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Haleem’s motorcade attacked with eggs, stones near Zardari House in Nawabshah


August 2, 2021

HYDERABAD: Motorcade of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Haleem Adil Sheikh was pelted with eggs and stones while passing by Zardari House in Nawabshah on Sunday. Sheikh told reporters in Hyderabad that PTI activists managed to catch hold of Sindh Peoples Youth Organisation’s district president Asad Zardari from among the miscreants and beaten him up. He had left Nawabshah press club and reached …

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Labourer’s daughter ‘sold for Rs0.5m’ in Punjab’s Narowal


August 2, 2021

NAROWAL: A worker of a landlord allegedly sold the underage daughter of a labourer for Rs0.5m after abducting her from village Akalgarh near Narowal. Muhammad Rashid, a resident of Akalgarh village, said his 15-year-old daughter Mafia Rashid was abducted by Ghulam Abbas, the employee of a landlord, a resident of Qadirpur, Multan. Abbas aka Heera had been working at Chaudhry …

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Sugar scam case: Court extends bails of Shehbaz, Hamza till August 16


August 2, 2021

A sessions court in Lahore on Monday extended till August 16 the interim bail granted to PML-N leaders Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shehbaz in the sugar scam case, after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) submitted a report on their investigation into the case. Shehbaz and his son, Hamza, are facing Rs25 billion money laundering charges in the sugar scandal. The …

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Faisalabad ‘Aurat March’ cancelled ‘under pressure from administration’


August 2, 2021

LAHORE: The ‘Aurat March’ Faisalabad was cancelled on Sunday allegedly under pressure from the city administration, which did not give the organisers the no objection certificate (NOC). The students, civil society and women had planned to organise the Aurat March to raise a voice against “ongoing femicide and protest the brutal murders of women all over the country in the …

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Govt set to seek extension of election ordinance


August 2, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The government is set to move a resolution in the National Assembly seeking to extend the constitutional life of the controversial Election (Second Amendment) Ordin­ance 2021 for another 120 days which is to expire next month. The resolution seeking extension in the period of the ordinance authorising the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to purchase electronic voting machines (EVMs) …

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Afghan, Taliban flags surprise visitors at park in Islamabad


August 2, 2021

RAWALPINDI: Security agencies were put on alert on Sunday after police learnt that a group of individuals were flying Afghanistan’s national flag as well as that of the Taliban at Islamabad’s Lake View Park. The Lake View Park, located near Malpur village and along Murree Road, is not far from important government buildings, including the Parliament House, and is administered …

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Weak cool front brings in scattered storms Monday


August 2, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Have you been missing out on the rain? Well your luck may change at the beginning of the work week as a weak cool front moves into the area. A cool front will start dropping to the south on Monday making its way into our northern counties by mid morning, close to Houston by the evening, …

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Storms continue into Sunday night


August 2, 2021

August began hot and humid. The temperature reached 99 degrees at 3 pm. But then strong thunderstorms moved through the area along with an early August cold front, and the temperature dropped to 76 by 5 pm. These thunderstorms produced a wind gust of 54 mph at DFW Airport. And there were several reports of quarter to golf ball size …

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Missing 74-year-old man last seen in Red Bird may be in need of help


August 2, 2021

ca Dallas police are asking the public for help finding a 74-year-old man who was last seen in Red Bird. Ralph Bardere.(Dallas Police Department) Ralph Bardere was last seen about noon Sunday on Los Alamitos Street in Dallas, police said. He is described by police as a Black man with no hair and brown eyes, 5-foot-11 and weighing about 250 …

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