Author: Kaswar Kalasra

In a remote village nicknamed ‘jungle Dera’ in the Khanewal district of Pakistan’s biggest province of Punjab, an elderly mother has not slept for days. She has been sitting at the main gate of her house, waiting for her son.

ISLAMABAD: People held the gathering on the call of Minorities Alliance Pakistan (MAP) to condemn the terrorist attack on Christian pastors in Peshawar in which Pastor William Siraj was killed and Pastor Patrick Naeem injured a few days ago. They demanded to arrest killers at the earliest. “Unfortunately, minorities are left alone to bear consequences. Terrorist attacks on innocent civilians and soldiers are increasing day by day. Government is in the state of dubitation to fight terrorism,” MAP Chairman Advocate Akmal Bhatti said while addressing the protesters. Shamaun Alfred Gill, MAP vice chairman, and Nadeem Bhatti also spoke. The protesters…

Haripur, Pakistan: Statue of Sikh general Hari Singh Nalwa was removed from the Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region. The act has been condemned by thee Sikh community memebrs and several other netizens. Erected in 2017 as a sword wielding horseman on the square Siddique-i-Akbar in Haripur (District named after Hari Singh Nalwa) the statue was allegedly removed by the local authorities, reports ABP News. The structure with its cemented base cost around Rs 2.5 million, official sources told The Dawn. They insisted that the monument was removed after religious parties objected to its installation at the intersection named after first caliph…

By Kaswar Klasra Islamabad: U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad departed on June 28 for travel to Doha, Islamabad, and Tashkent. Ambassador Khalilzad will be holding meetings with higher authorities in Qatar, Pakistan and Tashkent to discuss variety of issues, however, ‘swapping of prisoners’ tops list of his agenda. “At all three locations, Ambassador Khalilzad will urge support for all Afghans to meet their remaining commitments ahead of intra-Afghan negotiations, specifically reduced violence and timely prisoner releases,” a press note issued from US department of State, stated on Sunday. It is worth noting that, the Afghan government…

BY KASWAR KLASRA ISLAMABAD: Clouds of a nuclear war are hovering on the horizons of South Asia—thanks to Narendra Modi, powerful Prime Minister of India who’s controversial policies are pushing the region to brink of war which may go nuclear thus putting slightly above billion people living in sub-continent at risk.Last summer, on a bright morning of Monday, August 5, 2019, Narendra Modi, an over-confident Prime Minister of India dropped a bomb shell on Indian held Kashmir by annexing its special status. The move sent shocking waves among millions of Kashmiris in Indian Occupied Kashmiris including women and children who…

BY KASWAR KLASRAISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa held meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Today on Tuesday. Detail of meeting is yet to share with media. However, speculations are doing the round in Islamabad and Washington that his visit may be linked to resumption of US-Taliban peace talks expected anytime during this month.General Bajwa’s visit to Kabul came on the heels of Ambassador Khalilzad Ramzay’s visit to Pakistan last Sunday. Pakistan’s newly appointed Special envoy for Afghanistan Mr. Muhammad Sadiq and Director general ISI accompanied General Bajwa during his visit to Kabul.There was no prior…

BY SALMAN ZAFARISLAMABAD: Pakistan may loss Foreign Direct Investment worth $ 5B USD in Oil & Gas sector. Reason! a few incompetent officials in petroleum division have been creating hindrances for the International exploration and production (E&P) companies.It is worth mentioning here that Prime Minister Imran Khan had constituted high powered committee tasking it to devise policy to attract foreign investment for E&P of oil and gas in the country.Documents ( a certified copy available with Islamabad Telegraph) revealed that the Ministry of Energy prepared well-thought out plan (PSDPL+ Plan) and shared with foreign missions of Pakistan with approval of…

By Muhammad Ameen ISLAMABAD: Eighteen-years conflict is in sight as US-Taliban decisive round of talks is expected later this year, sources told Islamabad Telegraph Monday.”Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad’s meetings in Islamabad and Qatar have been fruitful , as expected. Taliban and the US , both, have signaled green to make the talks decisive . The government of Afghanistan has already announced to support final round of talks. In this scenario, we are hopeful for result oriented talks bwtween the major parties,” sources said. The United States signed a troop withdrawal deal with the Taliban in February, but its attempts to usher…

BY MUHAMMAD YASIN ISLAMABAD: With acute shortage of ventilators and unavailability of beds in hospitals, Pakistan is finding it very difficult to cope with pandemic of Covid-19. Until Monday, June 8, 2020, Pakistan recorded more than 105637 confirmed case of corona. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former Prime Minister of Pakistan and Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, federal Minister for Pakistan railways were among noted Pakistanis who tested positive for Coronavirus on Monday. Huge rush was seen in markets and malls countrywide as as hospitals warned they are running out of beds to treat patients.Utterly alarmed by the people taking the virus lightly ,…

By Staff ReporterIslamabad: Prime minister Imran Khan advised the masses to strictly follow SOPs while being in the markets, houses and offices. In a televised address to the nation on Monday, the premier said government expects that coronavirus cases in the country to peak by end of July or early August.It’s worth noting here that, the federal government had earlier said they expect Pakistan’s coronavirus peak by end of May or early June.Imran Khan cautioned the masses to strictly follow SOPs saying that the virus will spread and the “the trend our experts have observed is that it spreads, then…