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Blochistan : Explosion Hits Kalat District After Earthquake, 1 dead

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The blast took place on the outskirts of Kalat in Balochistan when work was in progress, injuring several other employees.

Balochistan: Amid ongoing floods that have led to widespread devastation across Pakistan, a group of militants detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) on Wednesday at the working site of Pakistan Petroleum Limited, killing one local employee.

The incident took place on the outskirts of Kalat in Balochistan when work was in progress, injuring several other employees. The attack by unidentified men came on a day when a moderate earthquake jolted the district and its surrounding areas, reported Dawn.

According to the officials, the blast took place in the Sheikhri area, on the outskirts of Kalat town, near PPL working site when an improvised explosive device planted at the site went off when work was in progress.
Meanwhile, a moderate intensity earthquake of intensity 4.7 on the Richter scale hit parts of Kalat district.
Tremors were felt in Kalat and neighbouring areas forcing residents to leave their houses, according to Dawn.

No casualties or injuries have been reported so far.
The quake-hit Kalat when Balochistan is also reeling from floods caused by torrential monsoon rains. The devastating floods have left a third of Pakistan submerged as thousands of roads, houses, electric towers and bridges have been completely damaged.

Several cases of bomb attacks have been reported in Pakistan in recent months.
Balochistan was the most turbulent province in 2021 where 170 deaths were recorded in 103 militant attacks. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa saw 162 attacks leaving 180 people killed. In Sindh, 15 militant attacks left 23 dead while in Punjab 10 attacks left 10 people dead.

 

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“We would also like to convey our support and solidarity at the unprecedented flooding that we have had in Northern Bangladesh.”

New Delhi: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be on a visit to India from September 5 to September 8, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.

The Bangladesh Prime Minister during her visit will meet President Droupadi Murmu and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. She will also hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will call on PM Hasina during her visit to New Delhi. Hasina is also likely to visit Ajmer Sharif. She last visited India in October 2019.

“Visit of Bangladeshi PM will strengthen the multifaceted relations between the two countries which is based on historical and cultural ties and mutual trust and understanding,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said while providing details of Hasina’s visit to India.
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Momen said that both the countries are holding discussions to finalise a date in early September for Sheikh Hasina’s visit to New Delhi.He further said the Bangladesh side conveyed that September first week and or a date in the first 10 days of September would be convenient. However, at that time, the Bangladesh Foreign Minister said that the date would be finalised soon through discussions so that the visit can take place before the beginning of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).

The 77th session of the UNGA will open on September 13 this year. Momen said Bangladesh and India decided to implement the bilateral decisions ahead of Hasina’s India visit.
Momen visited India on a three-day official trip on June 18 for the Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) between the two countries.

In the 7th Meeting of the JCC, Jaishankar showed solidarity with visiting Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen at the unprecedented flooding in Northern Bangladesh and said that India is ready to assist the country with the relief efforts.

“We would also like to convey our support and solidarity at the unprecedented flooding that we have had in Northern Bangladesh. We have also had in North-East. We are now sharing flood management data for an extended period. I would like to take the opportunity to convey that if in any concrete way, we can be of assistance to you in the management of flood and relief efforts, we would be very glad to be supportive. It would be in keeping with our relationship,” said Jaishankar.

Jaishankar and Momen last met in the inaugural session of the NADI conference 2022 “Asian Confluence River Conclave 2022” in Guwahati. “I think that was really something that both of us were able to demonstrate in many ways, outside Delhi and outside our capitals, how good our relationship is,” said Jaishankar recalling his meeting with his counterpart in Guwahati.

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