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Scores killed in Myanmar as its envoy calls for action against junta


April 11, 2021

YANGON: Reports emerged on Saturday of more than 80 killed in the latest bloodletting by Myanmar’s military, as the country’s own ambassador to the United Nations called for “strong action” against the junta. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in February. After over two months of military rule, efforts to verify …

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SAVING SINDH’S TREES OF LIFE


April 11, 2021

“Trees exhale for us so that we can inhale them to stay alive. Can we ever forget that? Let us love trees with every breath we take until we perish.” ― Munia Khan, poet, writer, editor Trees sustain life. They give us the air we breathe; the shade we sit under. But many trees do a lot more than just …

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PML-N trounces PTI in Daska re-election


April 11, 2021

• Three PTI men held for carrying arms, six PML-N men arrested for creating unrest • Maryam says government has lost people’s trust GUJRAT: In the much-awaited re-election in the Daska (NA-75) constituency of the National Assembly after the February by-poll had been marred by violence, rigging and disappearance of over 20 presiding officers, the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on …

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SC office asked to fix MQM-P plea against census for hearing


April 11, 2021

ISLAMABAD: After over­ruling its objections, the Supreme Court has ordered the registrar’s office to fix before the court a petition of the Muttahida Qaumi Move­ment Pakistan (MQM-P) in which the party has questi­oned the results of 2017 census. While hearing an appeal in his chambers, Justice Mus­hir Alam ordered the re­g­istrar’s office to fix the matter in due course of …

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Covid-19 cases, positivity rate rise in capital again


April 11, 2021

ISLAMABAD: An increase was seen in the number of Covid-19 cases and positivity rate in the capital on Saturday. Officials of the capital administration said 729 more people contracted the virus compared to 674 on Friday. During the last 24 hours, 7,888 tests were conducted, with the positivity rate climbing to 9.4pc compared to 7.7pc on Friday. The number of …

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Sindh govt ready to run PSM in collaboration with its employees, says minister


April 11, 2021

KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) is a national asset and the provincial government will be more than happy to run it in collaboration with its employees. Speaking at a press conference along with several trade unionists at the Karachi Press Club here on Saturday, the minister said that the …

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No one being targeted on political grounds: minister


April 11, 2021

RAWALPINDI: Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Saturday said the government was not targeting anyone on political grounds. Speaking at a press conference at the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s secretariat on Saturday, the minister said that across-the-board accountability was going on as not only Jahangir Khan Tareen but owners of other sugar mills had been served notices in the sugar scam …

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PTI MPs plead premier to give Tareen sympathetic hearing


April 11, 2021

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MNAs and MPAs who are standing in solidarity with party’s estranged leader Jahangir Khan Tareen, have formally submitted a request to Prime Minister Imran Khan to give them audience on a single-point agenda – “no victimisation of Mr Tareen”. The PTI MNAs and MPAs including two provincial ministers who showed their presence at Mr Tareen’s dinner …

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Conspiracies against 18th Amendment still alive: Zardari


April 11, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former president Asif Zardari has warned against efforts to roll back the 18th Constitution Amendment, alleging that “those hatching conspiracies against the amendment are actually playing with the country’s solidarity”. This was stated by Mr Zardari in a statement on the occasion of the Constitution Day observed in the country on Saturday to …

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