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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has taken special measures during the second wave of coronavirus pandemic by halting meal service on domestic flights and banned serving hot beverages in all flights, ARY News reported on Friday. Sources told ARY News that pre-packaged box with cold beverages will be served to the passengers on domestic flights. Moreover, the PIA chief executive officer (CEO) approved changing meal service for international flights which will be implemented immediately. The management of the national carrier banned serving hot beverages on all flights as a pre-packaged box with cold beverages will be served in order to limit interaction between passengers and crew following the reviewed standard operating procedures (SOPs). Following the changes in meal service, snacks, club sandwiches, check patties, one banana and muffin will be served to the passengers to Saudi Arabia sector, whereas, club sandwiches, check patties, one banana and biscuit will b...

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Friday notified a ban over indoor marriage ceremonies across the province amid the second wave of coronavirus pandemic, ARY News reported.  According to the notification issued, there would be a ban on holding indoor marriage ceremony from November 20 (today) until January 31. The marriage ceremonies and other public gatherings can be held in open places. Not more than 300 persons would be allowed to attend ceremonies, the notification reads and directs to ensure implementation of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to contain deadly virus spread. Wearing facemasks at public places has been declared mandatory. On November 6, the NCOC placed a ban on gatherings at wedding halls. However, it allowed people to hold weddings in open spaces with strict compliance with the SOPs. Read more: IHC issues judgment on plea challenging NCOC ban on indoor weddings On Wednesday, the Islamabad High Court had disposed of a petition challenging the ban o...

DETROIT/WILMINGTON, Del: After a painstaking recount, Georgia officials confirmed on Thursday that President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump in the battleground state on Nov. 3, further narrowing the president’s dubious effort to overturn the election results. The result of the six-day hand recount of the state’s 5 million ballots had been widely expected, despite baseless allegations from Trump and his allies that Georgia’s vote tallies were suspect because of widespread fraud. Amid a series of losses in court, Trump’s re-election campaign has shifted to a new strategy that relies on persuading Republican state legislators in crucial states to ignore the election results and intervene on Trump’s behalf, according to three people familiar with the plan. The campaign has filed multiple lawsuits to try to challenge the results in battleground states that Biden won, as election officials across the country have affirmed that there is no evidence of major irregularities...

KARACHI: The licence of a bus driver who was caught on camera playing a video game while driving a fast-paced passenger bus has been cancelled, ARY News reported on Friday.   The Inspector-General of Motorway Police took notice of the incident after the video went viral. According to Spokesperson Motorway Police Mehmood Ali Khokhar, a video had gone viral on social media a few days back wherein a bus driver was caught playing a video game as he drove the bus on the busy Karachi motorway. The violation was traced at the Karachi-Larkana route. The spokesperson said that licence of the driver identified as Babar Khan has been cancelled and the local police will take further action against him. In the video, the driver can be seen driving the bus at high speed but his attention remained towards the game he was playing on his cellphone. Read more: Peshawar-Karachi flight cancelled after mouse spotted on plane Mehmood Ali Khokhar urged the masses to inform the motorway police...

SUKKUR: Two alleged drug smugglers have been arrested in injured condition after gun battle with police officials at National Highway, ARY News reported on Friday. Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Sukkur told media that the suspects were allegedly transporting drugs from Peshawar to Karachi in their vehicle. The suspects opened fire on police officials after being stopped at National Highway, said the police official, adding that the suspected drug smugglers were injured during the exchange of fire with the police team. Police recovered 13 kilograms narcotics and weapons from their possession, said SSP Sukkur. The post Police nab alleged drug smugglers after gun battle at National Highway appeared first on ARY NEWS .

AGHDAM: Armenia was due to hand over disputed territory to Azerbaijan on Friday as part of a contentious Russian-brokered peace accord that ended weeks of brutal fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Armenian residents of Azerbaijan’s Aghdam district hurriedly picked pomegranates and persimmons from trees surrounding their homes and packed vans with furniture, AFP journalists said, before fleeing before the official deadline to cede the mountainous province. “We wanted to build a sauna, kitchen. But now I had to dismantle everything. And I ll burn down the house with everything I own when I leave,” Gagik Grigoryan, a 40-year-old electrical worker, told AFP before abandoning his home. Columns of tanks and troop transporters filled with waving Armenian fighters rolled out of the territory through dense fog ahead of Friday’s deadline to vacate the region. Fierce clashes between Azerbaijan s forces and Armenian separatists broke out in late September in the Nagorno-Karabakh r...

The FBI special agents have arrested a Hollywood man for allegedly operating a drone that crashed into a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter and forced an emergency landing two months ago. The US attorney’s office said in a statement that Andrew Rene Hernandez, 22, has been arrested by FBI special agents on charges of carrying out unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft. The incident took place on September 18 when police officers were responding to a burglary call at a Hollywood pharmacy. The police helicopter was approaching the pharmacy when the pilot saw the drone and unsuccessfully attempted to evade it, according to the complaint. After hitting the drone, the helicopter’s nose, antenna and bottom cowlings were damaged. The complaint further stated that the helicopter could have brought down if the drone had struck the main rotor. Officers found parts of the drone on the ground and a vehicle that had been damaged as it fell from the sky. The drone’s camera and memor...