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Yemen airport blasts kill 26 as govt plane arrives


December 31, 2020

ADEN: At least 26 people were killed on Wednesday as explosions rocked Yemen’s Aden airport moments after a new unity government flew in, in what some officials charged was a “cowardly” attack by Houthi rebels. Although all government ministers were reported to be unharmed, more than 50 people were wounded, medical and government sources said in the southern city, with …

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Argentine Senate votes to legalise abortion


December 31, 2020

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s Senate voted on Wednesday to legalise abortion, a first for a big country in Latin America and a triumph for women’s rights campaigners achieved over the visceral objection of the Catholic Church. Abortion is extremely rare in a region where the Church has held cultural and political sway for centuries. Previously, it was allowed on demand only …

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Trump supporters launch yet another move to stop Biden


December 31, 2020

Conservative lawmakers in both chambers of the US Congress launched yet another bid on Wednesday to prevent US President-elect Joe Biden from taking oath on Jan 20. Supporters of the outgoing US President Donald Trump needed a senator and a member of the House of Representatives to challenge the election results, and on Wednesday a Republican senator — Josh Hawley …

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Azad Kashmir eases Covid-19 restrictions


December 31, 2020

MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government on Wednesday eased off restrictions it had imposed in the wake of the spike in Covid-19 cases in the territory, particularly in the state capital Muzaffarabad and the lakeside city of Mirpur. The government had imposed complete lockdown from Nov 22 until Dec 8, almost on the previous pattern with the exception of …

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KP NAB seeks record of Fazl’s Multan properties


December 31, 2020

MULTAN: The district administration has started seeking details of properties owned by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and his family in its jurisdiction on the request of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter, in connection with a probe being conducted by the bureau. NAB’s KP director general office, through a letter (No 1/34/(1079-32-332)IW-I/NAB(KP)/697) written to the …

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Three patients tested positive for UK Covid-19 variant stable


December 31, 2020

KARACHI: Three female patients, who were recently tested positive for the potentially more contagious Covid-19 variant, are stable and under home isolation, health department sources told Dawn on Wednesday. The patients are aged between 19 and 37. According to the sources, the areas where they lived in are under ‘micro smart lockdown’ whereas their houses are under police surveillance. Upon contact, a …

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Nawaz’s passport to be cancelled on Feb 16: minister


December 31, 2020

ISLAMABAD: In a clear indication that the government is in no mood to renew the diplomatic passport of Nawaz Sharif that is close to expiry date, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Wednesday said the former prime minister’s passport would be cancelled on Feb 16 next year. He was talking to reporters during his second visit to the Capital Development …

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Soldier martyred in shelling from across LoC


December 31, 2020

KARACHI: A soldier was martyred when Indian troops violated ceasefire and resorted to heavy shelling and firing from across the Line of Control in the Khuiratta sector in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. According to a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), personnel of the Pakistan Army responded befittingly to the ceasefire violation. “During an intense …

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Cabinet members defend Khawaja Asif’s arrest


December 31, 2020

ISLAMABAD: Three members of the federal cabinet on Wednesday rejected the claim of the PML-N that Khawaja Asif had been arrested on the directive of Prime Minister Imran Khan and said that nobody was above the law but the leaders of opposition parties were shying away from accountability process. As the war of words continues between the opposition and the …

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Death toll from Covid reaches five digits in Pakistan


December 31, 2020

ISLAMABAD: As the death toll from Covid-19 surpassed the 10,000 mark on Wednesday and a number of countries have pre-booked vaccines based on preliminary or incomplete results to ensure availability, a special cabinet committee decided to pre-book 1.1 million doses of vaccine from a Chinese state-owned company ‘Sinopharm’. The decision, which was made on the day when Sinopharm announced that …

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