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February 1, 2021
NOWSHERA: Prime Minister Imran Khan s government will not survive a single day if I don t want it to, said Defence Minister Pervaiz Khattak on Sunday.
The former KP chief minister was speaking to PTI workers in Nowshera where he spoke about the incumbent government. Khattak spoke about the Opposition, saying that they respected him which is why he also had regard for parliamentarians. No one can cheat me when it comes to politics, he said, adding that Imran Khan s government would not last a single day if he didn t want it to.
However, Khattak clarified that the prime minister had bestowed a lot of favours on him and that he was with the premier all the way. A few hours after the Khattak’s above-mentioned statement started doing the rounds on social media, the defence minister took to Twitter to issue a clarification.
No Napier offshore powerboat race this year
28 Jan, 2021 09:20 PM
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Colleen Carson in 2018 at Perfume Point, Ahuriri, from where she watched the Napier Offshore 100 for most of the last 30 years. Photo / File
Colleen Carson in 2018 at Perfume Point, Ahuriri, from where she watched the Napier Offshore 100 for most of the last 30 years. Photo / File
Hawkes Bay Today
The Napier offshore powerboat race held almost annually for more than four decades won t go ahead this year.
New Zealand Offshore Power Boat Association president Scott Lewis said the national drivers championship series has been cut to just four races amid the uncertainty of the Covid-19 crisis, particularly impacts on costs, sponsorship and funding.
Nuclear weapons: US Russia nuke pact won t fix emerging arms threats
27 Jan, 2021 08:01 PM
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The United States and Russia have agreed to extend New START, an arms control treaty on nuclear weapons, by five years. Photo / AP
The United States and Russia have agreed to extend New START, an arms control treaty on nuclear weapons, by five years. Photo / AP
AP
By: Robert Burnsap
The Biden administration was quick to breathe new life into the last remaining treaty limiting US and Russian nuclear weapons. The going will be slower when it turns to other arms control problems that are either festering or emerging as potential triggers of an international arms race.
Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel responds to criticism of cycleway plan
27 Jan, 2021 12:36 AM
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The cycleway will run through Papanui. Photo / Supplied
NZ Herald
destroy local businesses.
The owners of the Copenhagen Bakery are unhappy with the loss of car parks to make way for the Wheels to Wings cycleway.
The loss of parks is due to a proposal as part of the cycleway to narrow Harewood Rd from four lanes to two.
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Mayor Lianne Dalziel told Chris Lynch on Newstalk ZB they are holding a genuine public consultation on the plans. I have heard people make comments that this is a slam dunk, it s a foregone conclusion, I just wanted to mention . the Papanui Parallel cycleway from Northlands Mall to the central city, more than 80 changes were made to that.