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28 arrested and highway closed over pro-Zuma protests


July 11, 2021

JOHANNESBURG: South African police said on Saturday that 28 people had been arrested and one of the country’s biggest highways remained closed over violent protests linked to former president Jacob Zuma’s imprisonment. Protests erupted this week in parts of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), Zuma’s home province, after the ex-leader handed himself over to police to serve a 15-month jail term for contempt …

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G20 ministers endorse global tax reform


July 11, 2021

VENICE: G20 finance ministers on Saturday gave their backing to a “historic” global deal to tax multinational companies more fairly and urged hold-out countries to sign up. A framework for international tax reform, including a minimum corporate rate of 15pc, was agreed this month by 131 countries. But the endorsement by the 19 biggest economies plus the European Union will …

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Haiti asks US, UN to send troops as fears of instability grow


July 11, 2021

PORT PRINCE: Haiti has asked Washington and the UN for troops to secure its ports, airport and other strategic sites after the assassination of president Jovenel Moise opened a power vacuum in the crisis-hit Caribbean nation, an official said on Friday. The United States has already said it will send FBI and other agents to Port-au-Prince, two days after Moise …

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Bangladesh factory owner held after fire kills 52


July 11, 2021

DHAKA: The owner of a factory where 52 people died in a fire was arrested for murder on Saturday as it emerged that children as young as 11 had been working there. Police said Abul Hashem and four of his sons were among eight people detained over the inferno, which broke out Thursday and raged for more than a day. …

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US considers intervening as legal battle between Saudi crown prince, former spymaster threatens to expose secrets


July 11, 2021

Two lawsuits pitting Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler against a former intelligence czar threaten to expose highly sensitive United States government secrets, prompting Washington to consider a rare judicial intervention, documents show. The cases in US and Canadian courts centre on corruption allegations levelled by state-owned Saudi companies against Saad Aljabri, a former spymaster who long worked closely with American …

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Govt extends preventive detention of Rizvi for 90 days


July 11, 2021

LAHORE: As 90-day detention of Hafiz Saad Rizvi, leader of proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) was set to end on Saturday, the Punjab government issued a fresh notification of his preventive detention for another 90 days. Rizvi was detained on April 12, 2021 under Section 3 of the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance 1960 for 30 days with two extensions …

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Youngest Pakistani on Everest now headed to K2


July 11, 2021

LAHORE: The country’s youngest mountaineer to summit the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest, is now on his way to the second highest peak, K2. On Saturday, Shehroze Kashif, 19, set off from Skardu for Askole from where he is scheduled to reach the K2 base camp site after around a five-day trek. “This is a 30-day expedition to one of …

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Motorbike riding without helmet banned on Sharea Faisal


July 11, 2021

KARACHI: The city traffic police on Saturday announced the imposition of a ban on riding motorbikes without wearing helmet on Sharea Faisal in the first phase to be replicated on three other major roads in the second phase to prevent the growing incidents of death mainly caused by non-wearing of helmets. The decision would be implemented immediately, said DIG Traffic …

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Zilhaj moon not sighted, Eidul Azha to be celebrated on July 21


July 11, 2021

The Zilhaj moon has not been sighted and Eidul Azha will fall on July 21 (Wednesday), Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee Chairman Maulana Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad announced on Saturday evening. The announcement was preceded by meetings of the moon-sighting committee in Karachi and other zonal committees in all provincial capitals of the country. Members of Central Ruet-e-Hilal committee and officials of …

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Over 20 more suspects rounded up in couple sexual harassment case


July 11, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Scores of people have been picked up by police in connection with the investigation of the couple harassment case in which the main suspect, Usman Abrar, along with four other persons is already in custody. The police have detained 20 to 25 relatives of other suspects who have gone into hiding. These suspects were spotted in videos or photos recovered from …

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