extended after the virus spread to more countries.
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Islamabad Bans Handshakes, Hugging & Use of Biometric Machines
The novel virus is rapidly increasing in all four bordering countries of Pakistan, with China reporting the highest death toll of over 3000. Iran is second in the list with over 100 casualties due to the deadly disease.
India was the latest victim of the virus, reporting over 30 confirmed cases in six days. Meanwhile, Afghanistan lacks the medical preparedness to detect and fight the infection but has reported tens of suspected cases.
The World Health Organization has appreciated Pakistan’s successful measures to prevent and cont..
PEMRA Details Why It Can’t Fine Khalil ur Rehman
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation Authority (PEMRA) has finally taken notice of the on-air verbal spat between famous scriptwriter Khalilur Rehman Qamar and feminist activist Marvi Sirmed.
The incident took place on Sunday evening at the Neo News program ‘Rabia Ehtisham Kay Sath.’ During the show, the two participants indulged in a heated debate on much-hyped Aurat March.
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As evident from the footage, Sirmed continued to tease KRQ during his speech with the infamous slogan ‘Maira jism, Mairi marzi’ which led KRQ to lose his calm on the live show. As a result, Qamar got animated and abused Sirmed for continuously nagging him.
Taking notice of the incident, the media watchdog has served Neo News a show-cause notice. As per PEMRA’s process, the show host or her representative will attend a hearing to prove why it wasn’t their responsibility to intervene and don’t let this happen on TV.
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Vivo S6 Will Launch With 5G Support in March
In 2019, we saw a number of Smartphones with 5G support. However, most of them belonged to the flagship tier and were too expensive for the average consumer. Analysts were expecting a more widespread adoption of 5G in the middle tier smartphones in 2020, and it looks like they were right.
Recently, China News Network, via its official Weibo account, unveiled a timeline of upcoming 5G smartphone launches. Other than Oppo Find X2, Huawei P40 series, Realme X50 Pro, and Redmi K30 Pro, the post detailed that Vivo was all geared up to launch its first S-series 5G smartphone, i.e., Vivo S6.
If the news is to be believed, Vivo will be shifting another line-up to 5G networking. However, the pricing will most likely be higher as compared to previously launched Vivo S-series smartphones.
Since the starting price for the Vivo S5 is roughly $380, Vivo S6 will most likely cross the $450 mark. Nevertheless, considering support for 5G, this seems plausible.
Other than this, details regarding the ..
Lenovo’s Gaming Phone Will Have One of a Kind Cooling System
Lenovo, one of the world’s top PC makers, is working on its own Legion gaming smartphone. The company has confirmed that the upcoming smartphone will be powered by Qualcomm’s top of the line Snapdragon 865 SoC that is set to score over 600,000 points on AnTuTu. This information was revealed in a teaser poster recently released by Lenovo.
A few days after this, Lenovo China Mobile GM Chen Jin unveiled that the smartphone will be equipped with ground-breaking cooling technology. According to him, this technology will be a game-changer in the smartphone gaming market. As far as the technical details of the new technology are concerned, Lenovo has not revealed anything yet.
When it comes to unusual cooling technologies, Nubia and its active-cooling fan present in the Red Magic gaming series is the first thing that comes to mind. Liquid cooling technologies, on the other hand, almost feel like a standard in Smartphones now.
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Realme Band Takes on Xiaomi’s Mi Band At a Lower Price
Realme, along with its Realme 6 series, launched its first fitness band in India today. The BBK-owned OEM had already revealed almost all the specifications beforehand. Hence, none of these specifications come as a surprise.
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It comes with a 0.96” color display with 80 x 160px resolution. The display is large enough to accommodate 64 letters, which means it can display longer notifications as compared to other fitness bands.
The display has a flat protective glass that extends to the TPU wrist band. It is made to be wear and tear resistant for daily use. The band also comes with a single utility button at the bottom of the display for scrolling through the me..
You Can Now Run Android on iPhones With Project Sandcastle
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The Project Sandcastle is built upon years of development experience and now offers a new opportunity to iPhone users to explore a whole new world. The hack is based on a famous checkra1n jailbreak. A hardware-based..
Reason is Ready to Amp up the Heat with another Massive Friday Sale
Reason Electronics promised a mega sale to its consumers on the first Friday of every month at the time of the brand’s launch. Keeping up with the tradition, the brand is back with amazing deals, discounts, and combos.
Reason Electronics is a Direct to Consumer (D2C) brand which has already ensured that it offers the consumers incomparable prices without any compromise of the quality. In a very short time, the brand has gained massive traction through their trustworthy and stellar services.
The last Reason Friday Sale was sold out within 24-hours and a number of customers have since been anticipating another sale of the same kind.
The CEO of Reason, Mr. Abdul Rehman Talat announced the Reason Friday Sale himself at the launch for the brand and ensured that there will be fresh and exciting offers for the consumers on the first Friday of every month. Talking about the sale, he said:
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