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Russia has announced it was banning entry of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Deputy PM Dominic Raab, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, ex-premier Theresa May and the First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, after London had imposed sanctions on Russia over its action in Ukraine. “This step was taken as a response to London’s unbridled information and political campaign aimed at isolating Russia internationally, creating conditions for restricting our country and strangling the domestic economy,” the foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “gave a positive assessment” of joint work in the OPEC+ format during a phone call. They also discussed the situation in Ukraine and Yemen, the Kremlin said. from latest-news - SUCH TV https://ift.tt/Mr82dAy

Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Barrister Sultan Mahmood on Saturday summoned the Legislative Assembly session to meet at 10:30am on Monday (tomorrow) to conduct election for the new leader of the house. The announcement was made by him “in the light of” an order of the AJK Supreme Court delivered earlier in the day, according to a press release from his office. On Friday, while taking up a petition by the opposition leaders, the AJK High Court had restrained the assembly speaker and others from any proceedings regarding the election of the prime minister until Monday. An appeal against the High Court order was heard by the Supreme Court on Saturday. The apex court maintained that after resignation of Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi on April 14, the resolution for vote of no-confidence against him had automatically become infructuous and since the Assembly was not in session at the time of the resignation, the president had to summon a fresh session within 14 days

Polling is underway for the by-election in the National Assembly constituency in Hangu, NA-33, today (Sunday) with around 4,500 cops deployed in the area to avert any untoward incident. The polling started at 8am and will continue uninterrupted till 5pm. A fierce contest is expected between PTI, JUI-F and ANP for the National Assembly seat in Hangu. Hangu District Police Officer Ikramullah said during a media talk that the security arrangements had been finalised by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold a peaceful and transparent by-poll. He said the police, along with the Quick Response Force and Rapid Response Force personnel, would patrol across the constituency during the polling process, while the Frontier Reserve Police would remain on standby at the police lines to cope with any emergency. Over 0.314 million people are exercising their right to vote and five candidates are contesting in the by-election on NA-33, the seat which fell vacant after the demise of P

A cranial reconstruction research team, Ancesteral Whispers, used facial recognition software to revive a skeleton model from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Sukalmakh, part of the research group, tweeted a picture of grumpy cave man that had been reconstructed from an ancient Atmoran specimen from Saarthal dating to the late Merethic Era. Atmora is a continent in the Elder Scrolls world and Saarthal is the ruined capital of Skyrim. Read more:  WhatsApp tests new feature to organize groups for work, school The Elder Scrolls is a series of action role-playing video games developed by Bethesda Game Studios, thus the 'Merethic era' is also an Elder Scrolls period of time. The tweet won praise from Bethesda developer, Jonah Lobe, who worked on Skyrim and had designed the skeleton, commented that the team had done an "awesome job with the reconstruction". He thought the 'intimidating' look with heavy brows and big teeth. Ancestral Whispers is an organisation th

PPP’s Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Saturday was elected unopposed as the 22nd speaker of the National Assembly, with PTI leader Qasim Suri resigning from the office of the deputy speaker. His election came after National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser resigned from his position after joint opposition submitted a no-confidence motion against former prime minister Imran Khan.   from latest-news - SUCH TV https://ift.tt/hUkW9I4

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The election for the new chief minister of Punjab will take place today (Saturday) on the orders of the Lahore High Court (LHC) amid intense political activity by the rival groups to bag the top slot. The session where the members of the Punjab Assembly will vote to elect the new provincial chief will be chaired by Deputy Speaker Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari. Read more:  Vote of no-confidence against NA deputy speaker to be held tomorrow A tough competition is expected between the two candidates — Hamza Shahbaz and Parvez Elahi. Hamza is the joint candidate of PML-N and other coalition parties, while PML-Q's Elahi is being backed by PTI. The April 16 session is being held in line with the LHC's Wednesday order, wherein it rejected Hamza's plea to hold the early elections and restored the powers of the deputy speaker. The deputy speaker — whose powers were withdrawn last week — was asked by the court to hold the election on April 16. from latest-news - SUCH TV http