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| Sri Lanka: once again another peaceful country is bombed | | |
By Arlene J. Schar and Dr. David Leffler
Today eight bombings targeting Christian churches and high end hotels in Sri Lanka have left over 200 dead and hundreds injured during the holiest of Christian holidays, thereby ending a decade of peace for Sri Lanka.
Australian opposition leader Bill Shorten is quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald, saying the news was devastating. “It is a particularly despicable act to target worshippers at one of the holiest times of the year for Christians, Easter Sunday. An attack on any religion is an attack on all religions; it is an assault on our common humanity. We all share a responsibility to unite, condemn and defeat such an attack on our ... |
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| | Pakistan getting drowned day after day, due to debts | | |
by Farooq Ganderbali
A number of road projects related to the $52 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are said to be in the doldrums as Pakistan's National Highway Authority (NHA) faces a financial crisis. Reportdely contractors have stopped work on several CPEC projects after their cheques worth over Rs 5 billion bounced. The affected projects include Hakla-Dera Ismail Khan, Western Route of CPEC and all sections of the Karachi-Lahore Motorway.
According to the report, not only the CPEC projects but local industries related to construction and a large workforce of engineers and labourers were also hit by the situation. The CPEC will connect China's Xinjiang regi... |
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