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Waqas Dar

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    BOGOTA: A boat carrying some 150 tourists on a reservoir in Colombia went down late Sunday night, the air force said.
    A statement from the air force said it was not immediately clear if the vessel capsized or sank in the Peñol-Guatapé Reservoir in the north-western tourist town of Guatapé.
    An air force helicopter is on its way, the statement added.

    The four-deck ship called Almirante went down Sunday afternoon. The reservoir is 68 kilometres from the city of Medellin and one of Antioquia department's main tourist draws.
    A video circulating on social media shows the ship going down and dozens of other vessels approaching it to try to rescue people.
    "The situation looks serious," said an official with the Antioquia government. Rescued people are being sent to the local hospital in Guatape, the official added.
    The town fills with tourists on long weekends like this one, since Monday is a holiday in Colombia.
    According to Official Colombia Travel & Tourism's website, the Peñol-Guatapé reservoir is a dam built in the late 1970s that can store water between May and November for use in the summer. Travellers can find a reflecting pool here to fish and ride jet skis and boats.

    Medellin's mayor Federico Gutierrez said he is sending a team led by a firefighting crew captain and five scuba divers.
    It is not clear at the moment if "there were any casualties, or where the tourists are from", BBC said. However, the publication added that a rescue operation is currently underway.


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    From left to right: Moheeb, 11, Shahrazad, 8, Saif, 11, and Enan, 10. Photo: Mic There has been a surge in Islamophobia in the United States recently. Even the children are being targeted and called ?terrorists? in their schools.
    However, this has not resulted in any concrete action by the authorities.
    Mic interviewed four school-going Muslim children, who are based in New York, to ask about their experience in the classroom. The participants included 11-year-old Moheeb, 8-year-old Shahrazad, 10-year-old Enan and 11-year-old Saif.
    The children do not know anything about US President Donald Trump except that he is the president and wants to ban Muslim.
    However, this does not bode well for Shahrazad. "I have family in Yemen," Shahrazad said. "[They] can't come if Donald Trump makes another ban. When I pray, I ask God to help America and Yemen."
    Despite their lack of the awareness of the political situation, the children are fed up constant bullying by their classmates and lack of response from schools? administration.
    Moheeb recalled that two of his classmates have called him a ?terrorist?. He even complained to his principals and teachers but no action was taken.
    Now, he prefers ignoring the bullying.
    "I feel mad, because I don't think [students and teachers] understand how I feel," Moheeb said. "I sometimes ignore [the bullying]. If I cry about it, they'll do [it] more."
    Surge in anti-Muslim bullying
    About 42 percent of Muslims families have reportedly faced anti-Muslim bullying, according to a study by Institute for Social Policy and Understanding.
    To make matters worse, one in every four reported the incident came from teachers or other school officials.
    Courtesy: ISPU

    Muslim families most likely to be bullied
    Another survey revealed that Muslim Families are most likely to be bullied in US. The data showed that about 57% Muslim families have never faced bullying as opposed to 75% Jewish families, 94% Catholic families, 80% Protestant families, 99% non-affiliated and 90% general public.
    Courtesy: ISPU Respondents included people who have children who attend K-12 public school   


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    CHAMAN: The Bab-e-Dosti gate remained closed for the fourth consecutive day on Monday following border tensions between the two countries.
    The joint activity by Pak-Afghan geological survey teams will resume today, security officials said.
    The census process that was suspended in urban areas after Afghan forces’ unprovoked firing martyred 11 on Friday, was resumed on Monday.
    New batches of the Pakistan army and Frontier Corps remained alerted on the border, following the Afghan show of aggression on Friday.  
    The visa section remained closed and all activities suspended on the fourth-day consecutive day following the attack.
    Read more: Army destroys five Afghan posts after forces attempt to enter Pakistan
    Pakistan and Afghanistan military authorities decided to determine geographical boundaries of their areas during the third flag meeting at Bab-e-Dosti border on Sunday.
    The geological teams accompanied by Pak-Afghan officials will survey different areas including the zero line and parts of Killi Luqman and Killi Jahangir.
    On Sunday, the teams agreed to determine the border limits in the Pak-Afghan flag meeting.
    The joint geological survey can take between one and two days to be completed, security officials said.
    The survey report will be sent to Islamabad and Kabul, following which the decision to open the border will be taken.  
    50 Afghan soldiers killed, over 100 injured: IG FC 
    Over 50 Afghan soldiers were killed and more than 100 injured when Pakistan retaliated to unprovoked firing and shelling by Afghan forces at Chaman border, Balochistan Frontier Corps Inspector General Major General Nadeem Ahmed said on Sunday. 
    "We are not pleased to announce this but the Afghan commanders are responsible for this," he said while briefing the media on the Chaman border firing issue. "We had informed them about our census activity."
    He added they carried out the census in the areas that are situated on the Pakistani border.
    While talking about the Afghan forces' attack, the IG said the census was carried out in Killi Luqman and Killi Jahangir for four days until April 29 when they started to hinder the process. "But we restrained so that peace is not disrupted."
    Read more: Chaman firing: Pak, Afghan authorities moot over control of border areas
    'Afghan govt also wants peace'
    Even the Afghan government wanted the relation between both the countries to improve as over 50% of Afghanistan is not under their control, said National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Sunday.
    "They said there are [many] areas in Afghanistan that are under control of the Taliban and Daesh," the speaker said, talking about the meeting held between the Pakistani authorities and Afghan government officials after firing and shelling at the border on May 5. "Peace in Afghanistan is essential for peace in Pakistan."
    Whatever happened was not right, he added, but it is important to move forward. "However, when the Afghan parliamentary delegation will come to Pakistan we will demand an answer from them."
     


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