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LAHORE: Since 2014, foreign engineers in Pakistan had been faced attacks on them. In May 3, 2004, a car bomb in Gwadar had killed three engineers from China, a suicide bomber had killed 11 French engineers in Karachi in 2002. The recent incident took place in Kohistan, which claimed a dozen lives including that of nine Chinese nationals, the Pakistani government said the bus carrying Chinese and Pakistani construction workers plunged into a ravine from a slippery mountainous road The claim raised many a eye-brow on the social media platforms, knowing country’s foes like India have been spewing venom against the US$62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, which is a paradigm shift for the country due to building of network of roads, railways, hydro-power projects and ...

Kabul, Afghanistan: The USA having a dialogue with Turkey regarding the handing over of the security of Kabul Airport after the withdrawal of the US Troops from Afghanistan which is opposed by Taliban. A spokesperson of the group said that the Taliban are against the presence of any foreign troops after the given deadline for their withdrawal from Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported. “If they remain within the framework of NATO or Turkey or any other country, it will not be acceptable both for the people of Afghanistan and for the Taliban,” former Taliban commander Sayed Akbar Agha said. The US and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) forces are slated to complete the drawdown by August 31. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that a deal has been agreed upon the post-...

Hong Kong: European Parliament resolution of denouncing closure of the China’s pro democracy newspaper Apple Daily has been opposed by China. "Under the national security law in the HKSAR, Hong Kong society has returned to stability, the rule of law and justice have been upheld, and the extensive lawful rights and freedoms enjoyed by Hong Kong residents have been better protected in a more stable and secure environment," the Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) said in a statement. The spokesperson also accused European Parliament of "distorted facts with ulterior motives." This comes after European Parliament on Thursday had adopted with a landslide majority urgent resolution denouncing the closure of A...

TBILISI/KUALA LUMPUR: China is continuously easing the ban from cryptocurrency as a result of which it is giving birth to another industry which has been criticised for its impact on environment. Bitcoin’s value tumbled last week after China’s central bank urged banks and payment firms in the country to crack down harder on cryptocurrency trading, in the latest tightening of restrictions on the sector by Beijing. This was good news for climate activists, who have voiced concerns over the potential for the energy-hungry cryptocurrency mining industry to disrupt international efforts to rein in global warming. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are created or “mined” by high-powered computers competing to solve complex mathematical puzzles, which guzzle energy and fuel planet-warmi...