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Afghans packed in pick-up trucks take dangerous journey to flee Taliban's repression
The journey is dangerous. Afghans who have illegally crossed borders in the region have been arrested, beaten, shot at, and even killed by border guards, smugglers and criminal gangs. Others have drowned or died of illness and exhaustion, the report said. But for many Afghans, fleeing the Taliban's repressive rule and the country's devastating economic and humanitarian crises, their dreams of safety and jobs are worth the risk, the report added.
Over 200 Chinese companies may be kicked off US exchanges
Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing giant, announced on Friday that the company is starting the work of delisting from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and initiating preparations for listing in Hong Kong. One day before Didi made the statement, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a mandate requiring foreign companies listed in the US to provide audits for inspection.
Covid19 update: Delta continues to dominate US covid cases and Omicron touches 6 states.
On Friday, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said "I know that the news is focused on Omicron, but we should remember that 99.9 per cent of cases in the country right now are from the Delta variant,". Walensky clarified that the current seven-day daily average of cases was about 86,400, the seven-day average of hospital admissions was about 6,300 per day, and the seven-day average of daily deaths was about 860.
When we go out to sea, we cannot return home because of Chinese VIP movement: Baloch leader
Baksh is also associated with Maulana Hidayat-ur-Rehman Baloch who is leading a powerful civil rights movement for the Baloch people against the Pakistan government. Degrading life conditions in Pakistan’s port city of Gwadar has resulted in the citizens feeling that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project has robbed them of their dignity in their own land.
Gwadar Protests: Pakistan's Punjab assembly discusses resolution for accepting protester's demands
Beijing's deep seaport construction in Gwadar which is a part of the $60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has resulted in a severe shortage of water and electricity, unnecessary checkpoint setups, and threat to the livelihood of fishermen. The worrisome living conditions in the city gave rise to the ‘Give rights to Gwadar’ rally.
US State Department officials' iPhones hacked by Pegasus: Report
According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Apple has notified 11 US State Department employees in Uganda that their iPhones were hacked. The investigators "have linked the attack to a tool developed by NSO Group, an Israeli technology company that was blacklisted by the Biden administration, according to a person familiar with the matter," the report said late on Friday.
Pakistan embassy in Washington ran out of funds to pay salaries
At least five of the Pakistani embassy's locally recruited contractual employees faced delays and non-payment of their monthly wages from August 2021. One staffer out of the five affected, who had been working for the past ten years with the embassy, resigned in September owing to delays and non-payment, the report said.
Pakistan university faces backlash for organising concert
The event, a dance and musical programme, was organised by a students' society. Nasir Ahmed, the media coordinator of COMSATS, said that the backlash against the concert was influenced by a religious students' organisation, Islami Jamiat Talaba or IJT. Twitter has been flooded with posts and videos denouncing the planned concert. People have called it "anti-Islamic", "haram", and "an attack on the moral values of Islam".
Anti-Imran song shared from Pak embassy in Serbia's official account
But the Foreign Office says the accounts were hacked. The posts have now been deleted. The video, shared on Friday morning, featured a rap song highlighting where the government has gone wrong, using the premier's tag line 'ghabrana nahi hai (We do not have to worry)', the report said.
Mob in Pak tortures, burns body of Sri Lankan export manager of a factory
A heavy contingent of police has been sent to the area to bring the situation under control. Sialkot District Police Officer Umar Saeed Malik said the man, identified as Priyantha Kumara, was a Sri Lankan national, the report said. The incident took place on Wazirabad Road in Sialkot, where reportedly the workers of private factories attacked the export manager of a factory and burnt his body after killing him, the report said.
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