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ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Friday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to file Narowal Sports Complex alleged corruption reference against former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal within a month, ARY News reported. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader appeared before the court for the hearing. Taking the rostrum, Iqbal alleged that he is being penalized for doing good deeds and added that the Sports Complex has been ruined in last 18 months. He demanded to file reference against those who ruined the complex. After marking his attendance, the former minister left for NAB office to appear before it after being summoned in the same reference. The court after directing NAB to file reference against Iqbal within 30 days, adjourned the hearing till March 26. Read more: IHC grants bail to Ahsan Iqbal in Narowal Sports City case It is pertinent to mention here that Ahsan Iqbal had been released from Adiala Jail, after the Islamabad High Court had approved h...

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has confirmed that Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi would represent Pakistan at a signing ceremony of the peace agreement between the United States and Afghan Taliban in Doha on February 29, ARY News reported. In a Tweet on Friday, the SPAM said that that foreign ministers from seven countries, including Emir of Qatar will also attend the ceremony. Representatives from 50 countries will also be present in the ceremony, the SAPM added. Firdous Ashiq Awan said that Pakistan will continue playing its positive role in the promotion of peace and stability in the region. 29 فروری کو طالبان اور دیگر فریقین کے مابین معاہدے پر دستخط کا خیرمقدم کرتے ہیں۔اس موقع پر وزیر خارجہ شاہ محمود قریشی پاکستان کی نمائندگی کریں گے۔معاہدے کی تقریب میں امیر قطر سمیت سات ممالک کے وزراءخارجہ اور پچاس ممالک کے نمائندگان شریک ہوں گے۔ — Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan (@Dr_FirdousPTI) February 28, 2020 She w...

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday heard plea related to shortage and inflated rates of the surgical masks amid detection of two coronavirus cases in Pakistan, ARY News reported. At the outset of the hearing, the lawyer of the applicant stated that prices of surgical masks are skyrocketing in the across the province, including Karachi, while there is an acute shortage too. “Who said wearing mask is mandatory to get safe from coronavirus”, Justice Muhammad Ali remarked. Have you not saw the press conference of the doctors in this context, yesterday?, he asked the lawyer of the applicant. Read more: Crackdown against hiked mask prices initiated by orders of PM Imran Khan The SHC bench observed that masks are available in Karachi after observing a girl wearing mask in the court room. Upon asking, the girl replied, she bought the mask from the city but after facing so much difficulties. A panic has been created under the name of coronavirus in the city, the judge remarked...

A Hyundai Motor worker has tested positive for the new coronavirus, leading to a suspension of production at one its factories in South Korea’s southeastern city of Ulsan, the company said on Friday. Shares of the automaker dropped more than 5% after the news, while the wider market.KS11 was down 2.6%. The closing deals a fresh setback to Hyundai Motor, which has gradually resumed production at local plants hit by a Chinese parts shortage in the wake of the virus outbreak. South Korea has the most infected people outside China, affecting companies like Samsung and Hyundai. South Korea on Friday reported 256 new cases, bringing the total number of infected to 2,022. A union spokesman confirmed that a worker had tested positive, but he did not have more details. “The company has also placed colleagues who came in close contact with the infected employee in self-quarantine and taken steps to have them tested for possible infection,” Hyundai Motor said in a news release. The company a...

LAHORE: A special court for narcotics control on Friday rejected prosecution’s plea to hold day to day proceedings into a case against Pakistan Mulsim League (PML-N) leader Rana Sanaullah for allegedly carrying drugs, ARY NEWS reported.      The court issued a two-page written verdict and said that there are no past examples of day to day proceedings and the cases are set in the courtroom as per the followed routine. The registrar of narcotics control court has informed that there are 220 pending trials in the court, the judge remarked. It is pertinent to mention here the prosecution had filed a plea for day to day proceedings in the narcotics control court while the defendant Rana Sanaullah’s counsel opposed the move, saying that the proceedings should be held as per law. Rana Sanaullah was arrested last year in July by the ANF from the Islamabad-Lahore motorway near the Sukheki area. According to ANF spokesperson, drugs were recovered from the PML-N leader’s c...

میں اسٹاف سارجنٹ پیک ہوں.عراق نے کویت پر قبضہ کر لیا اور سعودی عرب کی درخواست پر امریکی فوجیں وہاں پہنچیں تو خوش نصیبی سے میں بھی ان دو سو خواتین میں شامل تھی، جو اس فوج کا حصہ تھیں اور دمام چھاؤنی میں تعینات ہوئیں۔ میں وہاں کوارٹر ماسٹر کی خدمات انجام دے رہی تھی۔ ہماری بٹالین پانچ کمپنیوں پر مشتمل تھی، جو ایک ہزار فوجیوں پر مشتمل تھی۔ ان میں دو سو خواتین بھی تھیں۔ کوارٹر ماسٹر کی حیثیت سے میری ڈیوٹی فوجیوں کے لیے لباس، غذا اور رسد کا انتظام کرنا تھی اور اس حوالے سے ہمیں مقامی طور پر مختلف اشیا کی خریداری کرنی ہوتی تھی، چنانچہ اس مقصد کے لیے معاون کے طور پر ہمیں ایک مقامی باشندہ ملازم رکھنا پڑا۔ یہ لبنان کا ایک مسلمان حسین حریری تھا۔ یہی شخص اسلام سے میرے تعارف کا سبب بنا اور یہی بعد میں میرا رفیق زندگی بھی قرار پایا۔ہوا یوں کہ چند ہی روز میں میں نے اندازہ کر لیا کہ حسین حریری منفرد کردار اور اخلاق کا مالک ہے۔ میرا اب تک کا مشاہدہ تھا کہ امریکی مردوں کی غالب اکثریت عورت کے معاملے میں بہت ہی غیر سنجیدہ ہے۔ وہ اسے عیش اور تفریح کا ایک ذریعہ سمجھتے ہیں اور اپنے عمل سے وہ عورت کے لیے احتر...

The lockdown of Guo Jing’s neighbourhood in Wuhan –- the city at the heart of China’s new coronavirus epidemic –- came suddenly and without warning. Unable to go out, the 29-year-old is now sealed inside her compound where she has to depend on online group-buying services to get food. “Living for at least another month isn’t an issue,” Guo told AFP, explaining that she had her own stash of pickled vegetables and salted eggs. But what scares her most is the lack of control — first, the entire city was sealed off, and then residents were limited to exiting their compound once every three days. Now even that has been taken away. Guo is among some 11 million residents in Wuhan, a city in central Hubei province that has been under effective quarantine since January 23 as Chinese authorities race to contain the epidemic. Since then, its people have faced a number of tightening controls over daily life as the death toll from the virus swelled to over 2,500 in China alone. But the new ...