Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
Supreme Court forms commission to look after Bahria Town funds
ISLAMABAD, The Supreme Court has formed a commission that will be responsible for disbursing the funds being deposited by the Bahria Town Ltd Karachi as a penalty for illegally acquiring land near Super Highway. The court approved the request of the attorney general to form a commission as both the federal government and the Sindh government had their eyes on the funds. The commission will comprise 11 members and its head will be picked by the top court. Sindh governor and chief minister will be included in it along withRead More
Abnormal increase in mortality rate
Shujat Hamza ISLAMABAD, Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar Tuesday said that last week, the country witnessed surge in daily mortality rate by about 140 percent compared to the previous few weeks, and on average as many as 12 people died of COVID during last week. “We are collectively committing a blunder by recklessly ignoring all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and the results have started to show,” he said in a tweet. The minister who also chairs meeting of National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) forRead More
Political actors staging drama
Fiaz ch ISLAMABAD, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz Tuesday said the political actors had staged a drama for the last few days with the aim to save their corruption done in the past tenures. In a tweet on social media platform Twitter, he said these people were national criminals as they had looted the national exchequer. They should know that Imran Khan will not come under any pressure and will hold them accountable for every penny.
Maryam, Safdar booked for creating public disorder en route Gujranwala rally
Lahore’s Shahdara police on Tuesday registered a case against PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz, her husband retired Captain Mohammad Safdar and other party leaders and workers for damaging public order by “causing trouble for citizens, blocking roads, unnecessarily using loudspeakers and microphones and violating coronavirus standard operating procedures (SOPs)” in the run up to the October 16 rally of the Pakistan Democratic Movement in Gujranwala. The first-information report (FIR), a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, was registered under sections 269, 270, 290 and 291 of the Punjab Maintenance of Public OrderRead More
China lauds NSA Moeed Yusuf’s remarks about Xinjiang
AGENCIES BEIJING, China on Tuesday lauded Prime Minister’s Advisor on National Security, Moeed Yusuf for his remarks about the situation in Xinjiang and upholding a fair and objective stance on the relevant issue. “China commends this position. It proves that seeing is believing. China commends Pakistani side for upholding a fair and objective position on relevant issue,” Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said during his regular briefing held here. He said, in fact, the international community knows very well that what the truth is on Xinjiang related issues.Read More
Indonesia a wonderful place to live and visit
One is greatly touched by hospitality and humbleness of Indonesian people that, in my view, plays central role in their success in all spheres. We could see people walking around and saying “hello” and other greeting to us while we were either visiting a shopping place or a tourist destination. Even we came across people in civil dress but actually from the police department. They came to us asking about our nationalities and then revealing their identity that they were from the police and were here to protect tourists andRead More