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- PM Imran stresses green urbanization to reduce pollution, smog ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday directed the Punjab government to take legal action against the elements involved in encroachments and building illegal housing societies.
- NCOC, education ministry differ over winter vacations ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) and the federal education ministry, it seems, are not on the same page regarding winter vacation in educational institutions, as the former at its meeting on Wednesday recommended the vacation start in the middle of January, a day after the federal education minister announced the holidays would commence on Dec 25.
- Rs 29m distributed for 15 local schemes. The Pakistan Community Support Project (PCSP) Friday organized a cheque distribution ceremony of Rs. 29 million as the first installments among the community representatives to initiate 15 priority local development schemes in the project target districts including Khyber, Peshawar and Nowshera.
- DG UMT meets the Afghan higher education minister. Director General University of Management and Technology (UMT)Abid Sherwani met Alhaaj Abdul Baqi Haqqani, Afghan Higher Education Minister, for establishing resilient collaboration between the two countries and exchanging views on educational affairs.
- NASA craft ‘touches’ sun for 1st time, dives into atmosphere CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft has officially “touched” the sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona.
- Russia sending (exports) record number of bullets to the US. Exports of Russian ammunition to the US have hit an all-time high, despite Washington imposing sanctions on Moscow’s arms industries, forcing buyers to exploit loopholes to get their hands on supplies of bullets and shells.
- China will continue providing aid to Afghanistan. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday that China will continue to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan to help the Afghan people overcome the current difficulties.
- Gold Rate In Pakistan Today, 16th December 2021. Gold Rate in Pakistan today on 16th December 2021 is being sold for Rs. 100,570 per 10 grams, and the price of Gold is Rs. 117,300 per tola in Pakistan today.
Spotlight by The NewsRun
1. COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN
- 24-hour recap: Pakistan reported 370 cases and 4 deaths in 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted 44,609 tests in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on December 15 at 7:26 am).
2. Allegations about PTI leaders paying the Prime Minister’s household expenses
What’s going on? Former member of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, retired Justice Wajihuddin Ahmed, claimed that PTI leader, Jahangir Khan Tareen, used to provide funds of up to Rs. 3 million a month for Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s household expenses. While making these claims on Bol News, Ahmed reportedly did not provide proof to back up his allegations.
Something to know: Ahmed served as Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court and as a senior justice of the Supreme Court. When he was head of PTI’s election tribunal, he led an investigation into irregularities in PTI’s intra-party elections. Dawn stated that Ahmed “developed differences” with the party’s leadership while trying to implement the election tribunal’s recommendations.
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