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The alleged role of sugar mill owners in Pakistan's sugar crisis could be re-investigated after the Islamabad High Court lifted the restraining order on Saturday. Chief Justice Athar Minallah announced a brief order on a petition challenging the findings of the commission. He said the court did not find the commission operating illegally.
The court said that the power of Shehzad Akbar to take action in the light of the report of the commission was contrary to the decision of the Supreme Court. The High Court said that this is a prerogative of the federal cabinet and it cannot transfer this power to anyone else.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he will not give up the issue of sugar mafia until it reaches its peak. "No one should be under the impression that the commission has been abandoned," he told a PTI core committee meeting.
Addressing a press conference on Saturday, PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the PTI government has given priority to development over health at a time when we are battling an epidemic. He claimed that the government had said that it was going to spend Rs 70 billion to fight the coronavirus but if you read the fine print, you would see that the money was used for "slash funds" for PTI MNAs. Placed as "I challenge the government to show me a government hospital that offers the same quality treatment as NICVD,".
Federal Minister for Communications Murad Saeed has said that Bilawal's politics is limited to statements only. Criticizing the PML-N and PPP leaders, Saeed said they had not built a single good hospital. He said that if Sindh government could not help the center to get rid of locusts then it should not be an obstacle.
According to the investigation reports of the blasts on Rangers in Karachi yesterday, it has been revealed that the members of the same group have committed this crime. The group's work is being carried out by neighboring countries, the report said, citing India's RAW. In Ghotki, martyred soldiers were buried during the blast. The Crime and Terrorism Department released photos and footage of the suspects involved in the June 10 attack in Gulistan-e-Jauhar.
The Counter Terrorism Department arrested two people involved in the targeted killing of policemen during a raid in Peerabad, Karachi. CTD officials identified him as Mudassar and Minhaj. He was a member of the United National Movement London and was wanted for killing at least six people, including police officers.
A total of 153 people have died from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours across the country. More than 6,600 new cases were reported. The total death toll has risen to 3,382 and the number of cases has crossed 170,000. Sindh government spokesman Murtaza Wahab also had a positive experience. A total of 107 inmates and 18 jailors have been diagnosed in Sukkur Jail.
Despite being sealed by the government under Smart Lockdown, several areas in Karachi remained open. There were large crowds on the streets in areas like Nagin Chowrangi, Burns Road and Jamshed Road.
Balochistan Nationalist Party chairperson Akhtar Mengal has refused to back down from his decision to withdraw support from the PTI government. Maulana Fazlur Rehman of the JUI-F has said that if the government tries to interfere in the NFC award or the 18th amendment, it will have to pay the price.
The first and complete solar eclipse of the year will take place tomorrow. It will run from 9 a.m. to 1:10 p.m. Doctors have advised people to stay indoors during this time as seeing it with the naked eye can be harmful to health.
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