Empty seats remain after Pakistan bomb kills 44

KHAR, Pakistan –Blood-stained chairs, scattered ball bearings and shoes shed by the dead, wounded and panicked bore testimony Monday to the carnage caused by a suicide bombing at a Pakistan political event.

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Position: Thirty (30) Construction Managers

Job Description:

At least 44 people were killed and more than 100 wounded on Sunday evening when a blast ripped through a gathering of Islamic Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) party members in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

The marquee hoisted in the town of Khar lay mangled and charred the morning after the explosion, partly collapsed onto bloodsoaked carpets with around 400 upended red chairs strewn about.

“Upon arriving at the scene, I was confronted with a devastating sight,” Khar resident Fazal Aman, 29, told AFP on Monday.

“Lifeless bodies scattered on the ground while people cried out for help.”

Party paraphernalia, including hats and scarves in JUI-F’s black-and-white branding, were abandoned and trampled into the dusty

• Review work progress on a daily basis of all Construction Project planning process works.

• Prepare internal and external reports pertaining to job status.

• Manage team, subordinates, labors and disseminate works in order to complete as per Site plan.

• Forecast activity to ensure equipment and material availability for the work execution.

• Initiate immediate and appropriate actions required for all defects to be implemented on site.

• Manage the submittal of Inspection Request, Drawings/Shop Drawings, Materials, Method Statement.

• Ensure the project is constructed and documented in accordance with the contract documents.

• Oversee all onsite and offsite constructions and monitor compliance with building and safety regulations.

• Ensure quality construction standards and the use of proper construction techniques.

• Implement and coordinate schedules and activities.

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s Degree.

• With a minimum of (10) years of experience in railway constructions.

• With good leadership and managing skills, strong work ethics, familiar in budgeting and keen understanding of industry specific terminology, rules and regulations.

• Good communication skills and can comprehend both English and Korean writings.

• Must know how to interpolate plans written in Korean.

• Leadership and human resources management skills

• Familiarity with construction management software packages

Interested Applicants may send your updated CV/Resume to HR: gellie.almodovar@hdec.co.krb grace.sangalang@hdec.co.kr

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Small remnants of human flesh and hair could be seen as far as 30 meters from a shattered stage, the apparent epicenter of the blast near Khar’s main bazaar.

A mound of about 40 sandals and shoes had been piled in the shade behind a yellow cordon of police tape as zebra-striped JUI-F flags fluttered in the breeze. Investigators in rubber gloves and face masks picked through the scene on Monday morning, one using a trowel to scoop up an evidence sample from a dark patch on the floor of the stage. The site was swarmed by security forces carrying assault rifles and the surrounding roads were peppered with police checkpoints.

Regional counter-terrorism deputy inspec- tor general Sohail Khalid told AFP the bomber used around 40 kilograms (90 pounds) of explosives, bound up with ball bearings to cause maximum carnage.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack but the local chapter of the Islamic State group has recently targeted JUIF, a key government coalition partner led by a firebrand cleric.

Meanwhile, police combed through the bloody wreckage as Pakistan’s parliament is likely to be dissolved after it completes its term in the next two weeks, with national elections to be held by mid-November or earlier.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the Pakistani Taliban—who operate in the area—have denied being behind it. AFP

Zelensky: ‘War’ returns to Russia after drone attack

KYIV, Ukraine—“Ukrainian forces attacked the district of Trubchevsky at night,” Alexander Bogomaz said on Telegram. “A drone hit the police station in this district. No victims” but the windows and roof were damaged, he added.

Russia on Sunday said it had downed Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow and the Crimea peninsula in attacks that damaged two office towers in the capital and briefly shut an international airport.

has warned that “war” was coming to Russia after three Ukrainian drones were downed over Moscow.

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“Gradually, the war is returning to the territory of Russia— to its symbolic centers and military bases, and this is an inevitable, natural and absolutely fair process,” Zelensky said on a visit to the western city of IvanoFrankivsk.

Thirty (30) Construction Managers Job Description:

One drone targeting Moscow was shot down on the city’s outskirts and two others were “suppressed by electronic warfare” and smashed into an office complex, the Russian defence ministry said, adding that there were no injuries. Moscow and its environs, about 500 kilometres (310 miles) from the Ukrainian border, had rarely been targeted during the conflict in Ukraine until several drone attacks this year.

• Review work progress on a daily basis of all Construction Project planning process works.

“Ukraine is getting stronger,” he added, warning however the country should prepare for new attack on energy infrastructure in winter.

• Prepare internal and external reports pertaining to job status.

• Manage team, subordinates, labors and disseminate works in order to complete as per Site plan.

• Forecast activity to ensure equipment and material availability for the work execution.

• Initiate immediate and appropriate actions required for all defects to be implemented on site.

• Manage the submittal of Inspection Request, Drawings/Shop Drawings, Materials, Method Statement.

“But we must be aware that, just as last year, Russian terrorists can still attack our energy sector and critical facilities this winter,” Zelensky said, adding that preparations for “all possible scenarios” were discussed in IvanoFrankivsk.

• Ensure the project is constructed and documented in accordance with the contract documents.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

• Oversee all onsite and offsite constructions and monitor compliance with building and safety regulations.

Zelensky spoke after three Ukrainian drones were downed over Moscow early on Sunday, the Russian defense ministry said.AFP

• Ensure quality construction standards and the use of proper construction techniques.

• Implement and coordinate schedules and activities.

PORT-AU-PRINCE—Haiti has welcomed “with great interest” a Kenyan offer to lead a 1,000-strong multinational force to bolster security in the violence-torn Caribbean country.

“Haiti appreciates this expression of African solidarity,” a statement from Foreign Minister Jean Victor Geneus said Sunday, “and looks forward to welcoming Kenya’s proposed evaluation mission.”

Kenya announced Saturday that it was prepared to deploy 1,000 police agents to help train and support their Haitian counterparts in combating the violent gangs that have taken control of much of capital Port-au-Prince.

“Kenya has accepted to positively consider leading a Multi-National Force to Haiti,” said the Kenyan statement, posted by Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua.

A Kenyan-led deployment would still require a mandate from the United Nations Security Council, as well as formal agreement by local authorities.

The council has asked SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres to present by mid-August a report on possible options for Haiti, including a UN-led mission.

US diplomats have been actively seeking a country to head a multinational force.

Mutua said Kenya would send an “evaluation mission” to Haiti in coming weeks.

Kenya, seen as a democratic anchor in East Africa, has participated in peacekeeping operations in its own region, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia. Gangs in Haiti control roughly 80 percent of Port-au-Prince, and violent crimes including kidnappings for ransom, carjackings, rapes and armed thefts are common. AFP