Tag: #PUBG
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Indian teenager spends Rs.16 lakh on PUBG
A teenager near the Indian city of Chandigarh has spent an amount of Rs.16 lakh on popular online game PUBG. According to reports, the 17-year-old spent the money buying upgrades for the PUBG as the game has a number of micro transactions that allow cosmetic upgrades. The boy used to tell his mother that he…
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PTA website reportedly hacked
After ban on PUBG game in Pakistan by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), PTA’s website has reportedly been hacked. The PTA has temporarily banned PUBG game across the country. This is an online multiple shooter that has been blamed for inciting violence in kids leading them to commit suicide. Recently there were two cases of…
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DIG Operations meets with families of youth who committed suicide
Thursday, July 2nd: DIG Operations Ashfaq Khan meets heirs of youths who committed suicide. Yousuf Mukhtar, father of late Jonty Joseph, called on DIG Operations. Khawaja Mohammad Sohail, father of late Mohammad Zakaria, Shoaib Mengal, brother of late Shehryar Mengal were among those who met him. DIG Operations Ashfaq Khan expressed deep sorrow over the…
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Pakistan imposes a ban on PUBG
Lahore, 1st July 2020: Pakistan has imposed a temporary ban on the online game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds famously known as PUBG. According to Baaghi TV, PTA confirmed on Wednesday to impose a temporary ban on an online game PUBG. This decision was taken after the authority received numerous complaints against PUBG wherein it is stated that…
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Police decides to ban PubG after suicide incidents
Wednesday, June 24th: According to Lahore police, two youths have committed suicide in the city in four days after being banned from playing the video game ‘PubG’, after which the police have decided to ban all such violent games and online pages. PTA will be requested to block. According to reports, a 16-year-old resident of…
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20-year-old commits suicide after being banned from playing PubG in Lahore
Jonty Joseph, 20, a resident of Christian neighbourhood in Saddar Bazaar area of Lahore’s North Cantonment, committed suicide by hanging from a fan in his room last night. Nadeem Yaseen, SDPO, North Cantonment Police Station, revealed that Jonty Joseph was a second-year student at FC College. He was fond of playing PUBG but this passion…
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LHC directs PTA to decide over banning PUBG
A petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking a ban on the online multiplayer battlefield game PUBG in the country. Petitioner Faizan Maqsood, a citizen of Lahore in his petition demanded a ban to be placed on the PUBG for its negative impact on children. The petitioner in his petition stated…