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Probe sought into BRT buses fire incidents


September 18, 2020

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz have demanded of Supreme Court to order probe into the fire incidents in BRT buses and award punishment to the people responsible for purchase of substandard passenger vehicles. ANP provincial president Aimal Wali Khan in a statement here on Thursday said that seven incidents of fire took place in the BRT buses …

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Efforts underway to develop system for Covid-19 vaccine distribution in Pakistan


September 18, 2020

ISLAMABAD: With six frontrunners in the race to develop a vaccine for Covid-19, Pakistan has begun efforts to build a system to provide a vaccine across the country. “Though it is a fact that there is currently no vaccine available internationally, we need to develop a mechanism to ensure that a vaccine can reach every part of the country within …

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Money taken from corrupt to be spent on education: PM


September 18, 2020

ISLAMABAD / HARIPUR: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday vowed to take back looted national wealth from corrupt people and invest the money thus recovered in education sector. “I am thinking of introducing a law envisaging that the money being recovered by the Asset Recovery Unit is invested in education because the future of our children will improve considerably if …

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Moot seeks changes in rules for judges’ appointment


September 18, 2020

• Opposition parties attend conference organised by PBC, SCBA • Participants say Pakistan being derailed from constitutional path • Declaration expresses concern over shrinking space for dissent, freedom of press and civil liberties ISLAMABAD: A number of politicians representing opposition political parties of different shades and hues adopted a strongly-worded joint declaration on Thursday, expressing dissatisfaction over the current procedure …

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