Facebook registers new subsidiary in China

Facebook has set up a subsidiary in China with registered capital of $30 million, according to an official business registration, hinting that the firm may be ramping up its presence in the restrictive market where its social media sites remain blocked. The subsidiary is registered in Hangzhou, according to a filing on China’s National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System last week and seen by Reuters on Tuesday. REUTERS

Pakistan goes to the polls on Wednesday, many have predicted a win for Imran Khan’s PTI party on the back of unprecedented army support and interference in the electoral system.

There are others who argue that the PTI, after poor performance in the past elections, has finally come of age. “We have three options. An untried party supported by the military and two parties which have ruled one after the other and have both been accused of corruption,” said Zarar Khuhro, an analyst with a local TV channel.

A total of 105.95 million voters will head to polls across the country, with voting scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Polling will close by 6 p.m and unofficial results will start pouring in by the early hours of Thursday.

Campaigning and rallies ended on Monday night. This was one of the most chaotic, dangerous and distasteful election campaigns in the country’s short electoral history where politicians and political parties sullied each other in every possible way, according to local media reports.

The campaign was marred by incidents of terrorism in different

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