This is the second time the PTI chief has been arrested in nearly three months; he’s been handed 3 years in jail, Rs100,000 fine imposed.

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At least 41 people were killed and 45 injured in a fire sparked by an electrical fault during Mass at a Coptic Christian church in the Egyptian city of Giza on Sunday. The blaze erupted just before 9am when 5,000 people had gathered for Mass at the Abu Sifin church in the Imbaba neighbourhood, two security sources said. The fire blocked an entrance to the church, causing a stampede, they said, adding that most of those killed were children. 'People were gathering on the third and fourth floor, and we saw smoke coming from the second floor.

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Indian authorities demolished two illegally constructed skyscrapers in a wide plume of dust debris on Sunday near the capital New Delhi, razing the tallest structures ever pulled down in the country in less than 10 seconds. Crowds watching the collapse from rooftops on nearby high-rise buildings cheered and clapped as the 103-metre tall towers collapsed from a controlled demolition and the dust enveloped the residential area. The Supreme Court last year ordered the demolition of the towers in the Noida area after a long legal battle found they violated multiple building regulations and fire safety norms.

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WHILE the world looks away, Narendra Modi's government continues to take steps to impose more fraudulent arrangements on occupied Jammu and Kashmir. After J&K's illegal annexation, bifurcation and integration into the Indian union three years ago, Delhi has used force and fraud to maintain its unlawful hold over the region. Aug 5, 2019, opened a new chapter in the tortured history of the occupied territory intensifying the plight of the Kashmiri people. A prolonged cruel lockdown and communication blackout was imposed, the military siege tightened, the press muzzled and Kashmiri leaders jailed to prevent a popular upsurge against the move that took away virtually all the rights of the Kashmiri people.

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Ukraine said on Sunday it was in full control of the eastern logistics hub of Lyman, Kyiv's most significant battlefield gain in weeks, which a senior official said could provide a staging post for further gains to the east. 'As of 1230 (0930 GMT), Lyman is fully cleared,' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a short video clip on his Telegram channel. There was no comment from the Russian armed forces on Sunday on the status of the city. The Russian defence ministry said on Saturday it was pulling troops out of the area 'in connection with the creation of a threat of encirclement'.

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At least 92 people have been killed as Iran has cracked down on women-led protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the notorious morality police, the group Iran Human Rights said Sunday. Kurdish Iranian Amini, 22, was pronounced dead on September 16 after she was detained for allegedly breaching rules requiring women to wear hijab headscarves and modest clothes, sparking Iran's biggest wave of popular unrest in almost three years. An additional 41 people died in clashes on Friday in Iran's far southeast, reported Oslo-based IHR citing local sources, saying the protests were sparked by accusations that a police chief in the region had raped a teenage girl of the Baluch minority.

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Apple Inc is dropping plans to increase production of its new iPhones this year after an anticipated surge in demand failed to materialise, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company told suppliers to curtail efforts to increase assembly of its flagship iPhone 14 product family by as many as six million units in the second half of this year, Bloomberg reported. Instead, the Cupertino, California-headquartered company will aim to produce 90 million handsets for the period, nearly the same number as a year ago and in line with Apple's original forecast this summer, the report said.

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PAKISTAN'S economy has been under pressure for decades; the country has yet to get down to the business of undertaking the structural reforms necessary to put it on a firmer footing. However, the business of hate has been flourishing in the country, and the state and society do not squander any opportunity to profit from it. PML-N leader Mian Javed Latif's vile anti-Ahmadi remarks, intended to malign former prime minister Imran Khan, are yet another reminder that our political leadership can go to any extent for political point-scoring.

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RAWALPINDI: A strict security cordon was placed during Imam Husain's Chehlum in the garrison city on Saturday. Policemen and personnel of other law enforcement agencies had secured the entire route of the procession on Friday night itself, by placing barricades on the slip streets and roads. Armoured vehicles, bomb disposal squad, fire brigade, Rescue 1122, ambulance squads and technical sweeping personnel remained on high alert throughout the day while anti-riot personnel, plainclothesmen and policewomen patrolled the city.

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ISLAMABAD: The exports of non-textile products slightly rose 1.81 per cent to $1.68 billion in the first two months of the current fiscal year against $1.65bn in the corresponding period last year as demand slowed down in buyer markets, data compiled by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Saturday. The slowdown in export proceeds of the non-textile sector was noted across all sectors. However, a slight improvement was seen in the export of value-added sectors. The non-textile exports posted a growth of 25.

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan immensely benefited through the Trade and Supply Chain Finance Programme (TSCFP) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for food and agriculture-related imports during the past 18 months. TSCFP supported more than 1,900 food and agriculture-related imports valued at $2.3 billion to 10 countries in developing Asia, with most assistance going to Pakistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam, according to information released by ADB. ADB says it has boosted its support to ease worsening food shortages in Asia and the Pacific by expanding assistance through its ‘Trade and Supply Chain Finance Programme to clear bottlenecks in the import of food and agriculture products.

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BEIJING: Twenty-seven people died en route to a Covid-19 quarantine facility when their bus crashed in southwest China on Sunday, local authorities said, in the country's deadliest road accident this year. The crash took place on a highway in rural Guizhou province when the vehicle carrying 47 people 'flipped onto its side', Sandu county police said in a statement on social media. Twenty people were being treated for injuries and emergency responders were dispatched to the scene in remote Qiannan prefecture, police said.

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Oil prices edged higher on Friday but were on track for a weekly decline amid fears of sharp interest rate hikes that would slam global growth and hit fuel demand. Brent crude futures were up 24 cents, or 0.3 per cent, to $91.08 a barrel as of 0315 GMT, but were down 1.9pc for the week so far. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 10 cents, or 0.1pc, to $85.20 a barrel, but were also down 1.9pc on a weekly basis. 'Today's morning rebound for oil prices can only be described as a short-term correction, as the Fed will raise interest rates by 75bp or 100bp next week,' said Leon Li, an analyst at CMC Markets.

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Ramazan comedy shows skyrocketed in popularity after Suno Chanda hit our TV screens and started a trend, leading to many more light-hearted shows such as Ayeza Khan's Chupke Chupke, Chaudhary and Sons and Hum Tum, to name a few. Writer Saima Akram Chaudhary's new show Kaala Doriya follows that pattern but it isn't a Ramazan show, much to everyone's surprise. The first episode dropped on Friday with Osman Khalid Butt as Asfand, Sana Javed as Mahnoor, and some familiar faces from previous shows. But Kaala Doriya's similarities to Ramazan shows of the past have garnered mixed reviews online.

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QUETTA: Educationists and experts have underscored the need to rebuild educational infrastructure in Balochistan in the aftermath of floods to ensure continual access to education in the wake of the disaster that left most of the province in a state of emergency. These views were shared on Saturday during an online seminar titled ‘Defending Education against Climate Change,' organised by the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training's STEAM Policy Unit. The panelists proposed effective public-private partnership models, the development and implementation of a comprehensive remedial and accelerated learning programme, and an international commitment to rebuild the destroyed educational infrastructure on an immediate basis to mitigate the impacts of climate disasters on the education sector.

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President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday said that 'broader consultation' on the appointment of the chief of army staff (COAS) was a must so that a consensus could be developed. In an interview with journalist Asma Shirazi on Aaj TV, the president desired that a summary of the appointment be sent to him after the consultation has been completed. Army Chief Gen Qamar Bajwa is set to retire on Nov 29. The outgoing COAS ended all speculations about him getting another extension when at an event in Washington he confirmed that he would be stepping down at the end of his extended tenure in November.

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OUR advertisement industry relies on poor entertainment concepts where we can see hosts, anchors and actors appearing repeatedly 24 hours a day in advertisements that are aired on the electronic media. These advertisements are mostly based on, or inspired by, foreign media, depicting their culture, having nothing to do with us. In many advertisements, girls are shown dancing at public places. I wonder whose culture they show. Innovation and creativity is seldom seen. I fail to understand why such silly ideas are adopted by the advertising agencies, and approved by the clients concerned.

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ISTANBUL: At least 32 people were killed and dozens were injured in two separate road accidents in Turkiye on Saturday, each in places where collisions took place earlier in the day, local media reported. A first crash involving a bus and an ambulance killed 16 people and injured 21 more on a motorway in Gaziantep province, while at least 16 people were killed and nearly 30 injured after a truck driver hurtled into pedestrians in Derik in Mardin province. Governor Davut Gul said earlier the first accident involved 'a bus, an emergency team and an ambulance' on the route between provincial capital Gaziantep and Nizip.

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A man belonging to the Ahmadiyya community was stabbed to death by an unidentified man in Chenab Nagar area of district Chiniot on Friday, police said. The victim's brother lodged a complaint with the Chenab Nagar Police Station and identified a suspect, who has been arrested by law enforcement personnel. DPO Chiniot district, Asadur Rehman, told Dawn.com that he had constituted an investigation team to probe the matter. 'We are investigating to determine the motive behind the killing,' he added.

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A civil court on Saturday admitted a citizen's lawsuits seeking Rs110 million in damages from the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and District Municipal Corporation (Central) over the death of his infant child and wife, who had drowned in an uncovered under-construction nullah in Shadman. Muhammad Danish, along with his 24-year-old wife Saman and two infant children, had fallen in open drainage near Qalandaria Chowk on the night of July 17 during heavy rainfall in the city. Danish, a resident of Orangi Town's Sector 10-L, has sought over Rs110 million in damages under the Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 from the KMC commissioner and DMC (Central) commissioner over the twin deaths.

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The Islamabad police on Saturday suspended Station House Officer Irshad and initiated an inquiry after lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir accused him of inflicting custodial torture on an unidentified man at Karachi Company police station in the G-9 area of the capital. The police said that the decision to suspend the SHO was taken on Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah's directives to conduct a fair inquiry. 'Strict action will be taken if found guilty; law enforcers found to be involved in any illegal activity will not be tolerated,' the police said.

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Canada has announced an additional $25 million of funding in humanitarian assistance to support people and communities affected by severe flooding in Pakistan, an official statement said. The statement said the new allocation was in addition to the $5m announced last month for humanitarian assistance to support Pakistan. Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had said that his country will continue to provide food, clean water and other essential services through trusted partners. 'Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the Government of Canada will match donations to the Humanitarian Coalition in response to the flooding in Pakistan.

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DAMASCUS: Syria's internal commerce ministry has announced a petrol price hike of around 130 percent in the war-torn country facing fuel shortages and extended power cuts. The cost of a litre of subsidised fuel will rise to 2,500 Syrian pounds, from 1,100 previously, a rise of 127 percent, the ministry said in a statement quoted by the official SANA news agency late on Saturday. The cost of non-subsidised petrol will rise from 3,500 to 4,000 Syrian pounds, the ministry added. The increases represent the third time this year that authorities have increased the price of fuel, as the Syrian pound continues to depreciate.

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Hamida Banu: pining for home AN INDIAN woman who was missing for 20 years has been found in Pakistan with the help of a video on social media. Hamida Banu left India in 2002 after a recruitment agent promised to get her the job of a cook in Dubai. Instead, she says, she was tricked and trafficked to Pakistan. Banu's family in India's Mumbai told BBC Marathi that they spent two decades trying to find her — and they finally managed to do so because of two men, one in India and the other in Pakistan.

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Elon Musk on Friday added a severance payment made by Twitter to a whistleblower to the list of reasons he feels entitled to walk away from his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform. A termination letter sent to Twitter accused the firm of not informing him about a multi-million dollar severance payment it made in June to departing security chief Peiter Zatko, who went on to file a whistleblower complaint criticising Twitter's security practices, according to a copy of the letter filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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PML-N Senator Afnan Ullah Khan on Sunday said that his brother-in-law — Talha Asad — was 'picked up' from Hudaibiya mosque in Islamabad's Sector F-11/2 are the night before. In a tweet, the senator said that Asad was taken away in a black-tinted Toyota Hiace and his last known location traced from his mobile phone was Golra Sharif. His brother-in-law did not have any enmity with anyone, the PML-N leader added. A first information report (FIR) was filed earlier today at Shalimar police station on the complaint of Talha's brother Mohammad Hashim Asad under Section 365 (kidnapping) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

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When the boss's engagement is high, success soars, according to Gallup's research which indicates that 70pc of the variance in team engagements is determined solely by the manager Published in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, September 12th, 2022

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Remember all the brouhaha (on Twitter) over how many loan shark apps had permeated Play Store in Pakistan and ripped off ordinary folks with misleading claims and exorbitant interest rates? It was enough for Google to take notice and remove some of the names. Well, that lasted less than two months as two of the apps removed from Play Store are not only back again but currently trending in the top five of the finance category. Meanwhile, some unlicensed players took a page out of Islamic militant books and came back with a new name, all dry-cleaned.

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The Porali river is situated in Bela town, the most populated town in Lasbela, on the Regional Corporation for Development (RCD) highway that connects Quetta and Karachi at a distance of over 700km. Officials and locals who spoke to Dawn in Bela and elsewhere in the district believe that flood waters spilled over Porali's banks, inundating the town of Bela. In Uthal, the headquarters of district Lasbela, a senior officer from the deputy commissioner's office drew a map of the floods that inundated the Lasbela district.

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Kohistan tehsil was reeling on Sunday as officials continued to call for help in rescuing people stranded in areas 'completely cut off' due to the deadly floods that have laid waste to lives and infrastructure across the country. A day earlier, some 350,000 people were evacuated from Charsadda and Nowshera as powerful flash floods in the province caused the Kabul River to swell, sweeping away a large bridge overnight and cutting off some districts from road access. The chairman of Upper Kohistan's Kandia tehsil, Anwar Ul Haq, told Dawn.

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