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Philippine death toll from its strongest typhoon of year tops 400


December 31, 2021

The Philippine death toll from Typhoon Rai has crossed the 400 mark, the disaster agency said on Friday, as officials in some hard-hit provinces appealed for more supplies of food, water and shelter materials about two weeks after the storm struck. Rai was the 15th and deadliest typhoon to hit the Southeast Asian nation this year. Reported deaths had reached …

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Pediatric hospitalisations in the US up under Omicron, but it’s not more severe


December 31, 2021

New paediatric Covid-19 hospitalisations have hit a record-high in the United States, as children are increasingly swept up in Omicron’s lightning spread. While experts are concerned, and stress the need to step up vaccination among kids, early indications suggest that the new variant’s rate of severe disease could in fact be lower, and its extreme contagiousness is behind the rapid …

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Palestinians raise alarm over Facebook content ‘suppression’


December 31, 2021

Palestinian journalists have raised the alarm over what they describe as unjust suppression of their content on Facebook, a claim backed by rights groups but rejected by the social media giant. On December 4, Palestine TV correspondent Christine Rinawi posted a video on her Facebook account in which Israeli security forces were seen shooting a Palestinian on the ground, killing him. He …

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Final notice issued to unauthorised apartment building in E-11


December 31, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has issued final notice to Fortune Residency Empire — an apartment building in E-11 — to remove the unauthorised construction. In its notice issued on Dec 24, the CDA said the building was constructed without approval. “Any construction started/carried out without prior approval of the authority shall be liable to be removed at the …

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Teachers give govt 10 days to withdraw decision of placing schools under Islamabad mayor


December 31, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Teaching and non-teaching staff of Federal Directorate of Education (FDE)-run schools on Thursday gave a deadline of 10 days to the government for making an amendment to the local government ordinance otherwise educational activities will be suspended from January 10 for an indefinite period. On the other hand, thousands of CDA employees are also protesting against the ordinance. However, …

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PM Imran perturbed at non-enforcement of legal reforms, IHC told


December 31, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is perturbed at non-enforcement of legal reforms effectively for the past three years, revealed the principal law officer of the country before the Islamabad High Court on Thursday. Attorney General (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan appeared before the IHC during the hearing of petitions relating to land disputes between citizens and government entities dealing with real …

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32 Omicron cases reported in Islamabad so far


December 31, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Officials of the capital administration on Thursday said so far 32 Omicron cases have been reported in Islamabad and they may increase in the coming days. People have been advised to receive booster shots and strictly follow standard operating procedures (SOPs). They said they had been observing the situation closely so that all necessary steps could be taken to …

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Open hearing of PTI foreign funding case from Jan 4


December 31, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will take up for hearing the foreign funding case against the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Jan 4. The ECP has issued notices to PTI GM (Finance) Mohammad Arshad and the party’s s counsel Shah Khawar. Notices have also been issued to petitioner Akbar S. Babar and his counsel Ahmad Hassan Shah. A …

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PTI, PPP women get into physical brawl in National Assembly


December 31, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Ruling PTI MNA Ghazala Saifi and Shagufta Jumani of the opposition PPP got into physical brawl during the National Assembly’s noisy sitting on Thursday. The two lawmakers surrounded by others were seen shouting and pushing each other when the protesting opposition members had gathered in front of the seats of ministers to have a face-to-face argument at the time …

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IHC urged to drop case against newspaper owner, journalists


December 31, 2021

REPORTERS Without Borders (RSF) called upon the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday to drop contempt proceedings against two journalists working for The News and the newspaper’s owner for publishing a former judge’s leaked affidavit revealing alleged judicial collusion to deny bail to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam before the 2018 general election. “I verified my sources,” Ansar …

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