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ISLAMABAD: Former deputy speaker Qasim Suri has challenged his disqualification from the National Assembly seat in Supreme Court, ARY News reported on Tuesday. An election tribunal last Friday declared his victory from National Assembly seat NA-265 (Quetta-II) as null and void and ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold re-polling in the constituency. Advocate Naeem Bukhari filed a petition in the supreme court pleading to declare the decision of the election tribunal as void. The counsel said in the plea that irregularities in the electoral process could not be attributed to his client. The petition also requested for an early hearing of the matter on tomorrow (Wednesday). An election tribunal presided over by Justice Abdullah Baloch had ECP for re-election in the Quetta constituency. Balochistan National Party’s (BNP) Lashkari Raisani had challenged the victory of Suri, who contested the 2018 general election on a ticket of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP).

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi felicitated Dr Maleeha Lodhi on the completion of her tenure as Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations, following the latter’s resignation from the post.  Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, Qureshi wrote: “On the completion of her tenure as Pakistan’s Ambassador to UN, I would like to extend my gratitude to Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi.” On the completion of her tenure as Pakistan's Ambassador to UN, I would like to extend my gratitude to Ambassador @LodhiMaleeha for serving her country with utmost dignity, diligence and honour. Wish her all the very best with her future endeavours. — Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) October 1, 2019 The foreign minister said that Ambassador Lodhi served the country with “utmost dignity, diligence and honour.” He also wished her the best for future endeavours. Lodhi, replied to the minister’s tweet, by saying that it was an honour to serve Pakistan and that she will continue

SUKKUR: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) sought the court for an extension in remand of the Pakistan People’s Pary (PPP) central leader Khursheed Shah on Tuesday, ARY News reported. The accountability court conducted hearing of the case related to the arrest of Khursheed Shah here today. As the hearing went underway, the NAB prosecutor said that the Shah’s house is constructed on welfare plot with the cost of Rs60 million which came under the investigation of assets beyond income. He added that the investigators have found 10 bank accounts of the politicians along with records of transactions up to millions of rupees. The prosecutor told the court that Shah possesses various benami [undisclosed] properties. The politician’s counsel Mukesh Kumar argued that Shah is the target of political revenge as the high court had earlier acquitted him in the allegations. He complained that the NAB officials did not allow him to meet Shah despite the court orders. He claimed that the on

Justin Bieber and his childhood sweetheart Hailey Baldwin tied the knot for a second time on Monday at a ceremony for family and friends at a hotel resort in South Carolina. People magazine and E! News, citing sources close to the couple, said the pair exchanged vows in a religious ceremony attended by their parents and celebrities including Ed Sheeran, Kylie and Kendall Jenner, Usher and Baldwin’s actor uncle Alec Baldwin. Representatives of the pair did not return requests for comment on Monday but celebrity media and paparazzi have been closely following the two days of celebrations at the Montage Palmetto Bluff resort. People magazine said the couple exchanged vows as the sun set at a chapel on the resort, in front of about 150 guests. Bieber and Baldwin first married in an under the radar civil ceremony in New York in September last year. The Canadian singer, 25, and model Baldwin, 22, first met in their early teens, attend the same church and started dating again seriously

SRINAGAR: The grim situation remained unchanged in Indian occupied Kashmir on 58th consecutive day, on Tuesday, due to continued restrictions and communication blackout imposed by Narendra Modi-led communal government. Normal life continues to remain crippled in the Kashmir valley and Muslim majority areas of Jammu region due to the snapping of mobile and internet services and closure of shops, markets, business establishments and educational institutions as well as the absence of public transport, as per Kashmir Media Service. Thousands of Indian troops and police personnel deployed in every nook and corner of the Kashmir valley keep the residents confined to their homes. While parents are reluctant to send their wards to schools in the prevailing precarious situation, a very thin attendance of teachers was reported. Attendance of employees in government offices was recorded constantly thin due to the non-availability of public transport. Train service in the occupied territory al

MARDAN: Four members of a family died in a roof collapse incident in Katlang tehsil of Mardan, ARY News reported on Tuesday. A man, his wife and two children were killed when the rooftop of their mud house caved in at Farash Colony in Katlang, rescue sources said. The roof of the house was collapsed in the night but people of the area remained unaware of the incident due to wind storm, local people said. The deceased were identified as Zakirullah, his wife and their two children three years old Abdul Samad and two years’ Sapna, rescue officials said. The emergency workers transferred bodies of deceased to Type D Katlang Hospital, officials said. In another incident in May this year in Takht Bai area near Mardan four people were died when a roof of a dilapidated house  collapsed. After being informed about the incident, the rescue teams reached the spot and recovered the bodies from the rubble with the help of residents and shifted them to hospital. Rescue sources said the two c

KARACHI: The government of Sindh has banned plastic bags across the province from Tuesday (today), ARY News reported. Sindh’s Environment Department has issued a notification to enforce the ban on the manufacture, sale, purchase and use of non-biodegradable plastic bags of all sizes. The government has enforced the law against the use of plastic bags and will take legal action against the violators. The special teams will monitor different markets and those found involved in any violation of the law will be prosecuted accordingly. The provincial environment department is bound to enforce the law against the use of plastic bags. Adviser to the Chief Minister on environment Murtaza Wahab warned of strict legal action against those involved in the violation of the law. Wahab advised the citizens to use paper or cloth bags to replace polythene bags. To be biodegradable means that a substance is capable of being decomposed by bacteria and other living organisms and does not create p

PARIS: The Givenchy collection for Spring/Summer 2020, unveiled as part of Paris Fashion Week, channeled the mood of Paris and New York of the 1990s, mixing romantic floral dress and distressed-look denim. Clare Waight Keller, designer at the LVMH-owned French couture house since 2017, unveiled her latest collection entitled NY PARIS 1993 on Sunday in a minimalist space with a rap music soundtrack. Models strutted down the catwalk in high-waisted leather skirts, tops and plunging neckline jackets while others wore faded jeans or flower print dresses. Paris Fashion Week runs until Tuesday. The post Givenchy revisits the 1990s at Paris Fashion Week appeared first on ARYNEWS .

Twitter on Monday said it is rolling out a filter that will hide away unwanted direct messages, providing a new tool to stymie abuse. Twitter users who receive direct messages from people they don’t follow on the platform will be able to have such missives automatically routed to a secondary folder. “Unwanted messages aren’t fun,” Twitter tweeted in August when it began testing the filter that let users keep them “out of sight, out of mind.” The filter is intended to also catch messages with spam or offensive content, tagging them accordingly so users can decide whether they want to open them. “We tested, and turns out filters help you cut through the noise to find gems,” Twitter said Monday in a tweet. “Who knew. So we’re rolling out this filter to everyone on iOS, Android, and web.” Twitter has been under pressure to battle abuse and vitriol on the platform known for letting anyone express themselves to the world in real-time. The San Francisco-based company earlier this year

SRINAGAR: In occupied Kashmir, restrictions have been further intensified particularly after Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s powerful speech on Kashmir at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday. Police vans fitted with speakers are making public announcements in Srinagar and other parts of the territory warning people against defying restrictions. Additional troops have been deployed and access to the markets blocked with concertina wires to prevent protests, Kashmir Media Service reported. All shops, transport, internet and other channels of communication continue to remain suspended as Kashmiris are facing a crippling 56-day lockdown imposed by India. Meanwhile, Indian troops killed another youth in custody, raising the toll to seven during the past 48 hours in the occupied territory. Earlier, during cordon and search operations the troops martyred three youth in Ganderbal and three in Ramban district in Jammu region. Al Jazeera TV reported that Prime Minister Imran

BEIJING/HONG KONG: China’s ByteDance, owner of the video-sharing app TikTok and one of the world’s most valuable unicorns, booked revenue of 50-60 billion yuan ($7 billion to $8.4 billion) in a better-than-expected result for the first half, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. ByteDance, which was loss-making in the first-half, also posted a profit in June and was confident of making a profit in the second half of the year, one of the people said, declining to be identified as the company has not made a public announcement. Robust growth has led the Beijing-based startup to revise its revenue target for 2019 to 120 billion yuan from an earlier goal set late last year of 100 billion yuan, a second person said. Earnings figures for last year were not immediately available. According to online tech news outlet The Information, ByteDance revenue for the whole of 2018 was $7.2 billion. ByteDance declined to comment. The seven-year-old startup, which separate sources have sai

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia to record a strong protest over recent ceasefire violations along the line of control. Ahluwalia was summoned by Director General South Asia and SAARC Dr Muhammad Faisal at the foreign office today to condemn the Indian unprovoked firing across the LoC. Two civilians were martyred and three were injured as Indian forces had again resorted to indiscriminate and unprovoked firing at the Line of Control (LoC) at Nakyal and Rakh Chakri sectors, on Sunday. Dr Faisal urged the Indian side to respect the 2003 Ceasefire arrangement; investigate these and other incidents of ceasefire violations. He urged that the Indian side should permit UNMOGIP to play its mandated role as per the UN Security Council resolutions. The foreign office spokesperson said the Indian occupation forces have continuously been targeting civilian populated areas with artillery fire, heavy-caliber mortars, and automatic weapons,

Bollywood actor Avinash Tiwary is a Mahira Khan fan too and couldn’t stop gushing over a recent photo of the actress. The actor shared a picture of the starlet donning a red gown on his Instagram story and left a heart on it, admiring her beauty. Tiwari rose to prominence in 2018 with a leading role in the romantic movie Laila Majnu  by Sajid Ali and Imitiaz Ali. He is currently filming for a Netflix series titled Bulbul and a film, The Girl on the Train. View this post on Instagram Narcissist with a Conscience! A post shared by Avinash Tiwary (@avinashtiwary15) on Aug 14, 2019 at 1:39pm PDT Khan made her Bollywood debut with Raee s opposite heartthrob Shah Rukh Khan in 2017. She enjoys a considerable amount of fan following across the border as well. Some of her television dramas have also been widely appreciated by her Indian fans. View this post on Instagram @georgeshobeika P.S Superstar

A throwback picture of late pop singer Nazia Hassan and veteran actress Zeba Bakhtiar doing rounds on social media took fans on a trip to nostalgia.  In the picture, Nazia can be spotted donning a coral shalwar kameez while Zeba can be seen wearing a red saree . The two evergreen beauties are exuding elegance in the eastern outfits. Fans reminisced the days when the singer, who shaped the Pakistani pop music scene, entertained them with her tracks. The duo are loved by fans not only due to their talent but their humble and graceful personality. Nazia made her singing debut with the 1980 song Aap Jaisa Koi. She sold over 65 million records worldwide with her brother, Zoheb Hassan. With a career spanning over 15 years, she received numerous national and international awards including Filmfare Award and Pakistan’s Pride of Performance. While Zeba made her television debut with Anarkali in 1988 and set her foot in Bollywood with   Henna in 1991. She was last seen in an action cr

The opposition Labour Party must make sure the risk of Britain leaving the European Union without a deal is averted before it considers any plan to topple Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Labour’s education spokeswoman Angela Rayner said on Sunday. Asked during an interview on  BBC television if Labour was planning to call a no-confidence vote in Johnson, Rayner said: “We want to make sure that we get no-deal off the table before we do anything else.” Separately, Prime Minister Johnson said that he would not resign to avoid having to delay Brexit beyond the end of October. Johnson has vowed to take Britain out of the EU with or without a deal, despite parliament passing a law which would require him to ask for an extension to the Brexit deadline if lawmakers have not approved a deal. He has said he would rather be “dead in a ditch” than request a delay. Asked in an interview with the  BBC  if he would resign so that he did not have to ask for a delay, Johnson said: “No, I have under

ISLAMABAD: The tax offices will remain open on Monday (today) till midnight, 12:00, to facilitate the tax filers, due to the last date of filing income tax returns, ARY News reported. Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has set September 30, 2019, as the deadline for the filing of the income tax returns. The taxation authority has announced that its field offices will remain open on Monday until 12:00 in midnight. Tax payers could also deposit their tax at the branches of the National Bank, which will go under the process on the same day. The FBR in a notification has directed all chief commissioners to coordinate with authorized branches of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) so that the tax collections could be shifted to the State Bank on the same day and they were counted in the tax receipts for the month of September. Earlier, the State Bank had written a letter to the authorized branches of the NBP directing them to remain open and facilitate taxpayers. Pakistan Tax Bar Associa

LAHORE: The judicial remand of former Lahore Development Authority (LDA) director general Ahad Cheema Monday, was extended for 10 days in a case pertaining to assets beyond known sources of income. Cheema was presented by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials before Lahore’s NAB court under strict security. The court by summoning more witnesses in the case adjourned the hearing till October 10. It may be noted that the court, so far has recorded statements of seven witnesses in the reference against the former DG LDA. According to anti-graft watchdog, Cheema possesses assets worth Rs600 million and had failed to satisfy the bureau regarding his sources of income. The properties owned by the ex-DG LDA allegedly include several plots in various housing schemes in Lahore and Islamabad, agricultural lands, flats and houses. The properties were mostly registered in his mother, wife and other relatives’ names. Cheema was arrested in February over charges of misusing his a

HELSINKI: An anti-India protest demonstration was held in Helinski, the capital of Finland, to condemn the latest New Dehli’s actions in occupied Kashmir. The protest demonstration was arranged by the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation European Union zone. The protesters carrying Azad Kashmir’s flags, banners and placards were chanting pro-freedom and anti-India slogans, Kashmir Media Service reported. They also condemned the Indian tribunal’s unilateral and biased decision to uphold the ban on JKLF without any concrete evidence and proper judicial proceedings. The protesters said that the ban was imposed and then upheld by the Indian judiciary on the wishes of the Hindu extremist Indian government led by Narendra Modi. As per a detailed statement issued by the party, the participants said that the demand for the fundamental rights of the people, especially the right to self-determination and freedom is not against any international law nor is it illegal to raise a voice against state te

Superstar Mahira Khan turned heads, walking the ramp for a joint collection by Karl Lagerfeld and a renowned makeup brand at the Paris Fashion Week on Saturday.  The 34-year-old actor’s jaw-dropping look caught everyone’s attention. She flaunted a leather jacket, skinny black jeans and a white shirt with coiffed hair. THIS IS THE MOMENT WE WERE WAITING FOR! @TheMahiraKhan walks the runway for Karl Lagerfeld with Camila Cabello, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Helen Mirren, Eva Longoria, Amber Heard, Doutzen and many others! Representing ! Proud Proud Proud of you #MahiraKhan pic.twitter.com/ZoqmP8nFZ1 — Heena (@IAmGrumpyArtist) September 28, 2019 The Raees actor joined famous international celebrities including ‘Senorita’ hitmaker Camila Cabello, Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, legendary British actress Helen Mirren, American actors Eva Longoria and Amber Heard on the runway. She is the brand ambassador of the makeup giant. Later, the starlet was spotted shaking a leg w

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed lower on Monday as investors locked in profits amid fresh concerns about the US-China trade row. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.56 percent or 123.06 points to 21,755.84 while the broader Topix index ended down 1.03 percent or 16.45 points at 1,587.80. “Profit-taking led trade with sentiment weighed down by uncertainty over the US-China trade row,” said Yoshihiro Ito, chief strategist at Okasan Online Securities. Wall Street closed lower on Friday after reports that US President Donald Trump is mulling severe new restrictions on investment in China. The US and China have been locked in a bruising trade war for more than a year, with the world´s two biggest economies imposing tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in bilateral trade. Despite ongoing trade pressure with the US, China´s manufacturing sector showed unexpected signs of improvement with two indexes showing Monday that manufacturing activity edged up in September. Later this week, m

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz’s (PML-N) central executive committee (CEC) will be held on Monday (today) under the chair of its president Shehbaz Sharif. As per details, the meeting is expected to take important decisions today regarding the political scenario of the country. The committee would also decide whether to join Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam’s (JIU-F) anti-government march in Islamabad, which is due in October. Other matter related to economy, inflation and unemployment will also come under the discussion at the meeting. Read More: JUI-F urged to dedicate Islamabad march to Kashmir cause It is pertinent to note that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has decided against joining the JUI-F’s upcoming march. PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto had announced that his party would continue extending moral and political support to the JUI-F chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, however, it would not participate in the march.   The post PML-N to decide about joining JUI-F’s anti-gov

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz on Monday filed a plea in the Lahore High Court (LHC), seeking her bail in money laundering case, ARY News reported. Maryam in her bail plea has pleased the court to approve her bail in Chaudhry Sugar Mills reference, which was used for money laundering, according to the NAB. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested me by violating the law as my all properties and assets are declared, she has stated in her bail plea and claimed that she is being politically victimized. The PML-N stalwart is currently in the jail on judicial remand in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills reference along with her cousin Yousaf Abbas. Read more: Maryam Nawaz, Yousaf Abbas sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand Chaudhry Sugar Mills case: In a press conference, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar had said the Sharif Family had used Chaudhry Sugar Mills for money-laundering and illegal transfe

SUKKUR: Swarms of locusts have destroyed crops on hundreds of acres in Saleh Pat area of Sukkur quoting local farmers, ARY News reported on Monday. Several swarms of locusts descended in the area and eat up standing cotton crop, vegetables and fodder for cattle in the area, local people complained. Local farmers staged protest against inaction of the provincial agriculture department with regard to the attacks of locusts swarms in the area. The farmers are trying to get rid of the vegetation eating grasshoppers on self help basis after the agriculture department’s inaction over the matter. “We worked hard for six months, spent thousands of rupees but the crops were destroyed (by the swarms of locusts)”, a farmer lamented. The government by conducting spray of insecticides could save us from further harm, local farmers said. Earlier in this month, locusts, a specie of grasshoppers, reportedly eat up crops, grass and shrubs in some villages of Nagarparkar and Islamkot talukas of T

CHUNIAN: The police on Monday found remains of another child from Industrial area of Chunian, who was kidnapped and later killed,  ARY News reported. According to the police, the remains were found at the distance of half kilometer away, from last crime scene. “The remains might be of another child, who went missing from Chunian, earlier”, the police said. It may be noted that the number of killed children has jumped to five in the area in the month of September. Four children between eight to 12 years of age had gone missing in Chunian since June. Last week, the police were informed about the body of a child in a ditch. Later, the police also recovered remains of two more minors from the sand dunes. A wave of shock and terror gripped Chunian when the police recovered the bodies. Read more: Police claim ‘breakthrough’ in Chunian rape-slay case investigation Locals suspected a gang was behind the killing of minor boys after rape. The traders association of Chunian had protested a

KARACHI: Pakistan Meteorological Department predicted a warm and humid weather in Karachi on Monday with chances of isolated rain and thunderstorm, ARY News reported. Maximum temperature in the city will be between 34-36º Celsius, the met office said, while minimum temperature will be 26 ºC. Humidity will be between 75-85 % in morning and 65-75 % in the evening today, the met office said. The wind direction in Karachi will mostly remain Northeasterly or Easterly. The minimum temperature will further move downward with restoration of sea breeze, according to the weather department. Heavy rainfall lashed Karachi on the consecutive fifth day on Friday and five people died by electrocution in various areas of Karachi as the city underwent an interesting spell of weather with an interplay between hot and humid weather and rainfall. The weather department in a forecast earlier said that the monsoon currents likely to prevail till Monday (today). Average temperatures are likely to dro

KOHISTAN: A twelve-day special anti-polio campaign has begun in three districts of Kohistan on Monday (today). According to the provincial health department, more than 85,000 children below the age of five will be administered anti-polio drops during the campaign. Meanwhile, a three-day polio campaign will also begin today in Torghar district where about 40,000 children will be vaccinated during the campaign. The government has devised a comprehensive plan for the security of polio teams. Earlier, Sept 23, two new polio cases were confirmed from Lakki Marwat district, taking the number of such cases to 66 in the country this year. According to sources, a six-month-old infant, resident of Kotka Mushkalam, Tehsil Serai Naurang, District Lakki Marwat, was tested positive for the poliovirus. The second child was an eighteen-month-old infant, a resident of Kotka Bazee Sheikh, Tehsil Serai Naurang, District Lakki Marwat. Prior to that, two cases of polio were reported from Khyber Pak

LOS ANGELES: Abominable  towered over the box office this weekend as Universal and DreamWorks’ animated adventure debuted to $20.85 million in North America and $29.7 million worldwide. The PG movie benefited as one of the few offerings at multiplexes catering to family crowds and marked the best opening of the year for an original animated film. Jill Culton wrote and directed Abominable, becoming the first female to independently make an animated film for a major studio. Universal’s DreamWorks co-produced the movie with China’s Pearl Studios. With a softer $8.8 million start at the international box office, the two companies will rely on Chinese audiences to turn out in force (where it debuts on Tuesday) to help justify its $75 million budget. Abominable follows a young girl named Yi (voiced by Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.  actress Chloe Bennet) who embarks on an epic journey to reunite a yeti named Everest with his family. As awards season kicks off, Roadside Attractions’ J

SRINAGAR: The grim situation remained unchanged in Indian occupied Kashmir on 57th consecutive day, on Monday, due to continued restrictions and communication blackout imposed by Narendra Modi-led communal government. Normal life continues to remain crippled in the Kashmir valley and Muslim majority areas of Jammu region due to the snapping of mobile and internet services and closure of shops, markets, business establishments and educational institutions as well as the absence of public transport, as per Kashmir Media Service. Thousands of Indian troops and police personnel deployed in every nook and corner of the Kashmir valley keep the residents confined to their homes. While parents are reluctant to send their wards to schools in the prevailing precarious situation, a very thin attendance of teachers was reported. Attendance of employees in government offices was recorded constantly thin due to the non-availability of public transport. Train service in the occupied territory als

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday shared a picture of his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Malaysian Counterpart Mahathir Mohamad on the sidelines of recent UN General Assembly session in New York in which they decided to set up a BBC type English language TV Channel. ہماری وہ ملاقات جس میں ہم نے بی بی سی کی طرز پر انگریزی چینل کے آغاز کا فیصلہ کیا جو مسلمانوں کو درپیش مسائل اجاگر کرنے کے علاوہ “اسلاموفوبیا” کیخلاف بھی برسرپیکار ہوگا۔ pic.twitter.com/w8NTmouCVf — Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) September 30, 2019 The prime minister in his tweet said, apart from highlighting Muslim issues, the channel will also fight Islamophobia. On September 26, Pakistan, Turkey and Malaysia had decided to launch a joint English channel to counter Islamophobia. Read more: Pakistan, Malaysia, Turkey to open English channel to tackle Islamophobia The decision was taken following a trilateral meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan, Turkish President Recep T

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday will visit earthquake-affected areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), ARY News reported. During his day-long visit, PM Khan will also visit District Divisional Headquarters Hospital to meet quake-affectees. The death toll has jumped to 40, with more than 500 injured so far as rescue activities are underway in the area. At least 6,000 houses were destroyed completely, while 7100 cattle farms have been damaged in the quake. The strong earthquake of 5.8-magnitude brought disasters to different parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). The quake hit some urban and rural parts of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) including Muzaffarabad, Kotli and many other scattered places. Tremors were felt in various cities for 10 seconds including Pasrur, Jhelum, Kot Momin, Murree, Kala Bagh, Sangla Hills. Read more: Earthquake death toll rises to 40 in AJK Japan on Wednesday had extended support for the victims of the devastating earthquake of 5.8 that

MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Raja Farooq Haider has strongly denounced Indian aggression along the Line of Control (LoC) that martyred two civilians, yesterday, ARY News reported on Monday. In his condemnation statement, Haider said despite being exposed at the International forums, India is carrying out its wrongdoings to put the violation of the rights in occupied Kashmir behind the curtains. “India is taking out its anger over civilians living along LoC”, he continued. He called upon the international community to take notice of the ceasefire violations by Mod-led Indian government. On Sunday, Indian forces yet again had resorted to indiscriminate and unprovoked firing at the Line of Control (LoC) at Nakyal and Rakh Chakri sectors. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) wing of the Pakistan Armed Forces, 3 civilians were injured as a result of the callous act of aggression whereas 13-year-old boy, Zeeshan Ayub and 60-year-old Salam

MUZAFFARABAD: The death toll from the devastating earthquake has jumped to 40, with more than 500 injured so far as rescue activities are underway in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), ARY News reported on Monday. As per details, the death toll of the earthquake that hit Mirpur, AJK, Zafarwal, Jhelum and other areas has soar to 40. At least 6,000 houses were destroyed completely, while 7100 cattle farms have been damaged in the quake. The strong earthquake of 5.8-magnitude brought disasters to different parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). The quake hit some urban and rural parts of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) including Muzaffarabad, Kotli and many other scattered places. Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lieutenant General Muhammad Afzal visited the quake-affected areas to inquire about the relief and rescue operation. Talking to newsmen, he ruled out the impression of any shortage of edible items for the victims and said that the government has already ann

KARACHI: The coordinator of the Leader of Opposition in the Sindh Assembly, Syed Firdous Shamim Naqvi, escaped an alleged abduction attempt by unidentified persons which also opened fire on police officials in Karachi on Sunday, ARY News reported. Three unidentified men attempted to kidnap Rehan Ghauri, the coordinator of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh central leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi, near Patel Hospital located with the vicinity of Mobina Town police station in the metropolis. The footage obtained by ARY News showed that three armed persons were dragging Rehan Ghauri who later opened fire on police officials. The abductors fled from the location when ASI Shahnawaz resorted to aerial firing. Police told media that the investigators opened a probe to ascertain the genre of crime as it was an abduction attempt or street crime. While talking to journalists outside the police station, Naqvi said that his coordinator escapes the life-threatening attack as three assailant

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr. Zafar Mirza says all-out measures are being taken to control the spread of dengue.  Talking to media on Sunday, he said our focus is on areas where most dengue cases are reported in Rawalpindi, Islamabad and adjoining areas. He said monitoring is being done in areas of Potohar region on a daily basis, Radio Pakistan reported. Read More: Effective measures being adopted to control dengue fever: Zafar Mirza Dr Zafar Mirza said preventive measures including sprays are being done in areas where there are reports of dengue prevalence. He said teams have further been reinforced with new staff. The federal government has decided to hold the investigation into the outspread of dengue fever among citizens from international institutions, ARY News reported on Sunday. Sources told ARY News that the federal government has decided to contact global institutions for holding an investigation into dengue spreading fas

KARACHI: The number of dengue cases is on the rise in Karachi as 103 more people hit by the mosquito-borne disease were admitted to various hospitals in Karachi, according to the Dengue Surveillance Cell. The number of people suffering from dengue fever has reached 1,618 this month whereas the tally of such cases across the province has touched 3,120. A total of 15 new cases of dengue were reported in other districts of the province today. It is noteworthy that thus far, eleven people have died from the pandemic across Sindh this year. According to sources, the federal government has decided to conduct investigation into the outspread of dengue fever. The government would engage global institutions for holding an investigation into the spread of the deadly disease across the country. In this connection, the health authorities will seek assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States (US) and Sri Lanka. S

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said leaders like Imran Khan live in people’s hearts and will also remain alive in the annals of history. She was talking to media after a rousing welcome to Prime Minister Imran Khan at Islamabad airport earlier in the afternoon. Read More: Pakistan will lend support to people of Kashmir, come what may: PM Khan The Special Assistant said a large number of people gathered at the airport to pay rich tribute to Imran Khan’s efforts in highlighting Kashmir issue and sensitizing the world community on Islamophobia, during his speech at the UN General Assembly last Friday. She said a convergence of a large number of people to accord grand reception to their beloved leader indicates that they are happy over Prime Minister inspiring speech at the world forum. She said the Prime Minister represented the oppressed people across the world, including Kashmiris. She said Imran Khan also portray