Tag: travel restrictions
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Non-filers may face bank account suspension, travel bans: FBR
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued a stern warning to individuals who have not filed their income tax returns, stating that they could face severe consequences, including the suspension of bank accounts and restrictions on both domestic and international travel via motorways and air travel.
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About 830,000 Pakistanis left the country in 2022 in search of better jobs
The Bureau of Immigration and Overseas Employment (BE&OE) has reported a historic surge in emigrants seeking overseas employment in 2022, with a staggering 829,549 individuals registering for job opportunities abroad. Syed Agha Rafiullah, Parliamentary Secretary for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OPHRD), presented this data to the National Assembly on Wednesday, shedding light on…
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Unvaccinated Novak Djokovic to miss US Open
Tennis player Novak Djokovic said that he will not be able to attend the US Open in New York City due to his unwillingness to take the COVID-19 vaccination. The twenty-one time Grand Slam champion Djokovic stated on Thursday that he will remain in “good shape and positive spirit and wait for an opportunity to…
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UN chief condemns travel restrictions, calls it ‘travel apartheid’
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that a travel ban imposed because of the Covid pandemic that cuts off any one country or region as “not only deeply unfair and punitive – they are ineffective.”, report Geo News. Guterres said that tests should continually be performed on travelers to reduce the threat…
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Deadly Omicron-new variant of Covid, raises alarm
The new variant of the coronavirus was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) from South Africa on November 24. It was declared a new variant “of concern” and named it Omicron, reports the BBC. On Friday, this variant was identified as the B.1.1.529 infection which was collected from a specimen on November 9. The…
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VIDEO: Emirates ‘flight attendant’ on top of Burj Khalifa to celebrate UK travel rules change
Emirates shared a 32-second clip of a woman in their airline cabin crew uniform standing on top of the Burj Khalifa to celebrate the removal of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from the UK’s Red List. In the video, the woman can be seen holding boards that read: “Moving the UAE to the UK Amber…
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Australian man escapes quarantine using bedsheets
A man in Perth, Australia, escaped mandatory quarantine in a hotel room by using a rope made of tied together bedsheets from a fourth-floor window, reports Reuters. He arrived in Perth from Brisbane but was told to leave the state within 48 hours, failing to get a mandatory pass before travel, and was sent to…