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By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: A Gender Equity and Energy Access Workshop took place on 02 August 2021, at Marriott Hotel Islamabad in Pakistan, organized by Hira Wajahat (Stimulus; & Women in Energy Pakistan) and Dr. Rihab Khalid (Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge), in collaboration with the Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority (WAPDA). The workshop was funded by the Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, as part of the UK Global Challenges Research Fund (QR-GCRF) project: Gender equity and energy access in the Global South. Participants were invited from across Pakistan’s energy sector, including representatives from policy bodies,…

By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: Approximately 142 Pakistani undergraduate students received scholarships to study in the United States for one semester under the Global Undergraduate Exchange (Global UGRAD) Program funded by the United States Government. Starting this month, the participants will attend undergraduate classes at 78 U.S. colleges and universities and participate in professional development workshops to enhance their academic standing and cultural immersion in the United States.“The Global UGrad scholarship provides the tools for its recipients to become leaders in their professions and communities,” noted Ray Castillo, the Minister Counselor for Public Affairs at the United States Embassy, during…

By Our Staff Reporter Peshawar: Aftershocks of Dr. Shakil Afridi’s fake polio campaigns continues as unidentified gunmen riding a motorcycle shot and killed a police officer deputed at security of polio vaccination workers in Peshawar, police said. The killing came during one of two attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday on police providing security for polio vaccination teams. Deceased police officer was on the way to home after performing duty when he came under attack, police said in a statement. “Meanwhile, a roadside bomb exploded as a police van passed by while escorting a polio vaccination team in the Ladha…

By Hamid Mir The Taliban is playing a shrewd diplomatic game. Even as their fighters advance throughout Afghanistan, they are working to assuage the anxiety of countries across the region. They have conducted talks with the Iranians, the Russians, and the countries of Central Asia. They’ve reassured the Chinese that they have no intention of challenging Beijing’s atrocities against its Muslim minorities. And they have told anyone who will listen — including the Americans — that a Taliban government would not let the soil of Afghanistan to be used as a base for operations against third countries. That looks like…

By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: A district and sessions court in Islamabad on Monday granted another two-day extension in physical remand of Zahir Zakir Jaffer, the suspect in Noor Mukadam’s brutal murder case which has shocked the nation of 210 million people. Noor, 27, daughter of former Pakistani diplomat Shaukat Mukadam, was found beheaded residence of suspect in Islamabad’s upscale Sector F-7/4 on July 20. Islamabad police had registered first information report (FIR) the same day against Jaffer, who was arrested from the site of the murder, under Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint…

By Swati Chaturvedi India loves to describe herself as the world’s largest democracy, and Israel as the only democracy in the Middle East. Yet opaque officials and executives in both countries have come together in a dark dance against democracy. Indian journalists, top political leaders, judges and civil servants sworn to protect our constitution were subjected to an intrusive surveillance campaign, a “hijacking” of our phones, by military grade surveillance spyware sold by the Israeli company NSO. I am an investigative journalist, and for two years, I was one of the targets of that invasive Pegasus spyware. In other words, for two years, aided by Israeli…

By Haroon Siraj SWAT: Journalist community here at Swat Press Club on Sunday slamed government institutions for not providing Press Club grant for the last 4 years. In the General Council meeting which was presided over by the President Swat Press Club Mahboob Ali, where the journalists community blasted the provincial government for not providing grant and facilities to Swat Press Club. ” We condemn in the strong possible words government move to pressurize media houses to expel the journalist having critical narrative against the government. Senior journalist Shahzad Alam was expelled by his media house to appease the information…

By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: Reporters Without Borders has called on the British and Dutch police to do everytentify the accomplices of a British citizen of Pakistani origin who is awaiting trial in London for conspiring to murder a Pakistani blogger living in self-imposed exile in the Netherlands. If necessary, the police should question Pakistani diplomatic personnel, RSF says. Should Pakistani journalists living in Europe fear for their lives? That is the question that they will be asking after Muhammad Gohir Khan appeared at the Old Bailey central criminal court in London yesterday for a preliminary hearing in the case…

By Our Staff reporter Islamabad: In an unprecedented move, daughter of Afghanistan’s envoy to Pakistan went missing mysteriously for several hour on Friday . She was found semi-conscious in business hub of Islamabad, after almost six hours. Media reports suggested citing the daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan was abducted and tortured for several hours by unknown assailants, the Afghan government has said. “Silsila Alikhil, the daughter of Ambassador Najib Alikhil, was on her way home on Friday when she was kidnapped and “severely tortured”, the Afghan foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday, without giving more details of…

Islambad Telegraph Report Islamabad: Special Investigation Unit of China has arrived Islamabad to help Pakistan probe the incident which led to martyrdom of Chinese engineers in Pakistan earlier this week. Chinese investigators  will be traveling to examine place of incident on Saturday ( Today).    Thirteen people including 9 engineers had lost lives following mysterios blast that hit a mini bus carrying 41 people , both local and foreigners  on board, this week. In an unprecedented move, no group has taken responsibility of attack despite passage of several day. However, sources told this correspondent that Tehreek Taliban’s Pakistan and Balochistan…