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Islamabad Telegraph Report Islamabad: Spain-based GRUPSA, one of world’s leading company pioneers in automatic equipment around the world has approached government of Pakistan against a Pakistani contractors of Green Line Service, the federal government-funded scheme, claiming that the later has fraudulently dented billions of rupees in its name damaging its repute and professional standing. Spain-based GRUPSA, one of the pioneers in automatic equipment around the world, has written to Federal Investigation Agency claiming that it had provided platform screen doors (PSDs) for the Green Line project against over a half million euros. The supply from the European firm was made…

By Our Staff Reporter Lahore: Seventy years old Cleric Mufti Aziz-ur-Rehman confessed on Monday that he has been molesting his seminary student and was ashamed of it. “I am the man molesting the young man in the video. I made a mistake and I’m ashamed of it,” confessional statement of Lahore based seventy years old cleric stated on Monday. Punjab police arrested the cleric on Sunday after registering a case against him on complain of his student. His student accused the cleric of rape and videotaped the episodes of molestation which he presented before the police as an evidence. On…

by Alan M. Dershowitz [B]igots… in the United States and Europe, insist on characterizing Israel as an apartheid state. Nothing could be further from the truth. Israel has real diversity, not the kind of phony diversity that characterizes many American institutions. American diversity is simply a euphemism for more Blacks, and especially more Blacks who hold the same views about political and racial matters.The best evidence of this truism came from Google’s appointment of a chief diversity officer who had expressed anti-gay and anti-Jewish views…. He is Black and that is all that diversity means at Google and many other American institutions.…

By Manish Rai Fresh round of escalation between Israel and armed groups from Gaza has just completed. In this round, thousands of rockets are being fired towards Israeli cities and Israel Defence Forces (IDF) responded with overwhelming airstrikes. The biggest group and de-facto ruler of Gaza, Hamas got much of the attention in this flare-up. But it was a relatively much smaller Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) turns out to be the dark horse in this conflict. Despite losing top operatives and military infrastructure PIJ kept firing large barrages of rockets until the ceasefire came into effect. Also, PIJ rocket fire was…

By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi will undertake an official visit to Turkey to participate in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum from 17-20 June 2021 at the invitation of Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. The Foreign Minister will also be participating in a panel discussion on ‘Regional Cooperation in Asia’ along with other Foreign Ministers from the region, where he will highlight Pakistan’s vision for regional cooperation, economic development and connectivity. On the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, the Foreign Minister will be holding bilateral meetings with his counterparts and key regional and international…

By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: The European Union’s Special Envoy (Acting) for Afghanistan, Tomas Niklasson, underlined the EU’s commitment to the Afghan Peace Process and continued engagement with regional partners as he concluded his first official visit to Pakistan today. The EU’s Special Envoy praised Pakistan’s efforts for regional peace and stability. He said “The situation in Afghanistan will have a lasting impact on regional peace and security. My meetings reaffirmed the position of both the EU and Pakistan, that only a political settlement through inclusive dialogue, offers hope for durable peace. On several occasions, the EU and Pakistan have…

By Special Correspondent SLAMABAD: In a move which has raised several eyebrows in Pakistan, the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan remained successful in passing the bill from National Assembly to provide the right of appeal to Indian death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav amidst strong opposition from the oposition. The lower house of Parliament passed the ICJ (Review and Re-consideration) Bill, 2020 on Thursday. The bill is aimed at allowing Jadhav to have consular access in line with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict. Jadhav, the 51-year-old Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on…

By our Staff Reporter Khuzdar: Twenty pilgrims were killed in a road accident in Khuzdar district of Baluchistan province on Friday as an over-crowded passenger bus fell into a deep gorge. Fifty pilgrims were also injured and rushed to hospital. Majority of the deaths were reported of passengers sitting on the roof. According to police, the caravan was on the way to Johi Dadu after attending the Kakahi Heer Jalsa. While authorities ordered investigation to know cause of death, passengers told police that the accident occurred due to negligence of bus driver who continued driving despite the fact that the…

By Our Staff Reporter Ghotki-Sindh: Thirty five people have been killed while over hundred got injured as two trains collided early in the morning at Dharki, a city located in the Ghotki district of upper Sindh. A number of passengers have been struck under the derailed bogies. Rescue operation started fours after the accident as heavy machinery could only make it to the site hours after the accident. Officials said accident took place around 03:30am after a Millat Express train — headed from Karachi to Sargodha — derailed and fell across the “down track”. Despite repeated calls to the concerned…

By Our Staff Reporter Lahore: In a historic move which was hailed by many across country, the Lahore High Court on Thursday acquitted a Christian couple of blasphemy charges and set aside their death sentence awarded by a district and sessions court in 2014. Justice prevailed after almost seven years. It is worth mentioning that Gojra City police of Toba Tek Singh district had in June 2013 registered a first information report (FIR) on the complaint of a local prayer leader against Shafqat Emanuel, a watchman at a local school, and his wife, Shagufta Kausar Masih. Complainant Malik Muhammad Hussain…