PESHAWAR, Oct 18 (APP): The mobile utility stores launched by the PTI Government have started operation in Peshawar and adjoining districts by providing essential commodities to consumers on the Government’s prescribed rates.
They are attracting a large number of people in and daily use items including ghee, sugar, pulses, atta, edible oils and rice etc are being provided to consumers in accordance with Government price lists.
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18 (APP): The government will spend around Rs 18 billion during the current fiscal year for physical planning and housing sector programmes, which would be implemented by various ministries, divisions and departments to address the increasing urbanisation issues and challenges.
Pakistan has the highest rate of urbanisation in South Asia and as per Population Census of 2017, urbanisation increased from 32.52 percent to 36.38 percent during 1998 to 2017.
Auckland, Oct 18 (AFP/APP): The All Blacks set a “marker” with their convincing win over the Wallabies but they must keep improving if they want to retain the Bledisloe Cup, new coach Ian Foster said on Sunday.
The four-tries-to-one, 27-7 win in Auckland was much needed by New Zealand after they began the four-match series with a disappointing draw last week in Wellington, Foster’s first game in charge.
SARGODHA, Oct 18 (APP): A youth was hit to death by a car in the limits of Tarkhanawala police station here on Sunday. Police said that Imran (22) was crossing the road near Sial Sharif Adda when a recklessly driven car hit him. He died on the spot. A case has been registered against the car driver.
SARGODHA, Oct 18 (APP): Police claimed on Sunday to have arrested five criminals including four proclaimed offenders and recovered liquor and weapons from their possession.
During a drive against drug pushers, the team of Urban Area police station headed by SHO Ameer Ahmed Khan conducted a raid in its jurisdiction and arrested a bootlegger and recovered 120 litres of liquor from him.
FAISALABAD, Oct 18 (APP): Police claimed on Sunday to have busted two dacoit gangs by arresting their 8 members and recovered motorcycles and weapons from their possession.
On a tip-off, Balochni police conducted a raid in Chak No.98-RB and arrested three gangsters. Similarly, the anti car-lifting squad arrested 5 members of a gang. Further investigation is underway.
Rawalpindi, 18 October 2020: Head coaches and managers have lauded the arrangements of the National T20 Cup.
The tournament was played in a bio-secure bubble and the Pakistan Cricket Board has robust plans in place to continue to host cricket this season in it to ensure health and safety of all the major stakeholders in these challenging and unprecedented times.
انٹر سروسز پبلک ریلیشنز (آئی ایس پی آر) کی ایک پریس ریلیز میں کہا گیا ہے کہ دہشت گردوں نے تربت کے جنوب مشرق میں تقریبا kilometers 35 کلو میٹر کے فاصلے پر سیکیورٹی فورسز کے گشت کو نشانہ بنایا جبکہ فائرنگ کے تبادلے کے دوران لانس نائک وسیم اللہ نے شہادت کو گلے لگا لیا جبکہ 3 فوجی زخمی ہوگئے۔
شبلی فراز نے کہا کہ اپوزیشن کا شو نواز شریف کے سسرالیوں اور مسلم لیگ (ن) کے مضبوط گڑھ کے آبائی شہر میں ہونے کے باوجود فلاپ ہوگیا۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ مسلم لیگ (ن) کے مقامی نمائندوں خصوصا پرویز رشید اور خرم دستگیر کو مولانا فضل الرحمن کا خطاب سننے کے لئے ہجوم کو اسٹیڈیم میں لانے میں ناکامی پر اپنی نشستوں سے استعفیٰ دینا چاہئے۔
.بھارتی گلوکار کمار سانو بھی عالمگیر وبا کورونا وائرس کا شکار ہو گئے
بھارتی میڈیا رپورٹ کے مطابق نوے کی دہائی میں شہرت کی بلندی کو چھونے والے پلے بیک گلوکار کمار سانو کورونا وائرس کا شکار ہو گئے – گلوکار کی ٹیم اپنے فیس بک پیج پر شائقین اورمداحوں کوکورونا وائرس کی تشخیص سے آگاہ کیا ہے۔
اسلام آباد ، 17 اکتوبر: صدر پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی پارلیمنٹیرینز (پی پی پی پی) آصف علی زرداری نے سانحہ کارساز کے شہدا کو زبردست خراج تحسین پیش کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ ان شہداء نے آئین ، جمہوریت اور پارلیمنٹ کی بالادستی کے لئے عظیم قربانیاں پیش کیں اور اس طرح سیاسیتاریخ میں سنہری باب لکھا۔ .
یروشلم ، 17 اکتوبر: اسرائیل کورونا وائرس کے انفیکشن کی بڑھتی ہوئی شرح کو روکنے کے لئے گذشتہ ماہ نافذ کیے جانے والے اقدامات کے “پہلے مرحلے” میں اتوار سے کچھ لاک ڈاون پابندیوں کو کم کرنے کی تیاری کر رہا ہے۔ وزارت صحت اور وزیر اعظم بینجمن نیتن یاہو کے دفتر کے ایک بیان کے مطابق ،
تبلیسی ، 17 اکتوبر (اے ایف پی / اے پی پی) متنازعہ ناگورنو کاراباخ صوبے پر تین ہفتوں کی اندھادھند گولہ باری ، نفرت سے بھرے بیانات اور سست سفارتکاری کے نتیجے میں کوئی فیصلہ کن کامیابی نہیں مل سکی ہے اور اس کے بجائے خوفناک لڑائی کے خوف و ہراس کو ہوا ملتی ہے۔
LAHORE, Oct 17 (APP): Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has said that those who hatch conspiracies to weaken Pakistan’s armed forces cannot be benevolent to the nation.
Addressing a seminar on “Shaheed Hakeem Saeed’s Life & Services” and media here on Saturday, he said people of Pakistan stand united with their defence institutions, adding that the opposition’s agenda was being exposed to the nation and the whole nation rejects it.
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (APP): Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has paid glowing tributes to the martyrs of Karsaz carnage when over 3 million people’s rally welcoming Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir upon return from exile was bombed twice resulting in martyrdom of 180 PPP workers and injuries to more than 500 thirteen years ago in Karachi.
PESHAWAR, Oct 17 (APP): Volleyball and badminton trials have been completed in the second phase of the Under-16 under Talent Hunt Program initiated by the Sports Directorate Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Twenty-five players have been selected for the volleyball camp under qualified coaches and all the selected probables would be trained for 15-days
RAWALPINDI, Oct 17 (APP): The police arrested 8 persons including three women and the groom from a marriage ceremony in a raid in an area of Rawat for violating the marriage act, a police spokesman said on Saturday.
A police party under the supervision of Station House Officer (SHO), Rawat raided at a marriage function in Payaal and held eight people.
LAHORE, Oct 17 (APP): Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said the opposition is trying to create anarchy in the country just to protect their looted money.
In a statement issued here on Saturday, the chief minister said that these are the rejected and defeated elements. He maintained that the nation is fully aware and these elements can’t hoodwink the public anymore.
London, Oct 17 (AFP/APP): About 28 million people in England, more than half the population, are now living under tough restrictions imposed on Saturday as the country battles a surge in coronavirus cases.
The government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson has introduced a three-tier alert system to try to contain the disease, with some virus hotspots seeing bans on household mixing and closure of pubs.
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday while condemning the offensive language used by former premier Nawaz Sharif against military leadership, announced to launch full efforts for latter’s repatriation from London and put him in common prison by revoking VIP jail facility for looters.
17th October 2020, ISPR: Terrorists fire raid on security forces patrolling party near Jhaki post 35 km South East of Turbat. During exchange of fire Fire Lance Naik Waseem Ullah embraced Shahadat while 3 soldiers got injured.
Kinshasa, Oct 17 (AFP/APP): The latest Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now under control, the man leading the fight against the disease said on Saturday.
Fifty-three people have lost their lives since June in what has been the 11th outbreak of Ebola in the vast central African country since 1976.
BEIJING, Oct 17 (APP): The Chinese public and private institutions played a key role in poverty eradication, and China had set an example for all world to follow while Pakistani experts were also carefully watching the Chinese government’s measures, and they were very keen to learn from this experience, Commercial Counsellor of Pakistan Embassy in Beijing, Badar uz Zaman has said.
SIALKOT, Oct 17 (APP): The Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL) can not only be made the best cargo hub of Pakistan but also with the introduction of quality products in markets of Russia and Central Asian states there is a huge potential to increase exports to a surprising extent.
These views were expressed by Roman Trandafilov, Russian Origin, Chief Executive of Aquiline International, Sharjah, a prominent cargo company.
Beirut, Oct 17 (AFP/APP): Lebanon marks the first anniversary on Saturday of a non-sectarian protest movement that has rocked the political elite but has yet to achieve its goal of sweeping reform.
A whirlwind of hope and despair has gripped the country in the year since protests began with an economic crisis and a devastating August 4 port explosion pushing Lebanon deeper into decay.
Berlin, Oct 17 (AFP/APP): The three men vying to lead Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party go head-to-head in an online debate Saturday in a bid to revive a race that has been knocked off course by the coronavirus pandemic.
The chief of CDU, who will be chosen at a party conference in December, traditionally leads it and its smaller Bavarian sister party the CSU to the polls.
Wellington, Oct 17 (AFP/APP): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a landslide victory in New Zealand’s general election Saturday, leveraging success in battling COVID19 to gain an unprecedented outright majority and the chance to implement her reform agenda.
Voters also cast ballots in two referendums, one on legalising recreational cannabis and the other on legalising euthanasia, although the results will not be known until October 30.
Vienna, Oct 17 (AFP/APP): Austria’s Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID19, his ministry said Saturday, as the country posted a new daily record for infections.
Schallenberg could have contracted the coronavirus during a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday, a foreign ministry spokeswoman told the APA news agency.
LAHORE, Oct 17 (APP): Punjab Minister for Communication and Works Sardar Muhammad Asif Nakai said on Saturday the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)’s public gathering in Gujranwala was meant to protect its corruption and misdeeds.
Commenting on the (PDM) public gathering, he said that Maryam Nawaz Sharif and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari are only trying to protect the corruption of their fathers.
