Los Angeles, Oct 17 (AFP/APP): The Houston Astros refused to go quietly, downing the Tampa Bay Rays 7-4 Friday to force a decisive game seven in Major League Baseball’s American League Championship Series.
After dropping the first three games of the series in San Diego, California, the Astros have won three straight to keep their bid for a World Series berth alive.
MUZAFFARGARH, Oct 17 (APP): City Police Station on Saturday started holding raids at residences of eight lawyers involved in alleged abusing and scuffling with a police officer before the hearing of a case in session court here.
However, no arrest has been made so far by the police. Lawyers allegedly tore the uniform of the police officer while beating him during the fight.
SIALKOT, Oct 17 (APP): Additional Deputy Commissioner Revenue Mir Muhammad Nawaz said that hotspots of dengue virus breeding are being eliminated to prevent the spread of the virus.
He stated this during a meeting while reviewing the departmental performance of the District Vigilance Committee for Dengue Prevention. He said dengue is a community disease and community mobilisation is an essential component of controlling it.
KARACHI, Oct 17 (APP): The Sindh Education Foundation (SEF) in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has formally launched the Youth Education, Employment, Empowerment Project (YEEEP) to educate, train, employ, and empower 15,000 in the province.
It further said that the project was duly approved by the Chief Minister Sindh/Chairman SEF Board of Governors, said a statement released here on Saturday.
Paris, Oct 16 (AFP/APP): Paris and other French cities readied for their last night out Friday before the start of a stringent anti-virus curfew, in contrast to neighbouring Germany where a Berlin court overturned nighttime restrictions.
Across Europe, governments were frantically trying to ease an alarming second wave of coronavirus cases while avoiding a full-on national lockdown.
London, Oct 16 (AFP/APP): Britain on Friday said there’s no point in holding more Brexit talks without a dramatic softening of the EU’s position, bringing a potentially nasty divorce at the end of the year a step closer.
PM Boris Johnson responded after a EU summit Thursday proposed a fresh round of talks next week in London, while demanding Britain give ground on key stumbling blocks.
PESHAWAR, Oct 16 (APP): Special Assistant to the Chief Minister for Industry and Commerce Abdul Karim Friday said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government was taking concrete steps to supply energy to all industrial zones on priority basis.
The CM’s aide Abdul Karim reopened two closed industrial units at Gadoon Industrial Estate in addition to the activation and inauguration of a new industrial unit and Officers Club at Gadoon Industrial Estate.
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (APP): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator, Faisal Javed Friday said the opposition’s drive posed no threat to the government and it had launched an anti-government campaign to hide its corruption.
In a tweet, he said Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed that all attention should be focused only on work as it was his top priority to improve the conditions of poor people.
Brussels, Oct 16 (AFP/APP): German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday cancelled an EU leaders’ summit in Berlin that was to have discussed relations with China set for November 16 due to the coronavirus.
“In the context of the pandemic, we have made it clear that we will not allow the informal summit to take place. We must do without it”, Merkel told reporters after a summit in Brussels.
RAWALPINDI, Oct 16 (APP): Police on Friday claimed to have arrested three proclaimed offenders (POs) of B category, allegedly involved in different crimes.
According to a Rawalpindi police spokesman, special raids on the directive of City Police Officer (CPO) Muhammad Ahsan Younas were conducted by Rawalpindi police to net POs, Court Absconders and other outlaws.
PESHAWAR, Oct 16 (APP): Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan accompanied by Corps Commander Peshawar, Lieutenant General Nauman Mahmood on Friday visited district Khyber where the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of the 35 kilometer Dawatoi road.
He also inaugurated a hostel at Tirah Education Complex and addressed the tribal elders of Khyber district.
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (APP): Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar on Friday chaired a high-level meeting and got briefing on the outsourcing process of the country’s major airports.
He was informed that as per the directions of the cabinet, an audit firm would be hired in the initial phase to carry forward the process in accordance with the best international practices, an Aviation Division news release said.
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (APP): The information technology (IT) ministry and Microsoft will work jointly to explore investment avenues.
This was agreed in a meeting between Microsoft Country Director for Pakistan Shahzad Khan and IT Secretary Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui here on Friday, said a press release. Such collaboration between the IT ministry and Microsoft would help Pakistan in employment generation.
PESHAWAR, Oct 16 (APP): Special Assistant to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister on Minority Affairs, Wazirzada Friday visited Business Processing Outsourcing Facility (BPOF) in Information Technology (IT) Board.
He visited various sections of the facility and acquired briefing about its working and objectives.
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (APP): Leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Andleeb Abbas on Friday said that the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) planned to gather in order to pump pressure on the government for ending corruption cases.
“The people would not be getting fooled again by the corrupt politicians. These (politicians) had been depriving the country from resources since the past four decades”, she said
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (APP): Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Security and Strategic Policy Planning, Dr Moeed Yusuf on Friday said India is stuck in a difficult position in IIOJK and “unable to figure out what to do”.
Its move of August 5, 2019 has expectedly backfired and it has lost Kashmir for all practical purposes, Dr Moeed said in his exclusive interaction with APP.
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LAHORE, Oct 16 (APP): The National T20 Cup, while providing a platform to elite white-ball cricketers to showcase their skills and talent, has provided a unique opportunity to former women cricketers and presenters to take lead broadcast roles.
With the PTV Sports broadcasting live action and live-streaming across the globe through the PCB’s official YouTube channel, the tournament has been keenly followed.
Berlin, Oct 16 (AFP/APP): A Berlin court on Friday suspended an order for restaurants to close from 11 pm to 6 am, finding that “it was not apparent” such a measure could help fight the coronavirus.
The administrative court noted that new infections currently stem from private gatherings of family and friends, at community facilities, meat-processing plants, religious gatherings or in connection with travel.
London, Oct 16 (AFP/APP): Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Harry Maguire will “bounce back” after his torrid start to the season but could miss Saturday’s Premier League trip to Newcastle through injury.
The 27-year-old — the world’s most expensive defender — has struggled for Manchester United since his well-documented Greek court case in August.
PESHAWAR, Oct 16 (APP): The province’s biggest hospital, Lady Reading Hospital on Friday held a seminar to mark the World Anaesthesia Day, which is observed on October 16 across the globe every year.
The participants of seminar paid a rich tribute to LRH’s Anesthesia and Critical Care Department for its significant role in saving lives of critically ill patients during the pandemic.
Helsinki, Oct 16 (AFP/APP): Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin left an EU summit on Friday to self-isolate as a precaution after attending a meeting this week with a Finnish MP who has since tested positive for COVID19, the government said.
“The Prime Minister has today left the European Council and asked the Swedish Prime Minister, Stefan Lofven, to represent Finland during the final meeting”.
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (APP): The Professional Squash Association (PSA) on Friday confirmed that the Qatar Classic – announced as part of the provisional PSA World Tour calendar on August 6 would go ahead as scheduled between November 1-7 in Doha, Qatar.
The Qatar Classic would be the second men’s PSA World Tour Platinum tournament of the 2020-21 season.
16th October, 2020, QUETTA: Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Shehryar Khan Afridi has said that youth could change the destiny of the nation and project true image of Pakistan on digital media.
He asked the youth to play a lead role in projecting true image of Pakistan on social media and foil the negative propaganda of the enemy against Pakistan.
Washington, Oct 15 (AFP/APP): Getting a new stimulus spending package approved by Congress is unlikely before the November election, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday, even as his boss President Donald Trump indicated he may raise his offer amid an impasse with the Democrats.
Lawmakers have tried fruitlessly for months to reach an agreement on a follow-up to the $2.2 trillion CARES Act.
October 15,2020, DGISPR: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa visited Bahawalpur today. COAS was briefed on operational, training and administrative matters of Bahawalpur Corps.
COAS also witnessed snipers’ training of soldiers who demonstrated successfully shooting targets at long ranges as far as 1500 meters. COAS said that training is vital part of every soldier’s professional development and must remain our hallmark.
Stepanakert, Azerbaijan, Oct 15 (AFP/APP): Throughout Stepanakert, the capital of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan, residents and activists are worried about the residual threat of unexploded cluster munitions near homes and along streets.
So far 123 countries have joined an international convention adopted in Dublin in 2008 that bans the use of cluster weapons. But Armenia and Azerbaijan aren’t among its signatories.
Stepanakert, Azerbaijan, Oct 15 (AFP/APP): The capital of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan was shelled on Thursday, Armenian separatists in the province said, ending a lull in bombardments brought on by a ceasefire.
Emergency services in Karabakh wrote on Facebook that Azerbaijani forces struck “civilian targets” in Stepanakert, in the first confirmed strike on the city since a truce agreed in Moscow last Saturday.
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15 (APP): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday extended the interim bail of former president Asif Ali Zardari till November 5, in an investigation pertaining to a suspect transaction connected with fake accounts scam.
A division bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhter Kiyani conducted the hearing on the bail plea of former president.
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15 (APP): President Dr Arif Alvi conferred Nishan-e-Imtiaz (military) award on Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi here on Thursday.
The President decorated the naval chief with the award in recognition of his meritorious services, at a special investiture ceremony held here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.
BAHAWALPUR, Oct 15 (APP): Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad has announced to restore all the trains and their stops to the position before coronavirus lockdown here this afternoon.
He said that Pakistan Railways couldn’t lower the ticket prices however, freight operations would be improved to overcome financial losses.