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By Zahid Khan Quetta:     A bomb blast killed four people in Quetta late at night on Wednesday. A dozen people including two Assistant Commissioners and policemen got multiple wounds and rushed to hospitals. According to police,  the blast took place in a parking lot located near the Serena Chowk at Sharah-e-Zarghoon. Eye witnessed told ‘Islamabad Telegraph’ that bomb blast was planted inside a car parked in the parking lot of a local hotel situated in the heart of Quetta, provincial city of Pakistan’s Baluchistan province . However, police didn’t confirm nature of blast. “We are investigating the matter. Preliminary reports…

By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: Corona virus engulfed 148 lives during last twenty four hour. Authorities conducted 47, 302 tests out of which 5499 were tested positive Alarmed by the third wave of deadly Corona virus, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Wednesday said that the coronavirus situation in the country had become “extremely serious”, adding that major cities may be closed down if the current trajectory continues. “Take care of yourself and your fellow Pakistanis. The situation needs to be taken seriously.” He was speaking to the media after chairing a meeting of the National…

By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: Islamabad: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan highly values its ties with Sri Lanka as both countries enjoyed excellent relations in various fields which are based on mutual respect and trust. He stated that Pakistan considered Sri Lanka as special partner and friend and wanted to further improve bilateral cooperation for the mutual benefits of the two friendly countries. He made these remarks while talking to a delegation of Sri Lankan Buddhist monks, which called on him, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, today. Welcoming the delegation, the President said that Pakistan was home to the Gandhara…

By Our Staff reporter Islamabad: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has demanded immediate and unconditional release of Kashmiri leaders and thousands of political activists detained in jails, including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Yasin Malik, Shabbir Ahmad Shah and Asiya Andrabi. He said that these guiltless detainees should be released during the holy month of Ramadan and before the Eid-ul-Fitr so that they could celebrate the holy festival with their families and relatives. In a statement on Saturday, the AJK President said that it is a matter of grave concern for us that after abolishing Kashmir’s special status…

Press Release Islamabad: (April 17, 2021). Efforts to raise awareness about the harmful effects of E-Cigarette need to be intensified to save people from health hazards resulted by this growing trend. The academicians and experts said this while sharing their views with the participants of the webinar ‘E-Cigarettes – myths, realities and the policy, way forward in Pakistan’ held by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI. While highlighting various aspects of the issue, Dr Javid Ahmed Khan from Agha Khan University, said that more than thirty countries have already banned e-cigarette. He said that the nicotine is a gateway drug which…

ISLAMABAD TELEGRAPH REPORT Islamabad: As a part of ‘Protest Management Strategy’ government of Pakistan suspended social media service on Friday. On instruction of Interior Ministry, PTA blocked Social media service which caused inconvenience for millions of users of Twitter, Facebook and Whats-app. However, strategy worked wonder to minimize impact of protests by a TLP, a banned outfit, which has been paralyzing life across Pakistan for four days. It’s worth noting here that the Ministry of Interior on Friday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to temporarily block access to social media platforms — Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube and Telegram —…

By Yaakov katz There was the cover of Time magazine – “Attack and Fallout” – showing Israel’s successful strike against Saddam Hussein’s Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981, a mission that Yadlin took part in as a pilot. There was the poster he received from STS-107, the crew of the Columbia space shuttle, before it took off on a mission from which the members – including his friend and fellow Osirak pilot Ilan Ramon – would not return. There was something else on the wall as well: a framed two-page certificate with two medals and a ribbon awarded by the US…

By Soeren Kern The suit accuses Spain-based Inditex (whose brands include Zara, Bershka, Massimo Dutti, Oysho, Pull and Bear and Stradivarius), France-based SMCP (comprised of Parisian brands, Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot and De Fursac), U.S.-based footwear company Skechers, and the U.S. subsidiary of the Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo, of being “accomplices in serious crimes,” including “concealment of the crime of forced labor, the crime of organized human trafficking, the crime of genocide and crimes against humanity.” The plaintiffs are asking the French judiciary to rule on the “possible criminal liability” of the companies. The stated aim is to “end impunity”…

By Staff Reporter Islamabad: Governments in South Asia must ensure that vulnerable groups are not excluded from access to COVID-19 vaccines, said Amnesty International, while calling on the international community to enable the production of vaccines at the national-level to address the severe shortfall in supply across the region. As vaccination programmes have commenced across South Asia, groups including slum dwellers, Dalits, ethnic minorities, workers including labourers, daily wage earners, sanitation workers, garment workers and tea plantation workers, people in rural areas, prisoners, and internally displaced people have so far been denied access due to a lack of awareness and limited access…

By Mehr Ghazanfar Klasra Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan will deliver the Opening Statement at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Forum on Financing for Development (FfD) on 12 April 2021. The Forum will be held from 12-15 April 2021 under Pakistan’s Presidency of ECOSOC. The objective of the Forum is to mobilize adequate financial support to enable the developing countries to recover from the impact of the Covid pandemic and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the climate objectives. The Special high-level segment of the ECOSOC Forum is being held in response to a decision of the UN…