Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
Admin seals 54 shops, snooker club, restaurant on corona SOPs violation
RAWALPINDI, Aug 10 :Rawalpindi District Administration on the directives of Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Amir Aqiq Khan has sealed 54 shops, a snooker club and a restaurant on violation of corona Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) issued by the Punjab government. According to a district administration spokesman, the administration also imposed fines amounting to Rs115,000 on the violators. He said that Traffic Police Rawalpindi and Regional Transport Authority also conducted raids at public transport and imposed fines amounting to Rs317,000 on violation of SOPs. He said that Traffic Police checked vehicles atRead More
NAB chairman stresses logical conclusion of mega corruption cases
ISLAMABAD, AUG 10 /DNA/ – Justice (r) Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB chaired a meeting to review overall performance of NAB since its inception at NAB Headquarters. Hussain Asghar, Deputy Chairman NAB, Syed Ashar Hairder, Prosecutor General Accountability, (PGA) Zahir Shah, DG Operations NAB, and other senior officers of NAB attended the meeting. During the meeting, it was informed by DG Operations that NAB had received 496,460 complaints since its inception, out of which 487,124 complaints were disposed of. NAB has authorized 16,093 Complaint Verification (CVs), while 15,378 Complaint Verification wereRead More
Police put on high alert in Muharram: DIG Bannu
Bannu, Aug 10 :Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) , Bannu Region, Sajjad Ali Khan has said that a comprehensive security plan has been finalized to provide security to the Majalis and processions of Ashura during Muhrram-ul- Haram. Talking to a delegation of Bannu Press Club at his office here on Tuesday, DIG said that police were holding talks with all stakeholders including Ulema from all schools of thought to maintain peace and harmony in the month of Muharram-ul-Haram. DIG said that District Police Officers (DPOs) of all three districtsRead More
PBCC increases central contracts amount
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10 :The Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) has raised the amount of the central contracts to be paid to the players for a term of six months from July to December 2021. “A total of Rs2,500 is raised on all three categories to the amount of the central contracts paid to the players,” PBCC Chairman Syed Sultan Shah told APP on Tuesday. Sultan also said PBCC had asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to raise its annual budget to Rs19.2 million as to meet the games growing expenditures.Read More
Chinese court upholds death sentence for Canadian in drugs case
Beijing, Aug 10 :A Chinese court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence passed on a Canadian citizen for drug smuggling — one of a number of ongoing cases that have triggered a severe downturn in relations between Ottawa and Beijing. Robert Lloyd Schellenberg was originally sentenced to 15 years in prison in late 2018, but that was changed to the death penalty just months later after a deepening diplomatic rift exploded between Ottawa and Beijing. The Liaoning Province Higher People’s Court said in a statement that both the verdict andRead More
Pakistan stands for peace: Fawad
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10 :Minister of Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Tuesday that Pakistan stands for peace and nothing could be gained from conflicts. In a tweet, he said that in fact, the Kabul government needed to answer for daily incidents of terrorism in Pakistan sponsored and coordinated from Afghanistan. The minister said that everyone knew for whom people like Hamdullah Mohib work for.