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One Liner
- Biden Edges Closer To Win as Trump Launches Lawsuits and Rages About ‘Fraud’. Democrat Joe Biden crept nearer to victory over Donald Trump on Thursday in an exceedingly close U.S. election that hinged on razor-thin margins in a handful of states, while the Republican president escalated his legal efforts hoping to slow down his opponent.
- Shahzad Syed Qasim Resigns as SAPM on Power Division. Citing personal reasons, special assistant to the prime minister on power division Shahzad Syed Qasim has relinquished his post on Thursday.
- Pakistan Rejects Indian Baseless Propaganda Against Kartarpur Corridor. Pakistan has categorically rejected the baseless and fallacious propaganda by the Indian Government against the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor, which has been rejected by the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee itself.
- PM Removes Secretary Food and Security. Prime Minister Imran Khan has removed secretary food and security Umar Hamid Khan from his post and appointed Abdul Ghuffran as new secretary.
- Saudi Arabia Allows International Airlines to Fly in Umrah Pilgrims. Sending waves of merriment across the Islamic world, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has allowed on Thursday international airlines to fly in pilgrims with valid visas which it had earlier suspended due to novel coronavirus spread.
- Kashmir Conflict Remains Important Part of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: Qureshi. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said Pakistan continues to raise the voice for oppressed Kashmiri people at all international forums including the UN, European Union, the OIC and human rights organizations.
- Gold prices edge up in local market. The per tola gold price witnessed an increase of Rs1050 to Rs114,650 in the domestic market on Monday
- Russian forces arrive in Pakistan for fifth joint military drill. Russian Federation Special Forces contingent arrived in Pakistan today to participate in Pak-Russia Joint Training Exercise ‘DRUZHBA -IV,’ said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement.
Spotlight by The NewsRun
1. COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN
- Pakistan reported 1,302 new cases and 26 deaths in the past 24 hours. Pakistan also conducted 32,376 tests in the span of 24 hours (P.S. this data was last updated on November 5 at 7:48am).
2. It’s not over yet…
What’s going on? We still don’t know the winner of the United States (US) presidential election. The election has gone into overtime since results in some key states are still rolling in. As of November 4, 11:06pm EST, CNN reported that democratic nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, has 253 electoral votes, and republican nominee, President Donald Trump, has 213. Each candidate needs 270 to win.
The details: CNN called Wisconsin and Michigan for Biden, which were up in the air on Tuesday night (i.e. election night). However, CNN hasn’t projected a winner in Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania yet.
Tell me more: In a tweet, President Trump went ahead and claimed Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, and Michigan … just like that. Twitter flagged his tweet with a link that said “official sources may not have called the race when this was tweeted.”
The context: On Tuesday night Biden said “I’m optimistic about this outcome,” while President Trump said, “frankly, we did win this election.” President Trump also alleged that fraud was taking place, but didn’t give examples. President Trump basically tried to claim victory even though millions of legitimate absentee and mail-in ballots hadn’t been counted yet. Plus, while President Trump was speaking, races in key battleground states were still in progress. Several uncounted votes were mail-in ballots and votes in urban areas that are presumed to be pro-democratic.
Looking ahead: President Trump’s campaign is coming down hard on Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia.
- Wisconsin: President Trump’s campaign wants a recount in Wisconsin.
- Pennsylvania and Michigan: President Trump’s campaign said it filed lawsuits in both states to temporarily halt vote counting until campaign observers get “meaningful” access to ballot processing and counting sites.
- Georgia: President Trump’s campaign filed a lawsuit against the Chatham County Board of Elections to pause the state’s vote counting. The lawsuit asked a judge to make the county secure and account for any ballots received after 7pm on election day. In Georgia, ballots have to be received by 7pm on election day in order to be counted.
- There’s more in Pennsylvania: President Trump’s campaign asked the US Supreme Court to intervene in a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision that allows mail-in ballots to be counted up until Friday if they are postmarked by November 3 (i.e. election day). Pennsylvania had 3.1 million mail-in ballots, which are taking time to count.
Anything else? 19-time Grammy-winning rapper, Kanye West, ran for US president as an independent, and voted for himself. He only managed to become a candidate in 12 states. His country-wide vote total is 60,000+. He didn’t get enough votes to become president. However, he might try again in 2024. Would you vote for West?
The bottom line: Pakistanis are following this election closely, and coming up with some creative memes while waiting for results. #USelection2020 is trending in Pakistan’s twittersphere.
3. Security guard shoots bank manager over blasphemy
A security guard shot and killed Malik Imran Hanif, manager of the National Bank of Pakistan branch in Khushab, Punjab. According to District Police Officer (DPO), retired Capt Tariq Wilayat, the guard was fired a few months ago, and then re-hired. DPO Wilayat also said the guard got into an argument with Hanif a few days ago. Even though the guard accused Hanif of insulting the prophet, and is pointing to blasphemy as his motive, the police think he killed Hanif for more personal reasons. This unverified video making rounds on Twitter appears to show a group of people cheering for the guard. Police are still investigating the incident.
- Backstory: Human rights groups claim that Pakistan’s blasphemy laws have been used to persecute minorities, and settle personal rivalries against other Muslims.
MARKET RECAP
The benchmark KSE-100 index closed at 40,281.96 after dropping 198.92 points (-0.49%) as of November 4, 2020.
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