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By Maryam Bin Yamin Klasra Islamabad – July 16, 2021: Students from across Pakistan are preparing to depart for the United States to begin their journey toward a U.S. bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. degree. To help students prepare for the journey and the new experiences ahead, EducationUSA Pakistan at the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) hosted a week-long virtual Pre-Departure Orientation (PDO). Six interactive sessions addressed a range of topics, including U.S. campus life, academic systems and expectations, resources for international students, and coping in a new cultural setting. “Studying abroad in an American university will open up…

By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: Former Interior Minister and Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms (IRR) Senator A. Rehman Malik has urged the government to call a grand moot in Pakistan on Afghan peace inviting representatives of Afghan government, Taliban, and all other factions to set up an agreed interim government. He said that Afghanistan has now landed in the worst situation because of the non-compromising attitude by both, the Taliban and the government, whereas the USA also did not play a decisive role to install an interim government before the withdrawal and to avoid the possibility of bloodshed and…

By Our Staff Reporter Peshawar: Ten people including Chinese engineers were martyred died and several others were injured on Wednesday near the Dasu hydropower plant in the Upper Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkwha. Upper Kohistan Deputy Commissioner Arif Khan Yousafzai confirmed to Islamabad Telegraph on telephone that the incident took place early in the morning around 7:30am when a coaster was carrying over 30 workers, including Chinese engineers, from the Barseen camp to the plant site. “It seems to be a targeted attack. However, we are investigating the incident,” Deputy Commissioner said. He said foreign engineers, Frontier Corps personnel and…

By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: In a shocking move a man with a pistol in one hand and a knife in left one, forced entry in front of Parliament building situated in Islamabad’s high security zone. This huge security lapse sent shocking waves across power Corridor of Pakistan. Security officials arrested the man from outside the Parliament House in an operation. Television footage showed the man walking frantically on a main road, waving a pistol in one hand and what seemed like a knife in the other, as several security officials appeared to surround him. Man was shifted to Secretariat…

Special to The Islamabad Telegraph By Rakesh Vaid Chakwal Pakistan: March 21st 2004, Gaddafi Stadium, it’s bustling with cheerful crowd from India and Pakistan in an atmosphere exuding good humour and bonhomie. Looking at the crowd around me I was wondering who coined the word archrivals for India and Pakistan. To me that moment replicated the joy of two families gathered to celebrate. I was luckily seated right below a pavilion that thrived with enthusiastic youngsters asking questions ranging from Bollywood and incredible India to Shining India campaign and the so labeled anti-Muslim India. Their innocent queries and curiosity and…

Prime Minister Imran Khan took notice of the case which has sent shocking waves across country The case highlights the growing problem of gender-based violence in Pakistan. By Our Starr Reporter Islamabad: A gang of five to six people stripped a married couple naked and beat them up in Islamabad. As it was not enough, the gang filmed the incident and uploaded the video on social networking site, police said. People across Pakistan sharply reacted to what happened to the helpless couple after film of incident went viral at internet. The film of threatening and stripping a young couple emerged…

Women have an important role to play in the development and prosperity of Pakistan. Protecting the rights of children and women is our first responsibility. Androulla Kaminara Ambassador of EU, Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad, Dr. Qibla Ayaz and Ejaz Alam Augustine addressed at Intrafaith and Interfaith Roundtable Peace Conference at Lahore. By Our Staff Reporter Lahore: A one-day Intrafaith and Interfaith roundtable conference was held at Avari Hotel Lahore in collaboration with the Interfaith Council for Peace and Harmony Pakistan and the European Union Delegation to Pakistan. The conference was attended by representatives of all denominations, great scholars and leaders…

By Muhammad Akbar Notezai Sometimes, in some places, wherever you look, you can only see wolves pretending to be human. The town of Shahrag is one such place. Situated in a valley in Harnai district in Balochistan, Shahrag boasts “300 to 400” coal mines that are mined by “over 30,000 men.” There are children working the mines, too, but an official count does not exist. The district is predominantly populated by Pashtuns but a sizeable population of Marri Baloch are also scattered across its mountainous areas. Pashtuns own the majority of tribal lands in Shahrag and also live in great…

An estimated 5000 women are killed per year from domestic violence, with thousands of others maimed or disabled By Our Staff Reporter Peshawar: Another women shot dead in Khyber Pakhtoon Khaw’s district of Charsadda on Monday by her husband. The incident is latest in the series of violence against women in South Asian Muslim country. Police told Islamabad Telegraph’s correspondent that A man shot dead his wife and critically injured his sister’s in law late on Monday in jurisdiction of Charsadda district’s judicial complex . Police believes a domestic dispute lead to the incident. “The attacker was arrested immediately after…

By Shanzag Mandai United states failed to nurture ideas and notions of western democracy in Iraq .The reason of failure is simple to comprehend. United States ruthlessly trampled on ethos of realism. In case of Iraq, staunch advocates of realism believe that abstract principles and moral precepts of western democracy is not in synonymous with history geography and constellation of ethnic and sectarian groups in Iraq. By bringing western democratic ideas at barrel of guns and remorselessly brushing aside unique geography, history of Iraq and ethnic groups, America woefully failed to achieve its war aims. Geography of Iraq, in fact,…