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It may be recalled that a former ISI chief was Pakistani High Commissioner in Sri Lanka few years ago. He used to encourage Lankan Muslims to study in Pakistani madrassas.
As per police spokesperson, two blasts took place, hours later. Sri Lankan government has declared curfew. It is not clear till when the curfew will be implemented. Temporary ban on social media imposed as well.
The Indian High Commission has issued helpline numbers in a tweet. Indian citizens in need of assistance or help and for seeking clarification may call the following numbers : +94777903082 +94112422788 +94112422789
Over 200 people were killed in Tripoli in the last two weeks since renegade Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar’s troops launched a strike to oust UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj from power.
“The toilet issue is no small thing, it’s an important aspect of building civilised cities and countryside,” Xi has said, according to Chinese news agency Xinhua. “This work must be a concrete part of advancing our country’s revitalisation strategy and we must make great efforts to fill these shortcomings that affect the quality of life of the masses.”
Netanyahu seems to have succeeded again this time for the same reason he has dominated Israeli politics for most of the past 25 years: because when it comes to Israel’s national security, he is a leader with strategy and vision. And that is what many voters want.
“The Americans had provided them with the missiles under a Foreign Military Sales deal to the Pakistanis for the F-16 planes. The integration of missiles with aircraft is a very complex system and there is no way the Americans would allow the Chinese to get into their missiles’ software,” he said.
The attack occurred in the northern province of Balkh, where Dostum had held a rally earlier in the day. On Twitter, a Taliban spokesman said the insurgent group had carried out the attack and claimed four of Dostum’s bodyguards had been killed.
The Baloch are India’s natural allies. A strong and liberal Baloch movement is a deterrent against Pakistan to carry out terrorist activities in Afghanistan and India.
“Our strength, our power is based on truth. Chinese power based on gun,” the Dalai Lama said. “So for short term, gun is much more decisive, but long term truth is more powerful.”
