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Govt, opposition trade barbs as ECP hears funding case tomorrow


January 18, 2021

ISLAMABAD: With the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) set to resume the hearing of foreign funding case against the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday, political temperatures have started flaring up as the exchange of hot words between the government and opposition intensifies. Ever since the opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) announced that it will stage a demonstration outside the …

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Couple jailed for ‘torturing’ minor maid in Rawalpindi


January 18, 2021

RAWALPINDI: A couple has been arrested on the charge of torturing their 10-year-old disabled maid in Satellite Town. The girl from Sahiwal with a congenital right foot disability was working as a domestic servant in ‘B’ Block of Satellite Town. The couple accused of torturing the girl have been arrested by the Banni police after an FIR was registered against …

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Kamal threatens to shut down Karachi if ‘fair’ census is not held


January 18, 2021

KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday warned that his party would lock down Karachi if a fair census was not conducted in the city. “We have never been fairly counted over the past 70 years as the state is afraid of counting us correctly. You are creating tomorrow’s terrorists by increasing the sense of deprivation …

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‘279 unnatural deaths in 2020’: Lahore police launch inquiries through investigation wing


January 18, 2021

LAHORE: Lahore police have launched the investigation into ‘279 unnatural deaths of year 2020’ to review and start criminal proceedings in case of irrefutable evidence of cognizable offence. In what appears to be a first initiative of its kind, the police have shifted the pending inquiries into 279 unnatural deaths from operations wing to the investigation. A directive was issued …

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NAB vows not to bow down to propaganda campaign


January 18, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Apparently responding to the remarks made by the Senate deputy chairman on Saturday, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has repudiated a “malicious propaganda campaign” being carried out in a section of media to malign the anti-graft watchdog by casting lopsided aspersions over the bureau. A NAB spokesman said in a statement on Sunday that the bureau would not bow …

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Ministry to give Marghazar Zoo a makeover


January 18, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Climate Change plans to overhaul Marghazar Zoo from a facility having sparse concrete enclosures into a more naturalistic habitat where wild animals can be provided a healthy environment. The zoo, which has now been shut down, was established by Capital Development Authority (CDA) in 1978 as a home for indigenous species found in the region on …

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Man faces murder charge after 22-year-old found dead near road in Rochester Park, Dallas police say


January 18, 2021

A 24-year-old man faces a murder charge in the death of another man whose body was found earlier this month near a road in Rochester Park, Dallas police say. Detectives stay hopeful 25 years after Amber Hagerman’s kidnapping Arlington Police Department held a press event on the 25th anniversary of Amber Hagerman’s death… Isaac Trevino was already in the Dallas …

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Streaming service subscription prices on the rise


January 18, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Streaming services may be quick and easy, but they are can be expensive. Right now, some estimates indicated that Americans spend about $1 billion dollars a month for streaming content, and those subscription rates are rising. A couple of years ago, we didn’t have this as an option. Now there are more streaming services being added …

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Dallas County adds 1,377 coronavirus cases, 13 deaths; Tarrant reports 19 more deaths


January 18, 2021

ia Dallas County reported 1,377 new coronavirus cases Sunday, as well as 13 more deaths from COVID-19. Detectives stay hopeful 25 years after Amber Hagerman’s kidnapping Arlington Police Department held a press event on the 25th anniversary of Amber Hagerman’s death… The latest victims include nine Dallas residents: a woman in her 40s, a man in his 50s, two women …

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Wet week ahead


January 18, 2021

Pleasant weather continues for the rest of the the holiday weekend with highs in the 60s through Monday. Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be nice, but a bit breezy with highs in the mid 60s. The next chance of showers begins Monday night. Periods of rain will persist off and on through Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and probably won’t …

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