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Free distribution of diabetes medicines to deserving patients

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3,000 Afghans return home as Pakistan opens border

QUETTA: Pakistan opened its border with Afghanistan at Chaman on Saturday to allow return of Afghans to their country.

Last month, Pakistan sent back over 37,000 Afghan families after it opened the Pak-Afghan friendship gate at Chaman on the special request of the Afghan government.

Official sources said that the friendship gate opened from 8am to 5pm and 2,977 Afghan citizens stranded in different areas of Balochistan crossed into Afghanistan.

Majority of these Afghan citizens had entered Pakistan without travelling documents.

Majority of returnees had entered Pakistan without travel documents

They crossed into Pakistan through the Chaman border and other entering points between Pakistan and Afghanistan on the basis of Afghan national identity cards only.

“The border had opened for crossing Afghans and Pakistanis into their respective countries,” a senior official of the Chaman administration, Zakaullah Durrani, told Dawn over phone.

He said that so far 488 Pakistanis stranded in Afghanistan had also returned.

Majority of these Pakistani belonged to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while some of them belong to Balochistan and Punjab, he said.

He said that these Pakistanis had been sent to their respective provinces after medical check-up by health officials at the border.

He said that Pakistanis who arrived from Afghanistan on Saturday would be quarantined in the tent village quarantine centre established at Killi Faizo close to the Pak-Afghan border.

“Those Pakistanis who are not willing to spend 14 days in quarantine will be sent back to Afghanistan,” an official of health department said, adding that quarantine was mandatory for all those Pakistanis who were coming from Afghanistan according to SOPs issued by the government of Pakistan.

Mr Durrani said that 488 Pakistanis were allowed to go home after completing the 14-day quarantine period.

Published in Dawn, May 10th, 2020




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Aha™ by HARMAN to Power Content in New Hondalink™ System

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LAS VEGAS – Aha by HARMAN™ continues to bring drivers the widest array of options to be entertained and informed safely on the road. Today Aha announced partnerships with four of the web's leading location-based service providers that will bring hundreds of new personalized stations of location-based services to drivers who use Aha. By the end of 2013, Aha will be installed into vehicles by more than 10 auto manufacturers which in total represent more than 50 percent of all cars sold in the USA/Canada and up to 30 percent in Europe. Aha brings a world of infotainment to drivers including both mainstream and niche content. Because Aha is fully customizable, users can create the radio experience they want, and take it anywhere.




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Aha™ Cranks up the Entertainment Factor with Dozens of News, Music, Talk, Lifestyle and Children's Audio Stations

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Aha Brings Unsigned Artists and DJ-Curated Content to the Dashboard

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Aha By Harman to Provide Connected Entertainment System in Redesigned 2014 Mazda3

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American Public Media, CBC/Radio-Canada, BlogTalkRadio and Hay House Publishing Added to the Aha by HARMAN Content Library

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Aha by HARMAN Augments Its Location-Based Services By Partnering With Fishidy And Rolling Out ParkVisitor’s Services

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Aha by HARMAN Cloud Platform 'Future Proofs' Vehicles with Services that Update Infotainment Systems and Provide Real Time Analytics and Extend System Functionality

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Aha Radio Adds Top Radio Stations and Digital Content from Emmis, Salem and MediaTracks Communications

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New 2015 Hyundai Genesis To Feature Aha Radio

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Jeep Grand Cherokee drivers sit back and enjoy – with new HARMAN infotainment and audio systems

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Harman Enriches Harman Kardon® AVR 1x1s Series of Audio/Video Receivers with Spotify Connect, HDMI 2.0

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Blunders begone! Golden Globes burnish Hollywood credibility

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