Accountability Court seeks final arguments in kidney hill case

ISLAMABAD, Dec 06 (ONLINE): Accountability Court (AC) Islamabad has sought final arguments from respondents on next hearing in Kidney Hills reference of fake bank accounts. Kidney Hills reference came up for hearing before Judge Muhammad Bashir of AC Islamabad Saturday. Senator Salim Mandiwala and other […]

IHC summons record of appointments in APP

ISLAMABAD, Dec 06 (Online): Islamabad High Court (IHC) has called the record of appointments in state run news agency Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) besides issuing notice to information secretary and MD APP. The court ordered that the record of appointment in APP be presented […]

Venezuela opposition heavyweight calls for end to interim govt

Caracas, Dec 6 (AFP/APP):One of Venezuela’s opposition heavyweights called Sunday for an end to the country’s interim government that was formed in 2019 to try to oust President Nicolas Maduro, two weeks after a crushing defeat in regional elections. “The interim government should disappear completely,” […]

India reports 8,306 new COVID-19 cases

NEW DELHI, Dec. 6 (Xinhua/APP):India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,641,561 on Monday, as 8,306 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, as many as 211 deaths due to the pandemic since Sunday […]

Mongolia logs lowest daily increase in COVID-19 cases

ULAN BATOR, Dec. 6 (Xinhua/APP):Mongolia recorded 139 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, the lowest daily count since March 17, raising the total caseload to 384,870, the country’s health ministry said on Monday. Meanwhile, the country’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 1,944 after […]

Gov’t committed to rule of law: minister

PESHAWAR, Dec 06 (APP):Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Law Minister Fazal Shakur Khan has said that the government was committed to rule of law and dispensation of justice was its top priority. Speaking during a meeting with a delegation of NGOs Oxfam and Lassona he said, “Our government […]

Man kills sister for honour

SARGODHA, Dec 06 (APP):A man gunned down his married sister for honour in the jurisdiction of Wah Bachrah police station. Police said on Monday that Ali Akbar of Shekhawali village had suspected that his sister Nimra Bibi (32) had illicit relations with his friend.On the […]

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