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report in Daily Times, Dec 3, 2020Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced two new high altitude national parks in Gilgit Baltistan, spanning a huge area of 3600 square km which totals five percent of Gilgit-Baltistan’s land area. The ‘Himalaya National Park’ and the ‘Nanga Parbat National Park’ comprise unique ecological areas with very rich high altitude biodiversity as well as precious flora and fauna which include snow leopards, Himalayan brown bear, Ladakh urial, ibex, markhor…

by Asif Chaudhry in Dawn, December 3rd, 2020LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to transfer DIG Investigation Shahzada Sultan over his alleged differences with Capital City Police Officer Umar Sheikh on various administrative issues. Mr Sultan is the fourth senior police officer of the provincial capital who is going to be transferred since Umar Sheikh assumed his charge as Lahore CCPO. Earlier, former Inspector General of Police Shoaib Dastagir was removed from his post following…

report in The News, Dec 3, 2020Karachi: The Sindh Rangers on Wednesday arrested two suspects, including a dismissed cop, allegedly involved in robberies among other crimes. The spokesman for the paramilitary force said they carried out a raid in Karachi’s east district and apprehended Shahrukh alias Leon and Waqar Ahmed who were identified with the help of CCTV footage. In October this year, he said Waqar, a drug addict and a dismissed cop, robbed a…

report in The News, Dec 3, 2020Karachi: A judicial magistrate on Wednesday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against an absconding policeman accused of stealing seized drugs in collusion with four of his colleagues. The West district’s judicial magistrate having jurisdiction over the Jackson police station ordered the investigation officer to arrest the absconding suspect, Munsif Ali. The police have chargesheeted five police personnel, namely Sher Muhammad, Fayaz Khan, Asif Shah, Nazish Awan and Munsif Ali,…

report in Dawn, December 3rd, 2020LAHORE: A young software engineer was reportedly kidnapped from Defence Housing Authority when he went to a local market. The family told the police that Mohammad Suleman went to the H-Block market and didn’t return for hours. On contacting, his cell phone was found switched off and the family was unaware about his whereabouts for the last 12 hours or so. The family members told the police that they could…

by Mehtab Haider in The News, Dec 3, 2020ISLAMABAD: The monster of circular debt into the gas sector has escalated to a staggering Rs350 billion because of different inefficiencies and policy inactions. The gas prices were not passed on by increasing tariff from some time and the circular debt also piled up on account of RLNG. Thirdly, the Unaccounted for Gas (UFG) is also causing the hike. “At this moment, the circular debt build up…

by Malik Asad in Dawn, December 3rd, 2020ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday declared former prime minister Nawaz Sharif a proclaimed offender in two cases — Avenfield properties and Al-Azizia — and issued show-cause notices to his guarantors and summoned them on Dec 9. It may be mentioned that Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz and her husband retired Captain Mohammad Safdar will also appear before an IHC bench on Dec 9…

REPORT in Pakistan Today, Dec 3, 2020LAHORE: The district administration of Lahore on Wednesday refused to give permission for the holding of a public meeting proposed by the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) at Greater Iqbal Park on December 13. According to details, the multi-party anti-government alliance submitted an application seeking a no-objection certificate (NOC) for the event. The organisers also sought strict security arrangements at the venue to avoid any unfortunate incident. However, the authorities…

Report in Dawn, December 3rd, 2020LAHORE: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has warned the PTI government against creating hurdles in its Lahore’s Dec 13 rally, saying such tactics may lead to violent clashes. The PDM leaders Rana Sanaullah (PML-N), Chaudhry Manzoor (PPP), Maulana Ghafoor Haideri (JUI-F) and others held a meeting at Model Town here on Wednesday and discussed preparations for the Dec 13 Minar-i-Pakistan rally. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Rana Sanaullah said…

Report in Dawn, Dec 2, 2020LAHORE: A Sindh government minister from the PPP has termed the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) a party of fraudsters and not politicians. “The PTI is not a party of politicians. It is a group of fraudsters and swindlers,” said Saeed Ghani here on Tuesday. He was speaking to reporters outside the PML-N’s Model Town secretariat where he along with a delegation of party leaders had gone to condole with Shehbaz…