Sindh High Court;  Extension of injunction against collection of municipal charges in electricity bills

Sindh High Court; Extension of injunction against collection of municipal charges in electricity bills

Karachi: The Sindh High Court has extended the injunction against the collection of municipal charges in K Electric bills till November 22. In the High Court, the petitions of Jamaat-e-Islami and others against the addition of municipal tax in the bills of K-Electric were heard, but the hearing was adjourned due to the absence of…

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The pump owner who stole petrol through remote control was arrested in Peshawar

The pump owner who stole petrol through remote control was arrested in Peshawar

In Peshawar, the district administration arrested the pump owner who was giving less petrol despite receiving the full amount from the public. According to the details, the Peshawar Main District Administration raided the pump for stealing petrol and taking full money through remote control. Meanwhile, a remote control system for lowering the gauge from the…

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Bangladesh, Maldives, DPR Korea make ‘tremendous’ strides toward disease elimination

Bangladesh, Maldives, DPR Korea make ‘tremendous’ strides toward disease elimination

Visceral leishmaniasis – a parasitic disease spread by sandflies – has been wiped out in Bangladesh, along with rubella in the Democratic Republic of Korea (more commonly known as North Korea) said WHO in a statement. Bangladesh has become the first country to be validated for the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis (also known as kala…

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Guterres blasts ‘completely inadequate’ levels of aid for Gaza civilians

Guterres blasts ‘completely inadequate’ levels of aid for Gaza civilians

Secretary-General António Guterres also reiterated his call for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” between Israeli forces and militants from Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, and other militant groups. Consistent flow of aid essential In a statement, Mr. Guterres said depriving Gaza’s people basic supplies was only “compounding the human tragedy” of the conflict, calling for…

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Amazon, DoorDash, Walmart, trapping workers in poverty: UN rights expert

Amazon, DoorDash, Walmart, trapping workers in poverty: UN rights expert

In separate letters to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, DoorDash CEO Tony Xu and Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, the UN-appointed independent expert on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, requested a response to reports of inadequate pay, aggressive union-busting tactics, and the misclassification of workers as “independent contractors”, intentionally depriving them of traditional employment benefits such as…

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