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By Global Times Published: Apr 24, 2021 08:50 PM
Fire breaks out at the blast site in Quetta, Pakistan s southwest Balochistan province, on Wednesday. Three people were killed and 11 others injured when a bomb went off inside the parking area of Serena hotel in Balochistan province Wednesday night, hospital sources said. Photo: Xinhua
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A deadly suicide blast took place on Wednesday at a hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador and diplomats in Quetta in southwest Pakistan. The bomb had detonated minutes before their expected return to the hotel. The Pakistani Taliban later claimed responsibility for the attack. Who was their target? As US troops are expected to completely leave Afghanistan by September 11, what security challenges does Pakistan face following the US withdrawal in terms of its relations with China, the US and Afghanistan? Global Times (
By Russel Hewawasam
(Lanka-e-News- 02.March.2021, 11.00PM) The Presidential Commission appointed in November 2019 to investigate the Islamic extremist attack on Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, April 21, concluded its work last January 27th. The commission examined the evidences of 450 people, including former President Maithripala Sirisena, former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and security chiefs. The Commission concluded its proceedings by applying sudden brakes. Although the report of the Presidential Commission on the Easter Attack, which ended up blaming only those who did not prevent the attack, is incomplete, it is also becoming a boomerang for the present government.
Throughout the history of the country, the Presidential Commissions and other commissions set up to sabotage public funds have achieved nothing, the country and the people as well as to fulfill the hopes of the victims. However, some of the highlights of the commission s report, which received international at
Locals Fear Investors In Chinese Trade Hub Are Pushing Them Out Of Gwadar
January 26, 2021
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Pakistani millionaires are snapping up real estate in the impoverished city of Gwadar in response to China’s multibillion-dollar investments that aim to transform the coastal area of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan Province into a commercial hub and a lynchpin of Beijing’s footprint in the region.
But for those who live in Gwadar, the investments have brought few benefits to daily life. Amid a series of heightened security measures aimed at protecting the projects and investments associated with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), locals say they are being pushed out of the city and away from the potential economic windfall of its strategic coastal location on the Arabian Sea.