Kashmir: From Melting Pot to Mosaic
IRSHAD SALIM — Since Monday’s Modi shock & awe (unprecedented lockdown) in occupied Kashmir following his nationalist government’s hush hush gobble it up, a bitter sense of betrayal threatens to
NEWSBYTES: Goat Stolen; FBR: ‘We’re Working’; Pakistan@100; France in Punjab; CIA and Afghanistan; Mayhem in Parliament; PPP, PML-N Makeup?
PAKISTAN@100WORLD BANK ISLAMABAD Is Kashmir About to Blow?Thousands protest despite clampdown… India, Pak military face off online, on Twitter…New reality…#SaveKashmirFromModi trends in India…The phone and internet blackout in occupied Kashmir
NEWSBYTES: Maryam Arrested; Sharifs’ Sugar Mill ‘Conduit’; Cocaine Instead of Soyabean; Ladakh, Kargil Simmer; US Denial; China’s $1TR Weapon
Pakistan ‘not looking at military option’ over Kashmir dispute… MODI HAS TAKEN INDIA INTO UNCHARTERED TERRITORY…Is Israel playing big role in India-Pakistan conflict? Lawmakers Exchange Barbs During National Assembly Session;
NEWSBYTES: MODI 370; Baaji Wins; Pak Doctors Sacked; Pakistani Accused of iPhone Bribery; Trump Poll 49/49; Ivanka’s Horror
Heavy Firing Reported Between Indian and Pak Military Along Line of Control in Kashmir… Hardly any information coming out of occupied Kashmir…‘Anxiety fills the air’: TimeGreat concern: UN Human Rights
NEWSBYTES: iPhone Bribery; YouTubers Union; The Great Double Cross; Pak Military Prepared; Yasin Malik’s Slow Death Trial
PM Khan, Saudi Crown Prince Salman discuss developing situation in the region…US diplomat Alice Wells arrives in Islamabad…Corps Commanders meet…Single point agenda: KashmirIndian army to start bloodshed in occupied valley,
Opinion: Opposition’s Hullabaloo
NAJAM UL HASNAIN — There is this misplaced commotion and unnecessary uproar by Opposition Parties over the defeat of their *No Confidence Motion* (NCM) against Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani. Both,
PM Modi’s Muscular Moves in Occupied Kashmir, Why Now?
DESPARDES — The Modi-led government on Monday issued an unprecedented (presidential) order to scrap the special status of Muslim-majority disputed Jammu & Kashmir region, merging it completely in the Indian
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NEWSBYTES: Triple Divorce (Talaq) to India From Saudi; Sindh Govt. Upset @’Clean Karachi’ Drive; Marine Turtles Declining; FBR’s Anti-Benami Move
USA LABELS CHINA ‘CURRENCY MANIPULATOR’… TELEGRAPH: India’s actions in occupied Kashmir could have bloody consequences in UK…‘Could spark a new war’… PAKISTAN READY…Seeks UN intervention…Accuses Delhi of trying to alter
Time Ripe For Trump Mediation on Kashmir: Imran Khan
“I fear that [India] is in search of a false-flag operation […] which it can use to again point fingers at Pakistan” (Qureshi) DESPARDES — Tensions between India and Pakistan
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NEWSBYTES: IMF Estimates Pak Economy; The ‘Guillotine’; Dangerous Game By India; Bloodbath in Texas; Hong Kong, Russia Protests
Time right for Trump mediation on Kashmir: Imran Khan National Security Council (NSC) meeting summoned in ISB…Cluster bombs, situation along LoC, external, internal security on agenda…FLASHBACK: India advises admin to
IMF’s Latest Pak Economy Forecast Stress On Fiscal Discipline, Taxes
PKONWEB — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) is likely to collect around Rs 5.5 trillion during current fiscal year (2019-2020) which
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Pakistan Introduces ‘Regulatory Guillotine’, Invites So Korea Investment
PKONWEB — Pakistan has launched a program called “Regulatory Guillotine” to improve business regulations in an attempt to enhance ease of doing business and attract investment. Through this program, two
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