Pakistan Taliban Claim Deadly Blast At Luxury Hotel
04/22/21 AT 4:42 AM
The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for a deadly bomb blast at a luxury hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in the southwest of the country, as officials raised the death toll to five.
Beijing said it strongly condemned the attack, although the Taliban said Pakistan security officials were the target of the blast.
The bomb was placed in a car parked at the Serena hotel part of a five-star chain popular with diplomats and detonated late Wednesday in the city of Quetta, capital of Balochistan province.
Pakistan is fighting several low-level insurgencies in the impoverished province waged by Islamist, separatist and sectarian groups.
At least four people were killed and a dozen others wounded when a bomb exploded at a top hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in southwestern Pakistan, officials said late Wednesday. The blast took place in the car park of the Serena a luxury hotel chain throughout Pakistan in the city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province where the military has been fighting a
India, EU to join hands to build global infrastructure projects Connectivity partnership aims to counter China Belt Road Initiative
India and the European Union (EU) are looking to team up and build infrastructure projects globally that would counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
The key focus for what has been described as a “connectivity” partnership would be on energy, digital and transportation projects in Europe, Asia and also Africa, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
Both sides were at pains to emphasise that the new partnership won’t attempt to “compete” with the BRI but the effort clearly is to block China from stitching together an “all roads lead to Beijing” zone in the three continents.
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The 1.9 litre Turbo Charged Hunter is comparable to Isuzu D-Max and Toyota Hilux. The company has confirmed that it has been testing the three vehicles on Pakistan roads.
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The economic cost of prolonged political confrontation is further getting heavier whose latest victim is Pakistan’s currency that has unprecedentedly depreciated by over Rs4 in a single day in the last nine years. It all happened when the central bank decreased 3.1 percent exchange rate against a Dollar.
Many believe rupee plunged due to 14 months old unresolved Panama gate and it coincided with the appearance of Maryam Nawaz before the JIT on Wednesday last. Earlier such developments saw slowing down of major economic activities including lessening of local and foreign investment except $54 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that is otherwise expected to offer 8 percent plus GDP growth rate over a longer period of time.