ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday sought an explanation from the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) — the military’s engineering organisation — and summoned its director general on its next meeting after he failed to share the Kartarpur corridor’s record with the auditor general of Pakistan (AGP). PAC chairman Rana Tanveer Hussain directed, “since […]
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BAHAWALPUR/DERA GHAZI KHAN: Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has claimed that there is neither any pressure group nor forward bloc in the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf ranks. Talking to the media here during his visit on Thursday, the chief minister said all the PTI lawmakers in Punjab were united under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan […]
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ISLAMABAD: Effective action on complaints and timelines for new initiatives were needed to ensure transparency in the country, President Dr Arif Alvi said on Thursday. “Transparency and accountability are among the top priorities of the government to ensure good governance,” Dr Alvi observed during a ceremony at the Presidency for a presentation on the Auditor […]
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The United Kingdom on Friday changed its travel advice to reflect the improved security situation in Pakistan. A press release from the British High Commission in Islamabad said that the change in the travel advice “is the result of a comprehensive review based on a wide-ranging assessment of the country’s security situation.” This is the […]
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SYDNEY: Some residents of Australia’s capital Canberra were evacuated briefly on Wednesday after a bushfire broke out near the airport as searing hot weather ended a few days of respite and the number of out-of-control blazes surged in the southeast of the country. Roads were closed and the authorities told people to leave or stay […]
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MSM Malaysia Holdings Berhad will buy 130,000 tonnes of raw sugar from India worth 200 million ringgit ($49.20 million) in the first quarter, the company told Reuters. It bought around 88,000 tonnes of raw sugar from India in 2019. MSM is the sugar refining arm of the world’s largest palm oil producer, FGV Holdings, which […]
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BANGKOK: Authorities in the Thai capital ordered nearly 450 schools to close on Wednesday as pollution levels reached dangerously unhealthy levels. Bangkok, the world’s most visited city, saw levels of PM 2.5 particles at 78.3 pg/m3. A level above 35 is considered unhealthy, according to independent air quality monitor AirVisual. PM 2.5 particles can include […]
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WASHINGTON: Democrats began presenting their opening arguments at the historic impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, took the podium on the floor of the Senate to make the case that Trump should be removed from office for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. […]
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Cases of the new coronavirus pneumonia disease rose to 571 on the Chinese mainland as of Wednesday, including 95 in critical condition, and fatalities rose to 17, China’s National Health Commission said on Thursday morning. In addition, 393 suspected cases were reported as of Wednesday. All the reported deaths were in Hubei province, the epicentre […]
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ISLAMABAD: Top seed Haris Tahir and unseeded Umer Farooq reached the final of the Jubilee Insurance U-21 National Championship on Wednesday. Haris and Umer, both of Punjab, beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Saad Khan and also Umer Khan — also Punjab’s — respectively. In the first semi-final top seed Haris beat Saad 5-2 (30-62, 80-5, 85-6 (85), […]
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