by Shishir Gupta in Hindustan Times, Dec 21, 2020, 11:42 ISTSecurity forces have seized 11 hand grenades suspected to have been dropped by a drone flying in from across the Pakistan border into Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, a senior police officer said on Monday. The grenades are suspected to have been made by an ordnance factory in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi. The consignment of Arges Type HG-84 series grenades, packed in a plastic box, is the eighth instance…
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report in Dawn,21 Dec 2020GILGIT: A protest demonstration was held in Skardu on Sunday against high fares of PIA flights to Islamabad. The protesters said the recent reduction in airfare from Islamabad to Skardu and Gilgit provided no relief to people as the fare on the flights to Islamabad was still high. A large number of activists of civil society and political parties gathered at the Chowk Yadgar and blasted the PIA management for not…
Report in the Nation, December 20, 2020KARACHI – Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday invited Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-Mengal) chief Akhtar Mengal to attend public gathering of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) to be held in Larkana on December 27. The PPP chairman extended the invitation to the BNP-Mengal chief during a meeting in Karachi, where both of them discussed overall political situation in the country. Bilawal Bhutto and Akhtar Mengal…
by Asif Chaudhry in Dawn, December 20th, 2020LAHORE: Another superintendent of police (SP) has been transferred from the provincial capital in the light of the explanation letter issued by Lahore SSP Investigation Abdul Ghaffar Qaisrani. Model Town SP Investigation Bilal Qayyum was transferred and closed to the Central Police Office. Mr Bilal was the second police officer after Cantonment Division SP Investigation Dr Anoosh Masood Chaudhry who faced an embarrassment due to the premature transfer…
by Muhammad Saleh Zaafir in the News, dec 20, 2020ISLAMABAD: The question of restoration of visa facilities for nationals from Pakistan to visit United Arab Emirates (UAE) was conspicuously missing in the release issued by the Foreign Office upon the conclusion of visit of Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to the UAE who dashed to that country with the message of Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday. It reminded that the foreign minister’s visit provided…
Behram Baloch in Dawn,20 Dec 2020GWADAR: Minister for Defence Production Zubaida Jalal opened another official border crossing point with Iran here on Saturday. After Taftan, Gwadar Ramdhan is the second international border crossing point between Iran and Pakistan. Taftan has been facing tremendous pressure as it is used for trade and by thousands of pilgrims every year. Taftan border crossing point is being used for more than 70 years. The minister also inaugurated an immigration…
By Shahbaz Rana in Express Tribune, Dec 19, 2020ISLAMABAD: The erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) have gradually started becoming a tax haven within Pakistan as businesses have either established shell or small setups to evade taxes due to a five-year tax holiday. The incentives that had been given for bringing tribal areas to the mainstream and triggering development process are being abused by businesses that have presence in developed parts of the country, according…
report in The News, Dec 19, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Friday sought explanation from the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for collection fees of over Rs39.2 million for issuing the weapon licences and collecting weapon licence fees without the finance ministry approval. The PAC meeting, held with Committee Chairman Rana Tanveer Hussain in the chair, examined the audit of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) para for financial year 2019-20. The audit officials…
report in The News, Dec 19, 2020karachi: Two people, including a missing 10th grade student, were found dead in different parts of the city on Friday. A woman spotted the body of a 14-year-old boy by the riverside in the Khokhrapar area, and informed the police. Cops arrived at the scene and transported the dead to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where he was identified as 14-year-old Arif Abbasi, son of Abid Abbasi. Police said the…
Report in Dawn, Dec 19th, 2020KARACHI: Families of Shia victims of ‘enforced disappearance’ will launch a protest drive from December 25, the families said while addressing a joint press conference in Karachi on Friday. With the support of the Joint Action Committee for Shia Missing Persons, they said they would kick off a new phase of protest movement. The protesters would take out a rally from outside the mausoleum of the Quaid-i-Azam against enforced disappearance…
by Malik Asad in Dawn, Dec 19th, 2020ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Athar Minallah on Friday admitted the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) petition for regular hearing against the recently enforced social media rules. While the counsel for Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Ahmar Bilal Soofi received the court notice after the very first hearing inside the courtroom, the deputy attorney general informed the court that the attorney general Khalid…