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Risk factors associated with failed closed reduction and per-cutaneous pinning in supracondylar fractures of humerus in children.
Abstract Objective: To determine the factors associated with failed closed reduction in supra condylar fractures of humerus in children. Study Design: Descriptive Cross-sectional study. Setting: Department of Orthopaedic, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar. Period: March 2025 to August 2025. Methods: Ninety-three children aged 2–12 years with supracondylar humerus fractures were enrolled using consecutive sampling.
Pakistan's crypto test
Representations of cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Ethereum, DogeCoin, Ripple, Litecoin are placed on PC motherboard in this illustration taken, June 29, 2021. — Reuters Pakistan has not discovered crypto. Crypto has discovered Pakistan. For years, virtual assets have been traded and held by Pakistani users without clear domestic licensing. This was never a market waiting outside regulation. It was already inside, moving through phones, offshore exchanges, Telegram groups and informal networks.
The Century That Built Tomorrow
As Syed Babar Ali turns 100, Pakistan should see more than a birthday tribute. His life matters not because it has been long, but because it has been useful. At a time when public life often rewards noise, status and short-term attention, he offers a simple lesson: build something that lasts. I met him before leaving for my master’s degree in the United States. He was pleased to hear that I was going.
Rigid on paper
SOME constitutions die by coup. Others are buried quietly, clause by clause, beneath the respectable cover of parliamentary arithmetic. Pakistan’s Constitution is, we are told, rigid. Article 239 demands that any amendment be passed by a two-thirds majority of the total membership of each House of Parliament. Where provincial boundaries are touched, the relevant assembly must agree by the same margin.
BlackHat MEA Quals 2025
This is a Velociraptor forensic collection from a Windows 11 machine named "jsmith". Velociraptor collected KAPE triage artifacts including SANS triage, server triage, antivirus data, and cloud storage metadata - totaling 1,997 files We simply open the folder within Autopsy for easy analysis.
Artifact - BlackHat MEA 24 Qualifications Forensics Writeup
Hamza Haroon · Follow 2 min read · -- The challenge provided a Registry Hive file renamed as “execution” (which can be identified as the SYSTEM hive). You can open it using Registry Explorer from Eric Zimmerman’s toolset.
In pursuit of climate prosperity
The conversations with every finance minister were a stark reminder of the urgent climate debt crisis. Sitting in the dimly lit conference rooms in Washington DC, on the outskirts of the World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) spring meetings this April, the atmosphere in the meetings was heavy.
HideOut - Web - AirTech 2024
Evil-Corp launched their public website for users to access their data. Unfortunately, BANDITS hackers breached the admin account and stole sensitive information. Flag Format: AT24{} Author: fanimalikhack The main page shows a simple login page where it is asking for some kind of secret password. Using dirsearch to look for hidden files or folders using dirsearch -u http://ip:port/ I found a file named /index.php.bak which gave the following response when I opened it on browser.
eCPPTv2 Exam Review (2024)
I started my eCPPTv2 exam on February 2nd, 2024 and pwned all the 5 machines on 5th. Submitted my report the next day and received a much awaited email the same day stating: Hello Hamza, Congratulations! You are now an eCPPTv2! Your shiny certificate is waiting for you." Preparing for the eLearnSecurity Certified Professional Penetration Tester (eCPPTv2) exam is really important because it’s a big deal in the world of cybersecurity.
Ignite National CyberSecurity Hackathon 2023 Finals | Network Security Writeup
There were two challenges named and in the Network Security category. We were asked to find the malicious IP, its origin, and the name of the malware. I uploaded the .pcap file on Dynamite Lab’s successor to PacketTotal. The file is available to be viewed at the following link: This tool makes it very easy to analyze .pcap files although I would recommend not uploading sensitive files as it retains the files in its database and is available to be viewed by anyone over the internet.
Cryptography | aupCTF 2023
Challenge Name: Rotation We've employed a unique technique to encode the message, one that goes beyond the traditional limits of the Caesar cipher. Keep your wits about you and explore every possible avenue - the answer may be closer than you think 0*%pgs8.K*H5K*#3H"N: Use the following combination to get to the first step then: Flag: aupCTF{y0u-f0und-m3} Challenge Name: Ancient Cipher Meet Bob, the world's worst cryptographer.
GEOINT for Beginners | Ukarine Khakovka Dam
Hello everyone, today I will guide you how to start GEOINT from satellite imagery. For todays writeup, we are taking the following image as a target: Now we want to know what place this exactly is. We look closely in the photograph and make a list of what we see Lots of water Some broken Infrastructure over a river (possibly a dam) A bit of greenery to the left Now our first step is that we reverse search this image.
John Doe Strikes Again
Given is the following: John Doe has escaped our high secruity prison again! We managed to intercept an xor key that he uses to send encrypted messages to people! Your aim is to find classified information on his top secret website! Start with the encrypted message - b'\x13\x00\x1d-A*!\x00Q\x16R\x02\x12\x07\n\x1b>\x0e\x06\x1a~O-D CU\t\x0e\x06...
#NotAllMen but how do we know which ones?
#NotAllMen but how do we know which ones? Noor Mukadam’s landmark case has exposed the entrenched male privilege in Pakistan. Hamza Haroon Published Updated May 31, 2023 12:41pm The venue inscribed on the birthday invitation was an orphanage in Islamabad. Walking down the entrance, I saw a stage fully decorated with the honouree’s beautiful calligraphy and painting collection. The birthday girl’s father, a man weighed down by loss yet resilient to the core, embraced me and thanked me for coming.
Pawan Gupta | DEFCON CTF Quals | Writeup | CHATGPT Prompt Injection
The approximate source code was given with the challenge. Upon examining the code, we can determine that it is a chatbot powered by ChatGPT. Additionally, we have discovered that any output string containing the term "flag{" is censored. To proceed, we can interact with the chatbot and request it to repeat specific information from the preceding dialogue, focusing on the last word that contains the term "flag".
Three Guards | DEFCON Quals CTF 23 | Writeup
In this intriguing scenario, we are presented with a set of files containing multiple "guards" that have imposed restrictions on syscalls. Upon careful examination, it becomes evident that the input is divided by a colon (':') using the partition function in the main.py file. It is also worth noting that each guard is assigned a unique name: Bob, Charles, and Sam, respectively. Furthermore, we are provided with specific abilities and limitations of each guard.
DEF CON CTF 23' Quals
So for this challenge, we were given an instance which asked for our special ticket for every team. Now it asks for a command. After working out with it with lots of fuzzing I found out that it was a bash shell and each letter was mapped like this qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm djreglhvbcnfqstuwxymkpioaz So now to ls you simply wrote yf / So to print the flag instead of cat welcome_flag.txt we wrote png /jrypbzr_synt.gkg which gave us the flag. This was it for our first challenge.
Imran’s arrest: Chronicles of my peaceful protest
Imran’s arrest: Chronicles of my peaceful protest The PTI chief's arrest may have been the spark that ignited the fire, but the fuel has been accumulating for years in the form of neglected societal, economic, and governance failures. Hamza Haroon Published Updated May 12, 2023 03:55pm The cacophony was alarming; the loud thud and harrowing screams set my heart racing as I turned around to see a frenzied mob dispersing aimlessly.
Release Fawad, arrest sedition
Release Fawad, arrest sedition These outdated laws may have been helpful to our former masters, but they are detrimental to our young democracy. Hamza Haroon Published Updated January 27, 2023 02:09pm In the popular American TV show, How to Get Away with Murder, Professor Keating, a criminal defence professor, uses her expertise to help her students avoid accountability and escape punishment for murder.
Global North must take responsibility for the floods in Pakistan
My professor Dan Schrag taught us a valuable lesson: climate change is a global problem and requires collective global action. He would stress that we should not address emissions in isolation but also understand their relation to cumulative global emissions. Greenhouse gases mix in the globally shared atmosphere, hence the emission location is irrelevant.
Global action
My professor Dan Schrag taught us a valuable lesson: climate change is a global problem and requires collective global action. He would stress that we should not address emissions in isolation but also understand their relation to cumulative global emissions. Greenhouse gases mix in the globally shared atmosphere, hence the emission location is irrelevant.
The Best Things To Do After A House Flood
Rate this Article Add Comment Contact Author Comments (0) Report Article Flood Damage Restoration Water Damage Restoration Emergency Water Damage The Siding Company That Uses The Perfect Material For The Job In order to give the best quality of facelift for your house, you need to appoint a siding contractor or company that can guarantee you a house that looks beautiful while remaining durable.
Adaptation over mitigation
All interviews and articles on climate change in Pakistan begin with this epic yet mundane line, ‘Pakistan is ranked fifth among the most vulnerable countries because of climate change’. This obligatory statement gives credibility to the interview or the article. Then comes the second hook; how Pakistan’s solutions to tackle climate change boil down to planting trees. No further details and no depth – end of scene.
Tackling the energy Vecna
The recent Netflix season of ‘Stranger Things’, a teen series where monsters from a parallel universe terrify the peace-loving citizens of Hawkins, has me on my toes. In the latest season, a monster named Vecna has emerged. El, the protagonist, put him in the parallel universe a long time back, but her memory failed her, and she forgot all about Vecna. Vecna is dangerous and aims to wipe off Hawkins. Vecna reminds me of all our strange energy policies over the last couple of decades.
Youth participation after the polls
During election season, our politicians cleverly tap into one of the best resources of our country – our youth. The youth participate vigorously in all the jalsas, knock on doors in the scorching heat, rally voters, and vote themselves. However, when the election is over, rarely will the youth who got the representative elected in the first place be asked for their thoughts on a law that impacts them.
Digital democracy
During election season, our politicians cleverly tap into one of the best resources of our country – our youth. The youth participate vigorously in all the jalsas, knock on doors in the scorching heat, rally voters, and vote themselves. However, when the election is over, rarely will the youth who got the representative elected in the first place be asked for their thoughts on a law that impacts them.
Justice for Noor Original
She was raped, beaten, and beheaded like thousands every year – so why is Noor’s case important for the future of women’s rights in Pakistan? Noor Mukadam’s family and loved ones had all the connections, finances, lawyers, and expertise to face the Jaffars of this country, and they continue to fight the good fight.
Death of curiosity
We must remain curious, ask questions, do the diagnostic work and avoid displacing responsibility on the government The writer is an Edward S Mason Fellow at Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government. He tweets @HamzaAliHaroon The narrative of the broken system is a myth; the system is not broken. We are broken. A big part of this is because our society and leaders believe they have all the answers. There is zero curiosity to learn more or tolerate different opinions.
The Issue with Korean Chaebols
During the past three decades, South Korea has enjoyed a major economic boom that has made it one of the world’s largest and most industrialized economies. The country was able to quickly lift itself out of poverty (a result of the Korean War) and became a source of large amounts of foreign aid and investments for numerous developing economies, particularly those in Africa and South Asia.
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