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Airbus-Boeing spat hits new heights at year end


January 1, 2021

WASHINGTON: A long-running US-EU aircraft trade dispute flew to new heights as the year drew to a close, as Washington hit France and Germany with new punitive import tariffs. It was the latest retaliation in the 16-year-old conflict over government subsidies for competing aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing, and defies recent statements that the sides were close to reaching a …

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Gibraltar joins Schengen as Spain, UK ink 11th-hour deal


January 1, 2021

MADRID: Gibraltar will become part of the Schengen zone to ensure fluidity on its border with Spain in a landmark deal inked just hours before the Brexit deadline, Spain’s top diplomat said on Thursday. Negotiators representing the governments in Madrid, London and Gibraltar have been working around the clock to ink a deal to avoid the creation of a new …

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Senate HR body orders fresh inquiry into Christian girl’s abduction


January 1, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Convinced that police have mishandled the case, a parliamentary committee on Thursday ordered a fresh inquiry into the abduction of a minor Christian girl in Faisalabad. The 13-year old was freed five months after Muslim men allegedly abducted, forcibly converted her to Islam, and then one of them married her. A meeting of the Senate Functional Committee on Human …

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Pakistan, India exchange nuclear installations list in annual practice


January 1, 2021

Pakistan and India on Friday exchanged lists of their nuclear installations and strategic facilities under the terms of an agreement which restricts the two countries from attacking each other’s atomic facilities in case of war, a statement from the Foreign Office said. The annual exchange, which has been conducted on the first day of every new year since 1992, began …

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2,000 employees have applied for voluntary separation: PIA


January 1, 2021

RAWALPINDI / ISLAMABAD: With the sun setting on the tumultuous year of 2020 on Thursday, the management of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) closed its Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) and began tallying the total number of employees availing the facility and generating final settlement and release letters for them. Spokesman for PIA Abdullah Hafeez Khan said in a press release that …

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Covid-19 vaccine is no substitute for precautions, says Dr Zafar Mirza


January 1, 2021

KARACHI: The coronavirus pandemic, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and precautions to prevent its spread and the Covid-19 vaccine were at the fore of the media talk by former adviser to the prime minister on health Dr Zafar Mirza here on Thursday. “These days, any talk about health turns to talk about Covid-19. We have been quite lucky here in Pakistan …

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Shujaat asks govt to take opposition along


January 1, 2021

au LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Husain has asked the government to seriously consider the suggestions of the opposition and both should unite in the interest of the country. “Both the government and the opposition should unite in the interest of the country. The government representatives should not make everything an issue of their ego instead they …

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Covid vaccine administration cells planned across country


January 1, 2021

ISLAMABAD: While the federal government on Thursday decided to establish Covid-19 vaccine administration cells across the country, pharmaceutical companies suggested that licences should be issued for local manufacturing of the vaccine as it may take years to import jabs for the entire population of Pakistan. Meanwhile, 2,475 new Covid-19 cases and eight deaths were reported in a single day as …

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Contempt plea filed against govt in Pearl case


January 1, 2021

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday issued notices to the provincial and jail authorities on a petition seeking contempt proceedings against them for not releasing four men after their conviction order was set aside in the abduction and murder case of US journalist Daniel Pearl. Petitioners Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil through their …

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Bailable warrants for former Balochistan CM


January 1, 2021

QUETTA: An accountability court here has is­sued bailable arrest warrants of former Balochistan chief minister Aslam Raisani and others accused for not appearing during the hearing of a reference against misuse of powers. NAB Balochistan had filed the reference agai­nst Mr Raisani, his younger brother ex-senator Lashkari Raisani, ex-secretary fina­n­ce Dostain Jamal­dini and five others last month. The reference alleged …

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