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Police stop growers from marching on Sindh irrigation minister’s house


July 2, 2021

LARKANA: A caravan of growers, which was going to Larkana to stage a demonstration outside the residence of Sindh irrigation minister on Thursday in protest against acute shortage of water in the command areas of Saifullah Magsi branch, SKT branch and Warah Canal, was stopped by police at Qambar bypass. The protesting growers, who were coming from Shahdadkot, Mirokhan, Qubo …

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India hits 400,000 Covid-19 deaths as vaccinations slow


July 2, 2021

India became the third country to surpass 400,000 Covid-19 deaths, official data showed on Friday, as the country’s vast vaccination drive slows. The total number of Covid-19 deaths reported in the country is 400,312, according to the health ministry — behind only the US and Brazil — and nearly 30.5 million cases have been reported in total. Many experts suspect India’s actual death toll …

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Two boys held in Ghotki in cybercrime case


July 2, 2021

SUKKUR: A team of FIA cybercrime wing arrested two boys after a raid on their houses in Mirpur Mathelo town in Ghotki district on Thursday on charges of filming a 14-year-old girl’s indecent pictures and uploading them on the social media. The FIA team detained the suspects after receiving a complaint from the girl’s father, and confirmed that a case …

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Israel strikes Gaza after Hamas launches incendiary balloons


July 2, 2021

Israeli fighter jets struck Gaza overnight in response to incendiary balloons launched over the frontier into Israel, the military said early on Friday. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the strike, which the Israeli military said targeted a facility used by Hamas fighters to research and develop weapons. It was the third time Israel has carried out airstrikes in …

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PPP Karachi leader remanded to FIA custody


July 2, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Fed­eral Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday took four days’ physical remand of Masoodur Rehman Abbasi, an office-bearer of the PPP’s Karachi chapter, for making derogatory remarks against Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed. The FIA produced Mr Abbasi before senior civil judge Amir Aziz Khan and requested for a 10-day physical remand of the suspect. Judge Khan, however, …

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Senate body approves changes to women’s property rights bill


July 2, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice on Thursday passed The Enforcement of Women’s Property Rights (Amendment) Bill 2021 by a majority vote. A meeting of the committee was held under the chairmanship of Senator Syed Ali Zafar at Parliament House. The meeting was attended by Minister for Law and Justice Farogh Naseem and other officials of the …

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Pace of vaccination remains ‘very slow’ in Pakistan


July 2, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Although around five per cent of Pakistan’s total and 10pc of its eligible population has got at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, the country is still one of the low-ranked countries where pace of vaccination remains very slow. The data of federating units show that 35pc of eligible people have been vaccinated in Islamabad but only 3pc …

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Complete withdrawal imminent as last US troops leave biggest air base in Afghanistan


July 2, 2021

All US and Nato troops have left the biggest air base in Afghanistan, a US defence official told AFP on Friday, signalling the complete withdrawal of foreign forces from the country was imminent after two decades of war. Bagram Air Base served as the linchpin for US operations in the rugged country, where the long war against the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies …

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Journalists reject new law passed by Punjab Assembly


July 2, 2021

LAHORE: Various journalist organisations have rejected as an attack on the press freedom the recently passed law by the Punjab Assembly wherein the so-called judicial committee of the house may penalise in a summary trial any journalist or bureaucrat for breach of a privilege of the house, any of its committee or a member. The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists …

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SC rejects PPP leader’s apology for outburst against CJP


July 2, 2021

The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday rejected PPP’s Masoodur Rehman Abbasi’s apology for his disrespectful outburst against Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed. The four-judge bench, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, said it would frame charges against Abbasi in the next hearing, a date for which would be fixed later. The court also appointed the attorney general as the prosecutor …

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