Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen was sent to Peshawar’s Central Jail on a 14-day judicial remand by a magistrate hours after he was arrested from the city’s Shaheen Town on Monday. The PTM leader was produced before a magistrate in Judicial Complex, Peshawar, where strict security arrangements were made prior to his arrival. […]
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The Senate on Monday passed the Maternity and Paternity Leave Bill, 2018, which makes it mandatory for employers to grant 6-months paid maternity leave and 3-months paid paternity leave. As per the bill, the leaves policy will be applicable in both public and private establishments in the federal capital territory. The bill, presented by Senator […]
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A first information report (FIR) was registered on Monday against four people for vandalising the Mata Deval Bhittani temple in a village near Thar’s Chhachro town. According to the FIR — registered on the directions of Thar Senior Superintendent of Police Abdullah Ahmedyar — the temple was vandalised by four unidentified people on Sunday night, […]
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Democratic lawmakers concluded their opening arguments in Republican President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the US Senate on Friday with a warning that he was a threat to democracy and would abuse his power again if he is not removed from the office. On the third and final day of opening statements, Democrats tried to […]
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The death toll from China’s coronavirus outbreak jumped on Saturday to 41 from 26 a day earlier as the Lunar New Year got off to a gloomy start, with authorities curbing travel and cancelling public gatherings. More than 1,300 people have been infected globally with a virus traced to a seafood market in the central […]
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Delta Air Lines was on Friday fined $50,000 by the US Department of Transportation to settle allegations it discriminated against three Muslim passengers who were ordered off their planes. In its consent order, the department said it found Delta “engaged in discriminatory conduct” and violated anti-discrimination laws when it removed the three passengers. In one […]
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Limited mobile data services and internet will be temporarily restored in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from Saturday, ending nearly a six month communications lockdown after Prime Minister Narendra Modi withdrew the Muslim majority region’s autonomy. Access will be limited to about 300 “whitelisted” websites and internet speed would remain low, the local Jammu and Kashmir […]
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Iraqi security forces raided Baghdad’s main protest site on Saturday and tried to eject protesters in southern cities, firing tear gas and bullets, killing four people and wounding dozens more, police and medical sources said. The new push to end the sit-ins and restore order came hours after populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who counts millions […]
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KARACHI: The lack of sports activity at the sprawling Customs Sports Complex in the city and the misuse of its premises due to the ongoing weddings and funfairs there have irked the sportspersons as well as the residents of the area who have asked the concerned authorities to urgently look into the matter and sort […]
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AUCKLAND: Shreyas Iyer emerged as a new star of Indian cricket when his calm, unbeaten half-century clinched a six-wicket win for his team over New Zealand in a high-scoring first Twenty20 international at Eden Park in Auckland. Iyer scored his second Twenty20 international half century with 58 not out and finished the game with his […]
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