THE SHARIF HEIRESS: Maryam Nawaz Sharif at an unspecified political event - File Photo

Deepfakes against Imran Khan: Maryam Nawaz tells PTI to keep her out of this filth

By Staff Reporter

ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz has said she was above the dirty politics of assassinating rival politicians’ characters by attacking their private lives for their public actions.

She said this while responding to allegations that her party was currently working on life-like forged videos or images, created using Artificial Intelligence, to sully PTI leader and former premier Imran Khan’s reputation.

This technology is called ‘deepfake’. It is being extensively used in fifth generation political propaganda campaigns with quite a success; however, because it is still not perfect, it can be detected.

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IHC bars government from arresting PTI leaders

By Staff Reporter

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday barred the government from arresting the leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in a case registered against them under the blasphemy law after the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and members of his entourage were met with abusive language on his trip to Masjid-e-Nabwi.

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CHANGE OF GUARD: Pictured, left, Reza Baqir, the outgoing SBP Governor, and right, Aasim M. Husain. the leading contender for the office

Who will succeed Reza Baqir to run SBP?

By Staff Reporter

ISLAMABAD: The government is starting its search for a new governor of the State Bank of Pakistan to succeed Dr Reza Baqir who is due to step down today. Dr Baqir’s appointment expires 4 May 2022.
Change of guard in key national institutions was always on the cards following the recent diametrical and rather unceremonious change of political leadership in Islamabad. Perhaps befittingly, it is starting with Dr Baqir. >>

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