Lahore
January 31, 2021
KARACHI : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Sindh leaders accused the Pakistan Peoples Party on Saturday of preparing itself for horse-trading in the upcoming Senate elections.
Addressing a press conference at the Sindh Assembly, opposition leader Haleem Adil Shaikh said that under the National Finance Commission (NFC) award, the share of Sindh was 22 per cent, but due to abject poverty in the province, 31 per cent of families were helped under the Ehsas Cash Emergency Programme.
He said Rs60 billion had been given to 50,000 families.
Sheikh alleged that the media cell of the Pakistan Peoples Party was misleading the masses through its propaganda against the federal government, and that the PPP had hired highly paid advisors of Pakistan to spread disinformation.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued 13 civil investigative demands on Friday to Robinhood, Discord, Citadel and other trading apps that put curbs on stock trading, his office said in a statement the day after those curbs stalled a rally in shares of GameStop.
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GameStop Corp. rebounded on Friday after several online brokerages allowed investors to buy shares in the video-game retailer again, just a day after Robinhood Markets and other trading platforms limited trading in a number of volatile stocks during a period of extraordinary volatility and market drama.
But the incredible stock-market gyrations, which have captured global fascination with the rising influence of investors in online chat groups, continue to raise questions over the potential impact on broader markets and reaction from U.S. regulators.