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Traders demand reasons behind sudden ‘smart lockdown’ in Punjab
Jul 30,2020: The sudden 'smart lockdown' imposed by the Government of Punjab in the province till August 5, in order to curb the spread of the Coronavirus during Eidul Azha, has ended up in making traders furious ...
تاجروں کا عید کے دوران لاک ڈائون پر وزیراعلی پنجاب سے استعفے کا مطالبہ
Jul 30, 2020: حکومت پنجاب نے عید الاضحی کے دوران کورونا وائرس کے پھیلاؤ کو روکنے کے لئے 5 اگست تک صوبے میں'سمارٹ لاک ڈاؤن' نافذ کردیا ہے۔ محکمہ پنجاب پرائمری اینڈ سیکنڈری ہیلتھ کیئر کے جاری کردہ سرکاری نوٹیفکیشن کے مطابق ، تمام ...
Blasphemy accused shot dead in Peshawar court
Jul 29, 2020: An elderly man accused of blasphemy was shot dead inside a court room in Peshawar during the hearing of a case, police confirmed. The incident happened on July 29, at around 12 o clock pm Peshawar’s judicial complex ...
PROTECTION OF ISLAM BILL: No one read it, yet it was ‘unanimously passed’
Jul 29, 2020: Lawmakers of the Punjab Assembly are not even aware of the content of the Bill that they have passed recently to ‘protect’ Islam. Following objections by Shia clerics and civil society, the Speaker of Punjab Assembly ...
Child Protection Units non-functional for the past 3 years
Jul 28, 2020: In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Child Protection Units were set up in 12 districts in 2011 with the support of UNICEF for a total of six years. However, these units have been inactive since the aid was stopped. Why has the government ...
Pervaiz Elahi assures further consultation on Tahaffuz-e-Bunyad-e-Islam Bill
Jul 27, 2020: Following objections by Shia clerics and civil society, the Speaker of Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Pervez Elahi assured to stop the implementation of the Protection of Islam Bill that the assembly had earlier passed ...
COVID Watch | 30th July 2020
Concern over reduced testing: The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed its concerns over reduced testing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, after recent swab tests revealed a positivity rate of 19%, prompting the call for increasing ...
Rights Watch | 30th July 2020
Man murdered for “blasphemy”: An elderly man accused of blasphemy was gunned down within the premises of the Peshawar Judicial Complex on Wednesday, July 29. The accused had been summoned from the Peshawar Central Jail for a ...
