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 Platform removed nearly 211 million videos worldwide due to community guidelines violations: report In Pakistan during the first quarter of 2025, TikTok removed nearly 25 million videos, according to its Q1 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, which covers activity from January to March. The report says that 24,954,128 videos were taken down in Pakistan because they broke the platform's rules for the community. 95.8% of flagged videos were removed within 24 hours of being posted, maintaining an exceptionally high proactive removal rate of 99.4% in the nation. During the same time, TikTok removed approximately 211 million videos worldwide, or 0.9% of all content uploaded to the platform. The proactive removal rate was 99.0%, and 94.3% of the flagged content was removed within 24 hours of being posted. Of those, more than 184 million were identified and removed by automated systems, while more than 7.5 million were reinstated following a secondary review. In addition, the r...

  Thirteen arrested in Balochistan province for alleged involvement in the killing of a couple ordered by a tribal leader. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani authorities have arrested at least 13 individuals, including a tribal leader, in connection with the killing of a couple in the southwestern province of Balochistan.  The arrests came in response to widespread outrage after a social media video of the murders went viral. Many people referred to it as yet another instance of "honor killing," a phenomenon that has been reported throughout South Asia. The police filed a first information report (FIR) on Monday, identifying the couple as Bano Bibi and her husband Ehsan Ullah and claiming that they were likely killed in May near Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.Honour killings, which have mostly been reported from Pakistan and India, frequently arise from a belief that a person is dishonoring their family, tribe, or caste. This is especially true in love marriages, where two p...

 The actor reveals the emotional toll of working in the entertainment industry, from accusations of assault to "sabotage" at a fashion show. Alizeh Shah, whose name has been making headlines frequently over the past few years, made a series of Instagram stories on Monday in what she called a last-ditch effort to reclaim her story. The actor in Ehd-e-Wafa made a public statement criticizing alleged senior harassment, media bullying, exploitative production companies, and false accusations made by her peers. “I’m going to expose every single person who did me wrong…I’m done with people trolling me, making fun of me, and making memes out of me.  In the series of confessional videos, she stated, "You guys have no idea how difficult an actor's life is already." humiliation in public and rampant ridicule Shah began her video confessions by reminiscing about an incident that occurred at a fashion show and quickly became popular. At the 2021 Bridal Couture Week, Shah an...

 At least 10 people died and nine were injured after a five-storey building collapsed in Karachi’s Lyari area on Friday, according to the Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Institute Of Trauma (SMBBIT).  Dawn.com was shown data from the Civil Hospital Karachi institute that stated that nine bodies were brought to the hospital, and one person died while being treated. Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed also confirmed the same number of deaths.  SMBBIT Executive Director Dr Sabir Memon told Dawn.com that among the injured people, six were discharged after being provided treatment. Today’s incident comes days after a portion of a building collapsed in the city’s Kharadar area.  However, no casualties or injuries were reported.  The Public Account Committee of the Sindh Assembly had directed the provincial government in December to take urgent steps to evacuate over 570 buildings declared “dangerous” by authorities across Karachi.  Rescue efforts were underway at the...