South Asia Newsline - Dec 22, 2020 News Bulletin :
-Indian government issues new SOPs for those arriving from UK in view of new Covid strain
-Baloch activist found dead in Canada under mysterious circumstances
-Afghanistan journalist killed near his home in Ghazni province
The Indian government on Tuesday issued fresh Standard Operating Procedure for passengers arriving from UK amid fears of fast spread of a new and highly infectious Covid-19 strain in Britain. Farmer leaders on Tuesday continued to press for rollback of three new farm laws that liberalize agriculture sector, while the Indian government appealed the protesting farmers to hold further talks to break a nearly month-long deadlock. The Pakistan Democratic Movement, an 11-party alliance will begin on Wednesday the second phase of anti-government protest to oust the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan by January 31. Activist Karima Baloch who was known for being a vocal critic of the Pakistan Army and government atrocities in Balochistan, has been found dead under mysterious circumstances in Canada. A member of the peace negotiating team representing Afghan government in the peace talks with the Taliban. Freelance journalist and chairman of Provincial Journalists Association Ramatullah Nikzad was shot by an assailant near his house in provincial capital Ghazni city on Monday evening. High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Pakistan visited navy headquarters in Islamabad and called on Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi on Monday. Both the dignitaries discussed matters related to mutual interests. Scores of winter sport-lovers have been thronging India's cold desert region of Ladakh for skating and playing hockey on frozen water bodies.
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