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IHC admits Pims employees’ petition against MTI law


January 16, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday issued notices to the Attorney General Khalid Jawed Khan as well as other respondents in a petition filed by paramedical staff, nurses and doctors of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) against Presidential Ordinance on Medical Teaching Institute (MTI). Dozens of paramedics, nurses and doctors of Pims are currently on protest against …

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Musharraf’s mother passes away in UAE


January 16, 2021

KARACHI: Begum Zarin Musharraf, mother of former president and chief of the All Pakistan Muslim League Gen Pervez Musharraf, passed away in the UAE on Friday after a long illness. She was 100. Talking to Dawn, APML spokesperson Amaan Khan Tareen said Begum Zarin had been critical since 2013 and under treatment in the UAE. He said Mr Musharraf was also …

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Opposition in Senate rejects Nepra inquiry into power outage


January 16, 2021

ISLAMABAD: As barbs flew in the Senate on Friday with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle engaged in war of words, the opposition rejected an inquiry by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) into the recent countrywide power breakdown and called for an impartial inquiry. “If the appointments in Nepra are made by the federal government then how …

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BBC ends Sairbeen broadcast on Aaj TV alleging interference


January 16, 2021

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Friday said it would no longer broadcast its Urdu service news and current affairs programme – Sairbeen – on Aaj TV owing to “interference” with its bulletins. The move means BBC Urdu bulletins will no longer be available for television viewers in Pakistan. BBC World Service Director Jamie Angus said the BBC had experienced “interference in our news bulletins since October 2020” and that the organisation …

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NAB summons UAE firm’s MD in Khawaja Asif case


January 16, 2021

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned the managing director of a United Arab Emirates-based company in which parliamentary leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Khawaja Muhammad Asif worked for 14 years as a legal adviser, seeking the foreigner’s statement for his (Asif’s) prosecution in the court in the income beyond means case. The anti-graft body arrested the …

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Vaccine fast-track: Texas lawmakers get offer to skip the line for COVID-19 inoculation


January 16, 2021

AUSTIN — State lawmakers are receiving the coronavirus vaccine — regardless of whether they are currently eligible under state guidelines — through a back channel facilitated by Austin’s top health authority and a local hospital system has learned. Dr. Mark Escott, interim medical director for Austin Public Health, confirmed to The News on Thursday that he organized the vaccination effort with …

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Man who fatally shot Dallas police officer at Home Depot in 2018 is sentenced to life without parole


January 16, 2021

Armando Juarez, who shot and killed Dallas police Officer Rogelio Santander Jr. in April 2018, pleaded guilty Friday to capital murder and was sentenced to life without parole. Juarez fatally shot Santander and wounded his fellow Officer Crystal Almeida and security guard Scott Painter at the Home Depot store near Forest Lane and North Central Expressway on April 24, 2018. …

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Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick further shrinks Senate Democrats’ clout, awards them few plum posts


January 16, 2021

AUSTIN — Senate committee assignments released Friday dealt another blow to Democrats’ clout in the chamber. The party lost a powerful chairman’s position and a seat on the influential state budget-writing committee. The changes come after Republicans already voted this week to undercut Democrats’ power by limiting their ability to block legislation from coming to the floor. Detectives stay hopeful 25 years …

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