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Ambassador Imran Ali Chaudhary Applauds ‘Des Pardes’ Team in Muscat

He liked the 24-minute film directed by Anirban Ray, filmmaker and journalist, which shows workers from four different nations viz. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, living together, when a co-worker was in deep trouble, all three of them come together and share the burden amongst them and helps their co-worker without thinking for a second of any caste, religion or nationalities…reports Vinod Raghavan

The Embassy of Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the Sultanate of Oman felicitated the cast and crew members of short film “Des Pardes” at a jam-packed auditorium of Pakistan School Muscat on Thursday evening.

The Ambassador of Pakistan, Imran Ali Chaudhary, felicitated the entire team individually and presented Certificate of Appreciation which was signed by him personally.

Speaking on the occasion, the Ambassador, who watched the entire film at the special screening at the Pakistan School Muscat auditorium, appreciated the film theme which shows workers from four different nationalities viz. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, sharing their joy and happiness laced with sorry tales. He emphasized that need of the hour is to look beyond the boundaries and think from the human perspective.

He liked the 24-minute film directed by Anirban Ray, filmmaker and journalist, which shows workers from four different nations viz. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, living together, when a co-worker was in deep trouble, all three of them come together and share the burden amongst them and helps their co-worker without thinking for a second of any caste, religion or nationalities.

He also said, that, technology can have its own way, but never neglect the human aspects, which is full of emotions, feelings, understanding and bonding.

He also revealed, that he is working to get the Pakistan embassy works on Fridays which is a weekly holiday in Oman. Backing his point, he said, that Friday is the only day, when a worker gets off day and if they have any work related to Embassy or government departments, it becomes difficult for them to convince their higher-ups to allow them to get their work done on a working day in Embassy.

He also emphasized that the good messages related to humanity should reach widely to the general public and the best mode is via films, newspapers, TV channels and ofcourse social media.

The film was attentively watched by the distinguished guests – spouse of Egyptian Ambassador Manal Adil, Pakistan Ambassador and his family, Ameer Hamza, Chairman, Pakistan School Board, students and parents, Dr. J. Retnakumar, Chairman, Bhavalaya Art & Foundation, Piya Pawani, model and actor, Lovel Edathil Balakrishnan, Indu Baburaj both well-known actors and Lakshmi Kottaneth, known journalist.

The event was hosted by Ambreen Liyaqat, Information Affairs Director, Pakistan Embassy.

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Jordan Recalls Ambassador to Israel in Protest of Gaza Attacks

Jordan also asked Israel’s Foreign Ministry to inform its ambassador to Jordan, Rogel Rochman, who is presently in Israel due to security threats in Amman, not to come back…reports Asian Lite News

Jordan on Wednesday recalled its envoy to Israel in protest to the attacks carried out by the Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip.

Jordan’s Foreign Ministry in a statement on Wednesday said that the country’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi asked Ambassador Rasan Al-Majali to return back to Amman from Israel. “This was in protest to the raging war carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip leading to the death of several innocent citizens and unprecedented human rights issues in the area.”

Jordan also asked Israel’s Foreign Ministry to inform its ambassador to Jordan, Rogel Rochman, who is presently in Israel due to security threats in Amman, not to come back.

It may be recalled that Colombia, Chile and Bolivia have also recalled their ambassadors to Israel.

Slamming Chile and Columbia, Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Lior Haiat said: “Citizens of Chile, Columbia and other Latin American countries are also amongst the victims of the heinous crimes of October 7. The state of Israel is fighting a war that was imposed on it. This is a war against a terrorist organization that is using the citizens of the Gaza Strip as human shields.”

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Ambassador Ellis holds talks on vax certification with India

There has been confusion over UK’s vaccine recognition process for Indian travellers…reports Asian Lite News.

Amid concerns in India about UK’s new travel rules, British High Commissioner Alex Ellis on Thursday held discussions with National Health Authority CEO RS Sharma and said neither side raised concerns about each other’s COVID-19 certification process.

Ellis said the “excellent discussions” were an important step forward in “our joint aim to facilitate travel and fully protect the public health of UK and India”.

“Excellent technical discussions with @rssharma3 @AyushmanNHA. Neither side raised technical concerns with each other’s certification process. An important step forward in our joint aim to facilitate travel and fully protect public health of UK and India,” Ellis said in a Tweet.

Ellis had said on Wednesday that Covishield vaccine is not a problem and detailed technical discussions are being held regarding certification of COVID-19 vaccine with the builders of CoWIN app and NHS app.

“We’re clear Covishield is not a problem. The UK is open to travel and we’re already seeing a lot of people going from India to the UK, be it tourists, business people or students. Over 62,500 student visas have been issued in the year ending June 2021, which is an increase of almost 30 per cent as compared to the previous year,” Ellis had said in a statement.

CoWIN is the technological backbone driving vaccination in India and encompasses all constituents of the vaccination process. From validation of the supply of authentic vaccines, registration and certification of citizens, the entire value chain is administered through the CoWIN platform.

There has been confusion over UK’s vaccine recognition process for Indian travellers.

Even though the new rules state that AstraZeneca Covishield is among vaccines that qualify as approved, India is not yet on the list of 17 countries mentioned.

The ‘changes to international travel rules’ by the United Kingdom state that formulations of the four listed vaccines, such as AstraZeneca Covishield, AstraZeneca Vaxzevria and Moderna Takeda, qualify as approved vaccines.

The new UK rules also state that travellers will also qualify as fully vaccinated if they have taken full course of the Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna or Janssen vaccines from a relevant public health body in Australia, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahrain, Brunei, Canada, Dominica, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan or the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Covishield, which has been developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, is manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India.

India had said on Tuesday that it will be within its rights to take reciprocal measures against UK’s “discriminatory” move to recognise AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine but not Covishield if the issue is not satisfactorily resolved.

The new rules will come into effect from October 4. (ANI)

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