Game Notes Oilers @ Kings: Home Ice ImplicationsPhoto credit: © Perry Nelson-USA TODAY SportsHistorically home ice advantage in the playoffs becomes more important the deeper you go, but as the Edmonton Oilers learned last year it can be a major advantage in game seven. Advertisement Ad Advertisement Ad— The Oilers are 5-5 v. the Pacific this season. Among Pacific division teams they have played the fewest games within their division. Advertisement Ad Advertisement Ad— So far this season most Oilers players have produced better v. non-divisional opponents. Advertisement Ad Advertisement Ad— The Oilers just need average 5×5 scoring from their depth forwards.

Share:WEST BANK - Israel suspended on Sunday a pass easing the Palestinian foreign minister’s travel in and around the occupied West Bank, among its responses to a Palestinian bid to involve the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in their decades-old conflict. Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki’s “VIP” travel card was confiscated by israeli border staff as he crossed from Jordan into the occupied West Bank, his office said. A spokesperson for Israel’s defence ministry, which administers the West Bank, confirmed the move, calling it part of the implementation of a government decision on Friday. In televised remarks to the Israeli cabinet on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the decision entailed, among other measures, “sanctions against senior Palestinian figures”. “The Palestinian Authority has promoted an extremist anti-Israeli resolution at the United Nations,” Netanyahu said.

New Delhi: Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr P K Mishra held a high-level review of building damage and land subsidence in Joshimath on 8th January 2023. It was informed that PM Shri Narendra Modi is concerned and has reviewed the situation with the Chief Minister. Chief Secretary Uttarakhand informed that state and district officials with the support of central experts have assessed the situation on ground. Residents of Joshimath are being informed of the developments and their cooperation is being sought. Further, Secretary, Border Management and all four members of NDMA will visit Uttarakhand on 9th January.

The chief minister has also doubled the number of official flour sale points across Punjab. The mills in Punjab would be provided with more than their demand for 26,000 tonnes of government wheat from Monday (today), significantly reducing the prices of private grains and flour. Sources said the tussle between the federal and Punjab governments was responsible for the wheat crisis in the country. The sources said Punjab had first demanded the supply of 500,000 tonnes of wheat and then increased it to one million tonnes. The decision to supply 500,000 tonnes of wheat to Punjab was also delayed.

Naveed Sadiq Shaheed was one of the gallant soldiers of Pakistan who laid his life in the service of motherland. A rare combination of audacity, wisdom, intelligence and humanity, Director Naveed spent a lifetime of his youth, 16 years, in Inter-Services Intelligence and wrote a glorious chapter in the history of agency with his sweat and blood. Director Naveed was a brave son of the soil who conducted multiple operations against Daesh and al-Qaeda across Punjab with audacity and the spirit of a tiger. Since Director Naveed was instrumental in defeating Daesh strongholds in Punjab, he knew that he was always on the hit-list of remnants of these terrorist organisations. Director Naveed leaves behind a grieving family and young children.

Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is going to release the first quarterly installment of Rs7,000 to the Kafaalat programme beneficiaries for the year 2023 from Monday. Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety and BISP Chairperson Shazia Marri, in her message to beneficiaries, said that transparency would be ensured at all costs during the disbursements of funds. She further said that neither there would be a deduction nor charged any payment fee on this amount. “If someone demands any kind of deduction or fee for payment, beneficiaries should immediately report to BISP’s toll-free helpline 080026477 or contact the nearest BISP Tehsil Office,” she maintained. Shazia warned the beneficiaries that the message sent by BISP would come from 8171, and no message from any other number or code should be trusted as it is fake and fraudulent.

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Share:Peshawar - The Khyber Medical University (KMU) conducted centralised tests at peshawar and Islamabad on sunday for admissions in various Bs programs in which a total of 1201 candidates participated. The result of the test would be declared within 48 hours which could be seen on the official website of KMU (http://cat.kmu.edu.pk). According to the details, two separate test centres were established in peshawar and Islamabad for the said test. In peshawar test centre, 851 students participated in the test while in Islamabad, 350 candidates appeared in the test. he said that private institutes of allied health sciences affiliated to KMU are our main stakeholders.

Sydney: A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast from the Pacific nation of Vanuatu late Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, triggering a tsunami warning for the region. “Tsunami waves reaching 0.3 to one metre above the tide level are possible for some coasts of Vanuatu,” the NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii said. Vanuatu is part of the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where tectonic plates collide, and it experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity. Solomon Islands, a nearby island nation just north of Vanuatu, was in November hit with a strong 7.0 quake, though there were no reports of serious injuries or major structuraldamage. The coastal regions of Vanuatu and nearby Papua New Guinea was put on alert for tsunami waves of up to 30 centimetres (12 inches).

During a speech, the prime minister had also claimed that the IMF managing director had contacted him. However, the IMF representative in Pakistan told The Express Tribune that the call was initiated at the request from Shehbaz. In his speech on Friday, the prime minister had also claimed that an IMF mission would come to Pakistan in two to three days. However, after Shehbaz’s speech, the finance ministry sources had said that no dates for the IMF review mission had been finalised yet. The prime minister had also said that Georgieva enquired whether or not China and Saudi Arabia were supporting Pakistan.

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Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan on Saturday said that the PTI commitments with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had sandwiched Pakistan between the devil and the deep blue sea. Sanaullah said that the PTI government first inked documents with the IMF and then backed out from its commitments which landed Pakistan into a very alarming situation. He said that some elements were intentionally creating uncertainty for their ulterior political motives. Their propaganda was practically double-edged sword as they wanted to create problems for the sitting government, in addition to pushing Pakistan towards bankruptcy. Without naming Imran Khan, the minister termed him an absolute liar and said, “He was blaming that I have murdered 20 people.

The PM had also claimed on Friday that the IMF mission would come to Pakistan in two to three days. The statement did not indicate that the 9th review mission will arrive in Pakistan in three days - a self-claimed deadline that will expire on Monday. After the PM’s speech, the finance ministry sources also said no dates for the IMF review mission had been finalised yet. The prime minister had also said that Georgieva inquired whether or not China and Saudi Arabia were supporting Pakistan. Following this, a statement by Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanullah also confirmed that even foreign nations will not help without the IMF umbrella.

An accountability court in Islamabad on Saturday ordered the restoration of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar's accounts and assets after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) withdrew its reference against him. Earlier, a Lahore bench of NAB issued a letter to restore the minister's assets. According to the written order issued by the accountability court, the 2017 order to confiscate the finance minister’s assets, including his house in Lahore, and freeze his bank accounts, was being withdrawn. During this period, he was declared a proclaimed offender and an accountability court also issued perpetual warrants against him on December 11, 2017. He appeared before the accountability court on September 28 in the assets reference, right after taking oath of office as federal minister.

Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, chief of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), has said that his group is “open to guidance” from Pakistan’s religious scholars if they believe “the direction of our jihad” is wrong. “If you find any problem in the jihad that we waged [against this global infidel agenda], if you believe we have changed our direction, that we have gone astray, then you’re requested to guide us. We’re always ready to listen to your arguments happily,” the TTP chief said, calling his audience “our elders, our teachers, and our religious guides”. “We held talks with Pakistan’s government through the mediation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan for one year,” the TTP chief said before seeking to shift the blame for the “revenge and retaliatory attacks” of his group on the Pakistan government while insisting that they have yet not scrapped the truce. Amid the spurt in terrorist attacks, Pakistan has ratcheted up pressure on Kabul to take action against TTP’s safe havens on their soil, but the Taliban regime has been non-committal which has escalated tensions between the two neighbours.