TikTok asked a Washington court Tuesday to stop an order from US President Donald Trump’s administration from taking effect this week as the White House seeks to ban the Chinese-owned app in the United States. Chinese company ByteDance is facing a Thursday deadline to restructure ownership of the app in the United States to meet […]
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More than 50,000 people who tested positive for coronavirus in Britain have now died, official figures showed Wednesday, with another 595 fatalities recorded. Britain’s death toll now stands at 50,365, the highest in Europe, with another 22,950 testing positive for the disease over the last day, according to government data. Since the virus caught the […]
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1. HomeNet Pakistan Home Net Pakistan marked Homeworkers Day with events and campaigns to bring the crucial contribution of homeworkers into focus in this country. The daily wagers from unorganized sectors often working in homes, are backbone of countless industries such as textiles and handicraft. Despite making substantial contributions, homeworkers typically go unseen in the […]
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1. UAE The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a country well-known for its breathtaking beaches, tall skyscrapers, and rich cultural legacy. Aiming to promote tolerance, the United Arab Emirates has changed some Islamic laws. This suggests that their objective is to establish a country in which people from different backgrounds can live in harmony with […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) and 84 member mills over alleged cartelisation in sugar pricing. The show cause notices were issued after the CCP decided to initiate proceedings under Section 30 of the Competition Act on the recommendations of an inquiry […]
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NEW DELHI: Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t. Name a situation in which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party had more numbers than its allies but it couldn’t lead the government. Bihar looked poised on Tuesday to go down in history as the state that stole the BJP’s thunder twice in […]
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RAWALPINDI: Leg-spinner Usman Qadir wreaked havoc against the hapless Zimbabwe batsmen with a four-wicket haul before Pakistan completed a 3-0 whitewash of their Twenty20 International series here at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. The final match of Zimbabwe’s limited-overs tour — which included a three-match One-day International won 2-1 by Pakistan — proved to […]
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ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday told a parliamentary panel that there was no chairman of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority at present as members of the National Assembly had challenged the legal status of the defunct agency and the functioning of its top management.After interesting discussions and a brief break to allow senior officials […]
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Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad Chaudhry, announced on Monday that the government is studying a proposal to run an “electric automatic train from Islamabad airport to Murree”.Taking to Twitter, the federal minister said that with the electric buses project for Islamabad reaching EOI level, a plan to launch an electric train from Islamabad […]
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The Supreme Appellate Court has suspended the verdict of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Chief Court which ordered the expulsion of national, provincial lawmakers and senators from the region, barring them from taking part in the campaign for November 15’s elections. The Supreme Appellate Court suspended the Chief Court’s orders till November 12 besides issuing notices to the […]
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