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September 24, 2021 11:25 PM
♦ PM Imran Khan along with chiefs of three armed forces visits ISI headquarters; PM briefed on security situation, Afghanistan; PM appreciates professional capabilities of ISI
♦ Lahorites deprived of Rs1.71b during last 8 months; Police recover only 10 percent of looted goods; Rs104.1m cash, valuables looted in 55 robberies; In 3,000 robberies, record amount of Rs680m looted
♦ Daily commodities prices go up; five liters of oil price goes up by Rs66; During the week, prices of 20 items increased; Prices of ghee, rice, eggs, sugar, chicken rose further go up
♦ Govt fixes sugar price at Rs89.75; Sugar being sold at Rs110 in different cities; Govt unable to control sugar price
♦ Seventy percent news in three years published, aired against me, PM complains; Says criticize but be truthful; Says powerful want to be forgiven for theft; Says can never become a great nation with begging bowl; Claims none of his friends, relatives on any positions
♦ Sindh CM asks federal govt to tolerate criticism; Says price of flour, sugar doubled under PTI govt; Claims health facilities best in Karachi; Admits bad condition of roads in Karachi but work also going on
♦ Chairman NAB extension issue; Law Minister says no ordinance for extension of tenure has been prepared; Says it is up to PM choose name of Chairman NAB
♦ Nawaz Sharif's fake corona vaccination issue; Watchman, ward boy made data entry; Due to lack of staff in hospital, routine work handed over to inexperienced people; Kot Khawaja Saeed Hospital MS Dr Ahmad Nadeem, Senior Medical Officer Dr Munir Ahmed suspended; Case registered against employees involved in wrong data entry
♦ Sherry Rehman criticizes Shaheryar Afridi's video; Says, while addressing in Senate, “more you lie, the more appreciation you get in the cabinet”
♦ President visits Lahore; During President's visit, City Traffic Police call personnel from 13 districts; 1,200 wardens, 10 DSPs deployed on the routes
♦ Police operation against Muslims in Assam; Police shoot protesters; Several killed, dozens injured; Police desecrate body after killing Muslim man; Rahul Gandhi says tyranny going on in Assam under govt supervision
♦ Indian atrocities in Occupied Kashmir echo in British Parliament; British MPs criticize Narendra Modi; Condemn killings, arrests in occupied valley; Pay tribute to Syed Ali Gilani
♦ Efforts to curb trade deficit; Efforts to curb imports to encourage local industry; Ministry of Industry and Production proposes to impose regulatory duty of up to 50% on import of all large vehicles
♦ FBR speeds up action against luxury houses, cars; Starts reckoning with big bank transactions; 338 in Lahore, 1200 in Faisalabad under FBR radar; Electricity companies start giving details of unregistered consumers to FBR
♦ Out of 60,000 jewelers across the country, only 9,000 are tax filers
♦ 40 green buses from China to Karachi shifted to Surjani Bus Depot; Buses to run on roads of Shar-e-Quaid in two months; 18-kilometer track to be optional by November
♦ Haleem Adil Sheikh confirms second marriage to MPA Dua Bhutto after birth of son; Couple organises function of son
♦ HC Multan Bench decision regarding orphans, foster children; Ordered to give factitious fathers’ names on birth certificates; Children without parents to be able to make ID cards with factitious parents’ names
♦ PPP, N-League divide over toppling Punjab govt; PPP ready to movement, PML-N in doldrums; Rana Mashhood says govt on one hand calls us thieves, on other hand invites us to play together; Ali Haidar Gilani says will defeat govt on same pitch
♦ English cricketers open up against own cricket board; Say they have no role in cancellation of visit to Pakistan; Says cricket board kept them in dark; Say they were not consulted for cancellation of visit to Pakistan
♦ Former cricketers disappointed over cancellation of New Zealand, England teams’ tours;
♦ Wasim Akram says if national team performs well then all will be good; Moin Khan says he worked hard for the return of international cricket; Rashid Latif advises PCB to contact New Zealand again
♦ Air ambulance allowed to come to Pakistan for transfer of actor Umer Sharif to US; Air ambulance to land at Karachi Airport on September 26 at 11 pm
♦ Movie on rise and fall of Princess Diana ‘Spencer’ released; Movie to hit theaters on November 5