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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday adjourned until July 22 the hearing of a petition challenging the composition of the 10th National Finance Commission (NFC). A two-judge bench comprising  Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the petition filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khurram Dastagir. Over the course of the hearing, the attorney general for Pakistan told the judges that a member of the commission has already resigned from it. “I will advise the government to issue a new notification for the NFC composition and withdraw the one challenged in the high court,” he said. Read More:  President Arif Alvi constitutes 10th NFC He said a new notification needs to be issued after the resignation of a member of the NFC and sought three weeks’ time in the hope that a new notification would be issued by the next hearing. On May 28, the Islamabad High Court had issued notices to the federal government on the petition...

ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Monday imposed hefty fines on three more oil marketing companies (OMCs) for creating artificial fuel shortage in the country, ARY NEWS reported. The oil and gas regulatory body imposed an overall fine of Rs 50 million on three oil marketing companies for not maintaining the mandatory stocks. It also issued a show-cause notice to the three companies on the matter and directed them to submit a reply within 24 hours. Earlier on June 11, Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) said that it had issued show-cause notices to six oil marketing companies (OMCs) and registered cases against two of them over fuel shortage in the country. These cases have been registered in Karachi, said the Ogra spokesman. He said that the regulatory body had nothing to do with keeping a check on demand and supply of the petroleum products in the country. Read More:  PM Imran takes strict notice of fuel shortage The spokesman said that the Ogr...

Twenty-three people died and dozens more were missing on Monday after a ferry capsized in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka following a collision with another vessel, rescue officials said. “We have so far recovered 23 bodies from the sunken ferry,” fire brigade official Enayet Hossain told AFP. “There were 50 people on board… Our rescue divers are still searching,” she said. The Morning Bird vessel was hit by another ferry at Farashganj, just metres (yards) from the country’s largest river port Sadarghat. Several witnesses told local television stations that the boat was carrying more than 50 people, with many stuck in cabins. Ferry accidents are common in Bangladesh due to poor safety standards in the country’s many shipyards. The ferries are often overcrowded and sink in bad weather. The post 23 die in Bangladesh ferry accident: emergency services appeared first on ARY NEWS .

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has condemned today’s terrorist attack at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) building that killed ten people, including four attackers and five security officials. He in a statement said courageous security personnel bravely fought the enemy off and foiled this attack. The entire nation is proud of its brave security men, he added. The prime minister offered condolence to families of those martyred in the attack and prayed for recovery of the injured. Read More: Four terrorists killed as security forces foil Pakistan Stock Exchange terror attack Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, strongly deploring the terrorist attack at the PSX, said the security forces’ attempt to thwart evil designs of the country’s enemy is laudable. PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz Sharif in a tweet said: “Salam to the brave sons of soil who foiled a major terrorist attack that could have been catastrophic. The fact that an attack of such magnitude was planned & ...

Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred three more Kashmiri youth in Anantnag district of occupied Kashmir on Monday. According to Kashmir Media Service, the youth were killed during a cordon and search operation in the Runipora area of the district. The Indian authorities suspended mobile internet services and blocked all exit and entry points of the area. On June 26, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred three youth in Pulwama district of occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan on Saturday categorically rejected the grant of domicile certificates of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOK) by the Indian authorities to reportedly 25,000 Indian nationals. In a statement, Foreign Office Spokesperson Aisha Farooqui said that the certificates issued to non-Kashmiris including, among others, the Indian government officials under “Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Domicile Certificate (Procedure), 2020” are illegal, void and in complete violation of th...

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Dr. Sania Nishtar said on Monday the government has successfully completed the target of doling out cash handouts to 12 million poor people under the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme. In a tweet, she said the government has set a new target of extending financial assistance to over 16 million beneficiaries in light of the success of the Ehsaas cash programme and people’s needs. Thus far, more Rs145 billion have been distributed among more than 12 million labourers, she added. احساس ایمرجنسی کیش کا1کروڑ20لاکھ صارفین کاہدف مکمل ہوگیاہے۔احساس ایمرجنسی کیش کی کامیابی اورصارفین کی ضرورت کودیکھتےہوئےحکومت نےصارفین کانیاہدف1کروڑ61لاکھ63 ہزارمقررکیاہے۔ابتک پورےملک میں1کروڑ20 لاکھ 3ہزارسے زائدمحنت کش افرادمیں145ارب29کروڑروپےسےزائدامدادی رقم تقسیم کی جاچکی ہے۔ — Sania Nishtar (@SaniaNishtar) June 29, 2020 In another tweet, the SAPM said she chaired a board meeting of the Benazir Income...

LAHORE: 576 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Punjab in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections in the province to 74,778. According to the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, eight more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll in the province to 1,681. Thus far, 26,026 patients have been cured of the disease in the province. 576 fresh cases were detected after 8,389 tests were conducted in the previous 24 hours. 1/3 #Punjab #COVID -19 Update: 29th June, 00:00 PST Total 576 new cases detected today taking total cases tally to 74,778. 8 precious lives lost today, 1681 lives lost till date Recovered: 26,062 Tests today: 8,389 Total: 485,496 @UsmanAKBuzdar @GOPunjabPK @BBCUrdu — Primary Healthcare Department-Punjab (@PSHDept) June 28, 2020 A total of 498,496 tests have been conducted in the province so far. According to district-wise details of cases, Lahore has so far reported 37,872 cases, Nankana Sah...