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DESPARDES — Graphic designer Assam made a tourist attraction map of Pakistan. It’s a great first by a Pakistani passport holder. Plan your next getaway with the help of the
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NAJMA HUSSAIN — A friend of mine told me about seeing Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell in Hollywood. She didn’t know I was in New York. “It’s going to upset your
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DESPARDES — Coal’s role has accelerated since 2000, with global consumption increasing by almost two-thirds, driven by its rising use in China and India. The global coal trade doubled to
DESPARDES — Pakistan Air Force has reportedly installed a Chinese-made radar system for air threat posed by stealth jets including recently acquired Rafale by India, its eastern neighbor, which brazenly
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DESPARDES — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was slapped with three charges on Thursday– bribery, breach of trust and fraud, a criminal indictment that plunged Israel deeper into political disarray
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DESPARDES — A silent revolution has come in the judiciary, said Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa Khosa on Wednesday, while acknowledging that no institution is perfect. He added: “Do not
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IRSHAD SALIM — Pakistan’s former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s insightful take in mid-October that “PM Modi by his recent actions had actually scored a goal against himself and against
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Riyadh and Tehran have shown a willingness to talk DESPARDES — Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Bajwa is in Tehran on official visit. The General met Major General Mohammad Hossein, Chief
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DESPARDES — China envoy to Pakistan Yao Jing with Director-General Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) Chen Guomeng this week called on the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Javed Iqbal
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DESPARDES — Islamabad reportedly is striking a deal with the plaintiff company that filed lawsuit against Pakistan and won a huge award on the multi-billion dollar Reko Diq issue. A
Policewomen will perform as road security observers; Saudi women’s participation in workforce has grown over 48 percent in 5 years AL-BILAD: People driving along streets in Saudi Arabia are soon
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Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally about what to do or what to believe. It’s not a matter of accumulating information and sharing them. IRSHAD SALIM
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