Monday, May 24th, 2021
Police and soldiers killed in eastern Myanmar amid heavy fighting
YANGON : Dozens of Myanmar security force members were killed Sunday, rebel fighters said, after heavy fighting in the coup-hit country s eastern fringe. Myanmar has been in chaos since the February putsch, as the military uses lethal force to crackdown on dissent. The civilian death toll has climbed to at least 815 people, according to a local monitoring group. The violence has pushed some in the anti-junta movement to form a so-called “People’s Defence Force” (PDF) in their own townships — made up of civilians who fight back againstRead More
Indictment of Saleem Mandviwalla, others in Kidney Hills case deferred
ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Monday deferred indictment of former Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla and others in Kidney Hills reference for June 10 after a co-accused sought exemption from the proceedings on medical grounds. An alleged frontman of Saleem Mandviwalla in the case, Abdul Qadir filed for exemption from the indictment proceedings citing a surgery he underwent recently. Judge Muhammad Bashir, who was heading the proceedings, said that everyone should appear before the court during the indictment as Abdul Qadir’s counsel asked the court to indict his client viaRead More
COVID-19 cases, deaths continue to decline in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of 57 more people across the country over the last 24 hours, lifting the death toll from the disease to 20,308. Due to concrete steps taken by the government, the number of COVID-19 cases and the positivity ratio is continuously declining in the country. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) data, the national tally of confirmed cases rose to 903,599 with 3,060 more testing positive for the virus during the same period. A total of 58,670 samples were tested,Read More