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Islamabad Telegraph Special Islamabad: The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind a faithful servant, but we’ve created a society honouring the servant that forgets the gift. Groundbreaking discoveries are thin on the ground in the field of fine art, which is odd, given the amount of invention that goes on in there. The deficiency reflects Einstein’s words of wisdom: “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind a faithful servant, but we’ve created a society honouring the servant that forgets the gift”. Our amnesia and all the world’s woes stem from our failure…

BY KASWAR KLASRA ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan struggles to cope with second wave of pandemic of Covid-19, Chief Executive Officer of US based Better Life Consultancy has said they can provide up to 100 million two part vaccines to the people of Pakistan with permissions from the Chinese Government on a very fast track of couple of week. “The vaccine has a three phase human study behind it proving efficacy well over 94%. This is a very high success rate for any vaccine. We have the ability currently to make available up to 100 million two part vaccines to the Pakistani…

News Desk Islamabad: Foreign investors have withdrawn USD 471.7 million from Pakistan’s debt market over the past five months due to lower interest rates and a fresh wave of Coronavirus in the country, according to data from the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), reported ANI. Citing analysts, News International reported that continued hot-money outflows from the local fixed-income market have shown that low-yield government debt has become less attractive to foreigners, with SBP cutting policy rates by 625 basis points to 7% since mid-March. “The withdrawal could be because rates are close to all-time lows and are not lucrative enough…

Islamabad Telegraph Report ISLAMABAD: Security forces recovered senior professor of Baluchistan University after he was allegedly kidnapped by armed people two days ago. However, mystery shrouds the whole episode including his kidnapping and recovery. “Professor Liaquat Sani has been recovered,” officials told Islamabad Telegraph on Monday. They, however, didn’t give more detail about the incident. It’s worth noting that Liaquat Sani, the chairman of the Brahvi department of Baluchistan University went missing last week on Saturday while travelling to Khuzdar along with two other university teachers, officials said. The two other professors — Prof Shabbir Shahwani and Prof Nizam Shahwani…

By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: Pakistan has the highest rate of breast cancer in Asia, with approximately 90,000 women diagnosed with the disease every year out of whom 40,000 die, according to a report relesdef on Monday. Estimates also show that one in ten Pakistani women could develop breast cancer in their lifetime, local media reported. The figures were highlighted in the ‘Breast cancer awareness: give hope, save lives’ webinar organized by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) on Sunday. During the webinar, former Ambassador Fauzia Nasreen, who is a COMSATS advisor, emphasized…

Sports Editor Lahore: A woman, resident of Lahore, accused Babar Azam, captain of Pakistan Cricket Team of sexually abusing her for a decade. Hamiza, a Lahore based beautician hurled startling accusations against Babar Azam, a world class cricket player, during a press briefing she held in Lahore on Satyrday. “We have been in a relation for years even before he was selected in national team. He had promised to marry me. However, he didnt pass by his commitment,” Hamiza told journalists. While tears rolling down her cheeks, Hamiza said Babar had pregnant her too. “I got pregnant. However, Babar forced…

By Haroon Siraj Peshawar: Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) organized the three-day training on, “Safety, Digital Security and Psychosocial Support” for journalists in collaboration with European Union (EU). The training workshop was attended by male and female journalists from various districts of KP including the newly merged ones. The workshop consisted of various activities in order to benefit the media workers and journalists. It was, further, elaborated that 1387 journalists have been killed all over the world since 1992, out of which 61 belong to Pakistan including editor PPI Islamabad Malik Muhammad Ismail Khan, Wali Khan Babar and…

By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: Pakistan released political activist Baba Jan of Gilgit Baltistan on Friday after nearly a decade of imprisonment. The Imran Khan government was forced to surrender before Pakistan’s people were slammed and isolated by various international organisations on a number of human rights platforms.A case was filed against him for raising the issue of allotment of marble mines to Chinese companies in Nasirabad valley of Hunza. Pressure by the United Nations and various other forums globally has worked for the release of the activists. Pakistan was forced to release political prisoner Baba Jan of Gilgit Baltistan…

National News Desk Islamabad : Pakistan is searching for drones in the wake of making its army stronger and more efficient. Two days ago, in the aftermath of the security forces shooting down a drone in the Kathua area of Jammu and Kashmir, there are reports of Pakistan’s efforts to buy more drones. Pakistan Armed Forces conducted trials for the S-250 Mini UAV trial in Mangla at the 506 UAV Base Workshop. It’s been a week beginning on September 3. Right after that, between 8 and 18 September, a further series of trials were held in the 12 Infantry Division…

By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad : Pakistan reiterated on Tuesday that it will not create ties with Israel until there is a “viable, independent and contiguous” Palestinian state acceptable to the Palestinians. The statement came in response to persistent speculative media reports and comments that the South Asian majority-Muslim nation might rethink its refusal to recognise Israel. The Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied the media debate as baseless speculation and stressed that Islamabad “strongly supports the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination.” Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent comment was “clear and unmistakable,” the spokesperson of the Ministry…