BRB Group, a premier luxury real estate developer of Pakistan, sponsors Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Pathway Cricket Programme with the aim to bring forth and promote local talent. BRB Group is well-known for its commitment to support such initiatives that focus on enhancing the local talent and empower them to compete in international arenas.

The details regarding Pathway Cricket Programme partnership between BRB Group and PCB were unveiled on October 1, 2022, at PCB headquarters, Gaddafi Stadium Lahore.

The PCB-BRB Group partnership will support 100 junior cricketers by providing them PKR 30,000 monthly retainer while bearing the cost of their education. The Quetta Gladiator’s Titanium Sponsor and Housing Partner during PSL 7 was ecstatic to be able to play its part in strengthening the cricket ecosystem of the country.

Chairman PCB, Ramiz Raja, also thanked Khawaja Bilal Azam, Chairman BRB Group, for his company’s contribution towards this great cause and said that Pathway Cricket Programme is very close to his heart.

Ramiz Raja while addressing the media during the event mentioned that “we want to thank the BRB Group for their support for the PCB Pathway Cricket Programme that will shape the future of Pakistan cricket. I have personally taken great interest in the project, and it remains very close to my heart.”

Mr. Khawaja Bilal Azam while speaking on the matter also explained that this is just the beginning and, in the future, BRB Group will strengthen this initiative further by expanding the horizon of the programme to support and promote the sport in the country. He believed BRB Group is elated to be able to contribute to the development of future stars by making a long-term commitment. Terming the programme revolutionary and much-needed to groom local talent, Mr Khawaja Bilal Azam said that “we closely followed the progress of the first camp last month. We are very pleased with the way the programme is being run especially the involvement of world-class foreign coaches.”

Ramiz Raja couldn’t contain his excitement during the event and compared the initiative with scoring a century on debut at Lord’s.

Raja was quoted saying that “today is a special day for me, I took the charge as the PCB Chairman with some dreams and the pathway cricket programme is surely one of them. It feels like scoring a century on debut at Lord’s.”

Chairman PCB considers this partnership with BRB Group as a “long-term asset-building alliance,” as the junior cricketers who will get monthly stipend and free education will go on to represent Pakistan in future. It is undoubtedly a unique initiative that may help Pakistan bring home several trophies and joy home.

According to a study on Islamophobia conducted by the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV), India is the country where anti-Muslim content on Twitter is most prevalent.

The ICV, an Australian-based Muslim organization that represents 270,000 members of the community, discovered that 55.12% of the Islamophobic propaganda on Twitter comes from India. 86% of the anti-Muslim tweets were from the UK, the US, and India. Only 14.83% of the hate content was removed during 2017-2019. Comments of politicians can have a “considerable impact on the prevalence of Islamophobia”

According to the study, political commentary can have a significant effect on the prevalence of Islamophobia. Together, three nations were discovered to have posted 86% of the anti-Muslim comments on the micro-blogging website.

While the UN had cautioned last year that Islamophobia has “epidemic proportions,” platforms like Twitter have done nothing to delete such information but have urged the international community to combat anti-Muslim prejudice.

According to the report, the US, the UK, and India produced most of the content from 2017 to 2019. According to TRT World, social media users in India have accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of promoting bigotry and discrimination.

The report also points out that Donald Trump, a former US president, frequently appeared in anti-Muslim tweets. The UK’s anti-Islam sentiment extends beyond social media, as seen by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s casual comparison of Muslim women who wear the niqab to “letter boxes.”

While a smartphone, tablet, or computer can be a very useful tool, excessive usage of these gadgets can have a negative impact on relationships, jobs, and education. It may be time to re-evaluate your technology use if you find that you spend more time on social media or playing video games than you do engaging with actual people.

You may overcome the habit and achieve a better balance in your online and offline lives by using these suggestions.

Put your phone aside one day of the week:

 Take active measures to control your cell phone use. Set your phone away one day every week (often a Saturday or Sunday). Make it a habit after that.

Modify the phone’s settings:

One of the most popular suggestions for limiting cell phone use is to change your phone’s settings.

The most typical suggestions are:

Set a longer passcode, use airplane mode, disable notifications, change the screen to black and white, remove distraction-generating apps from your home screen, and enable do not disturb.

Delete addictive apps:

Your likelihood of using your phone decreases with the reduction in the need to glance at it. Consider removing the app that gets the most use on your device.

Try removing certain apps from your phone for a few days, whether it’s Facebook, Instagram, or several games you play excessively. After a few days, if you feel more in control of your phone usage, you might think about reinstalling some of them.

Don’t charge your phone near your bed:

Do you want to know a wonderful way to put your phone away? Don’t charge it in your bedroom.

By keeping your cell phone out of your bedroom, you can avoid many of the side effects of excessive use such as bad sleep and hampered communication.

Make it difficult to use smartphones:

When we keep our gadgets next to our bedside tables, in our purses, or our pockets, we make it far too simple for someone to take them up and start browsing. The theory is that if you give something a little friction or deterrence, people will be less likely to do it.

You can make your device just functional enough to save you the effort of checking it by putting it in another room or locking it away. It might be enough of a deterrent to limit your use if you do something as easy as wrapping your phone in a hairband.

Apps for productivity:

The app gives you the power to change bad habits by giving you the flexibility to set your time limits with features like “alerts,” “take a break,” and “planned breaks.” When necessary, these capabilities can assist you in managing and restricting your consumption.

Get over your fear of missing out:

Learn to accept the possibility of missing out on things. When we check our phones most of the time, we find nothing interesting. Each of us has the ability to rule our own lives. Use your ability to break free from your phone and resume enjoying life.

Apple reportedly urged its suppliers to enhance iPhone manufacturing with the introduction of the iPhone 14 series since the company anticipated high demand during the holiday shopping season. However, it now appears that Apple has gone back on its plans as the company will no longer increase iPhone 14 production soon.

 Tuesday’s Bloomberg report stated that the sales of the iPhone 14 are insufficient to support the increase in production. The report says that “an anticipated surge in demand failed to materialize.” Typically, Apple ups its manufacturing at this time of year to match the demand of the holiday shopping season.

According to sources cited in the report, Apple’s initial goal was to produce at least 6 million extra iPhone 14 units by the end of the year. That scheme has now been abandoned.

Recently, Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst, claimed that Apple had asked Foxconn to produce the iPhone 14 Pro at 10% more. The expert claims that the Pro models are by far the most popular iPhones this year, while sales of the standard iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus have been “poor.”

The new phones’ beginning price points of $799 for the iPhone 14 and $899 for the iPhone 14 Plus are quite like those of the iPhone 14 Pro, which starts at $999 and includes a brand-new always-on display with Dynamic Island, a 48-megapixel wide camera, and the new A16 Bionic CPU.

The largest smartphone market in the world, China, is experiencing a severe economic downturn that has impacted domestic producers of mobile devices as well as the sales of the iPhone. According to a Monday report from Jefferies, purchases of the iPhone 14 series during its first three days of availability in China were 11% lower than those of its predecessor the year before.

Additionally, the world’s demand for personal electronics has been restrained by the Ukraine conflict, fears of a recession, and rising prices. According to estimates from industry watcher IDC, the smartphone market is anticipated to decline by 6.5% this year to 1.27 billion units.

Meanwhile, Apple continues to offer the iPhone 13 and iPhone 12 at lower costs, which some customers might find more alluring than the forthcoming iPhone 14.