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Gaza film vies for Venice Film Festival top prize

‘NAZA’, which covers mass killing of Palestinian civilians, is critics’ highest-rated film at event VENICE: The Venice Film Festival hands out its top awards on Saturday after two weeks of often dark, violent programming including a chilling Israeli-made documentary about Gaza and an oddball drama starring John Malkovich. “NAZA”, which features Israeli whistleblowers analysing the … Read more

Govt offers bikers Rs2,000 a month

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to offer a paltry monthly compensation to motorcyclists, as the finance ministry has again turned down a suggestion by some cabinet ministers to cut petroleum levy and utilise a Rs430 billion available contingency budget to offset any revenue impact. The finance ministry is again resisting the demand to utilise the … Read more

Pakistan’s polio excuses

. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries on Earth where wild poliovirus remains endemic. Every other nation – from war-torn Somalia to resource-poor Malawi – has interrupted transmission. But we have excuses at every corner. We developed nuclear weapons on a shoestring budget and are still one of only eight nuclear-armed nations. Yet … Read more

IHC seeks affidavits on non-use of state machinery for PTI Sept 27 protest

Directs K-P chief secretary, IG to submit affidavits confirming state resources won’t be used for political gatherings The Islamabad High Court (IHC), hearing a case against the PTI’s September 27 protest, on Saturday sought affidavits from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa chief secretary and inspector general of police after the former assured the court that government machinery or … Read more

250% risk allowance approved for officers for K-P ‘hard areas’

Federal govt approves security allowance for officers in 26 terrorism-hit districts K-P Police. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE The federal government has declared 26 districts across six regions of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa as hard areas and approved a security risk allowance for administrative and police officers posted in these terrorism-hit areas. The Establishment Division, Islamabad, has formally conveyed the decision … Read more