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Shangla police arrest terrorist in Karachi


February 10, 2021

SHANGLA: The Shangla police claim to have arrested a wanted terrorist during a raid in Karachi. A statement issued here on Tuesday, said Abdul Satar of Lilonai, an alleged Taliban commander, had carried out attacks on police and government installations, and managed to escape to Karachi, where he had been living along with his family for last 14 years. It …

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KP lacks oxygen plant despite spending heavily on healthcare


February 10, 2021

PESHAWAR: There is not a single oxygen plant in the entire Khyber Pakhtunkhwa despite the fact that provincial government spends billions of rupees on improving healthcare system. The health department has set aside billions of rupees to cope with Covid-19 but it has ignored the issue of shortage of oxygen plant, according to doctors. “Management of seriously-ill Covid-19 patients in …

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NAB chief promises support to Broadsheet probe body


February 10, 2021

PESHAWAR: National Accountability Bureau chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal on Tuesday promised the anti-corruption watchdog’s complete cooperation to the single-member Broadsheet Inquiry Commission regarding the UK-based asset recovery company’s revelations about corruption and money laundering in Pakistan and said the current NAB administration had nothing do with the Broadsheet issue. During a visit to the NAB regional headquarters here, Mr …

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Jirga demands reversal of Fata-KP merger


February 10, 2021

KHYBER: Khyber Qaumi Jirga (KQJ) has demanded immediate separation of tribal districts from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying the merger has pushed the region into further backwardness and deprivation. The demand was made during a jirga held in Jamrud on Tuesday that was attended by tribal elders of Khyber, Mohmand and Darra Adamkhel with KQJ chief Malak Bismillah Khan in the chair. …

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Active Covid cases drop by 20,000 in two months


February 10, 2021

ISLAMABAD: While 1,008 Covid-19 cases and 40 deaths were reported across the country in a single day, the number of active cases has dropped by around 20,000 over the last two months. The number of active cases, which had reached 50,000 by the end of November 2020, dropped to 31,510 on Tuesday. It is the second time that active cases …

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Heirs of 20 PIA plane crash victims get compensation of Rs10m each


February 10, 2021

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines claimed on Tuesday that it had paid compensation to the families of 20 victims at Rs10 million per deceased person, and said it was still waiting for succession certificates from 77 families to complete the process and bring the chapter to a close. This was stated at a press conference by PIA chief Arshad Malik with …

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Five ‘foreigners linked with RAW, NDS’ remanded in CTD custody


February 10, 2021

KARACHI: The administrative judge of the antiterrorism courts on Tuesday remanded five foreigners held for allegedly working for the Afghan and Indian intelligence agencies in police custody. The Counter-Terrorism Department on Monday claimed to have foiled a major terrorist activity in the metropolis by arresting five Afghan nationals for having links with Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) and India’s …

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SC bars carrying out death penalty for inmates with mental disorders


February 10, 2021

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that if a prisoner on death row is unable to comprehend the rationale behind their punishment due to a mental illness, then carrying out the death sentence does not “meet the ends of justice”. The apex court announced the verdict after reserving its judgement on a point whether mentally ill death-row prisoners can be …

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Weather continues to block search for Ali Sadpara, two others


February 10, 2021

Poor weather on Wednesday continued to hamper the search and rescue mission for climbers Mohammad Ali Sadpara, Jon Snorri and Juan Pablo Mohr who were last seen near the K2 Bottleneck on Friday morning. The Inter-Services Public Relations said the search team is on standby and will carry on with the mission once the weather shows improvement. “Mostly dry, extremely …

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Islamabad police resort to shelling amid govt employees’ protest for pay rise


February 10, 2021

Capital police resorted to tear gas shelling near the Pakistan Secretariat on Wednesday as they tried to push back government employees who were protesting for a pay rise. Several employees were arrested and those stuck in the Secretariat Block broke the door to escape. Protests were being held at several different point of the city, including Shahrah-i-Dastoor, outside Secretariat Block …

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