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  • Choice on extension of tenure for Pakistan Military leader can wait, says PM Imran Khan

    Pakistan High Minister Imran Khan has stated he has now not but thought of an extension to Leader of the Military Workforce Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa’s tenure as there’s nonetheless time for his time period to finish, in keeping with a media record on Friday.

    Speaking concerning the contentious factor of the extension in Bajwa’s tenure, High Minister Khan stated that he loved an exceptional dating with the army management, the Morning time newspaper reported.

    “The present yr has simply began and November is a ways away. Then why there’s concern about extension within the tenure of the military leader,” the high minister was once quoted as pronouncing within the record.

    Khan stated that he had to this point now not thought of extension within the tenure of COAS Bajwa.

    The 61-year-old will serve the submit of Military leader until November 28, 2022.

    Bajwa, an in depth confidant of Khan, was once to retire on November 29, 2019 on the finish of his three-year unique time period however High Minister Khan gave the Military leader every other extension of identical duration, mentioning regional safety state of affairs, via a notification.

    Alternatively, the Splendid Courtroom on November 28 suspended the federal government order, watching that there is not any legislation to offer extension to the Military leader’s tenure. However the apex courtroom granted a six-month extension to Gen Bajwa after being confident via the federal government that Parliament will go a law at the extension/reappointment of a military leader inside of six months.

    The federal government after preliminary hesitation secured the give a boost to of the primary Opposition events and presented 3 expenses within the Nationwide Meeting to increase the retirement age from 60 to 64 years for the chiefs of military, army and air power, and the chairman of the joint leader of team of workers committee.

    Talking concerning the rumours of a imaginable deal between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the army to topple his executive, Khan stated he individually was once now not underneath any roughly drive.

    The cricketer-turned flesh presser stated that he loved the give a boost to of allies and expressed self belief that his executive would whole its mandated 5 years until 2023, the record stated.

  • Covid in Hong Kong: Here is a record of the whole thing that will likely be close down beginning day after today

    Clear limitations imposing social distancing measures are observed on tables at a cafe in Hong Kong, on Tuesday, April 21, 2020.

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    From bars and pubs to sports activities premises and karaoke rooms, Hong Kong will likely be banning maximum public actions from Friday.

    The Asian monetary hub will likely be re-imposing strict Covid-19 measures for 2 weeks — beginning Friday to Jan. 20 — as town braces for the unfold of the extremely infectious omicron variant. They are going to be reviewed in a single week.

    “We face an overly dire scenario of a significant group outbreak any time, and that is the reason why we need to take very decisive measures,” Leader Government Carrie Lam stated Wednesday when she introduced a slew of stringent measures in a bid to include the outbreak as early as imaginable.

    The federal government additionally introduced that incoming flights from 8 international locations will likely be banned from Saturday to Jan. 21. They’re: Australia, Canada, France, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, the UK and the US.

    Hong Kong recorded 38 new coronavirus circumstances on Wednesday, and has 12,708 showed circumstances to this point, in line with a central authority web site.

    Thus far, 73.4.% of the whole inhabitants has won two doses of a vaccine as of Thursday, in line with executive knowledge. 

    The tightened social distancing laws come with a ban on consuming in eating places after 6 p.m., closure of theme parks, museums and venues together with health facilities and bars.

    The federal government could also be canceling a mass biking tournament, Cyclothon, and leisure amenities similar to Hong Kong Disneyland, cruise send excursions and nightclubs and karaoke venues for 14 days beginning Friday.

    Here is a record of the whole thing that will likely be closed from Jan. 7.

    Eating places will have to prevent providing dine-in services and products to consumers day-to-day from 6 p.m. till 4.59 a.m. native time day after today.Bars or pubs will likely be closed.No are living efficiency and dancing job is permitted in catering premises. Karaoke or mahjong-tin kau job will have to even be suspended.Leisure premises close: theme parks, museums, celebration rooms, karaoke rooms, recreation facilities, Chinese language-style playing institutions for mahjong and tin kau (dominoes); cinemas in addition to tournament and function venues can be closed.Sports activities and good looks actions: health facilities, swimming swimming pools, sports activities premises, in addition to good looks parlors and bathhouses will likely be close.Excursions to stop: All native excursions and “cruises-to-nowhere” suspended.Public medical institution and nursing house visits to be halted.