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DESPARDES News Monitor – US President Donald Trump hosted an Iftar dinner at the White House on Monday to mark the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The fast-breaking meal gathered
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“Pakistan has become a state run by criminal mafia syndicates like in Colombia and Mexico” DR. SHAHID QURESHI – The objective reality is that Pakistan army (GHQ) is not calling
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Barrister Fahad Malik was murdered in August, 2016 by ‘powerful gangsters’ in capital Islamabad PKONWEB Report – UK Labor Party’s Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wajid Khan has written to
Continue readingA Pakistani Expat’s Murder In Islamabad Remains Unresolved
Beijing could deploy as many as 30 Type 052D destroyers in the future, a Chinese analyst says (UPI) — China could be adding more guided missile destroyers to its fleet following
Continue readingChina Capable of ‘Mass Producing’ Guided Missile Destroyers, Analyst Says
Pakistan and India are negotiating measures to de-escalate tensions on the Working Boundary and the LoC, after Indian army pleaded with Pakistan to put an end to the rounds of
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Deputy commander of anti-Isis coalition rebuts White House justification for sending troops DESPARDES News Report – The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has been sent to the Gulf as part
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Swedish prosecutors said Monday they were reopening a 2010 rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, hoping to bring him to justice before the statute of limitations expires in August
SAEED HAIDER – Explosive-laden drones attacked Saudi Arabian Oil Company’s (Saudi Aramco) oil facilities near Riyadh Tuesday causing closure of the pipeline as a precautionary measure. A statement issued by
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PTI government focused on politics of revenge: Zardari PKONWEB Report – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is said to have established the role of former president and Pakistan Peoples Party
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DESPARDES News Monitor – “Fireworks have begun. Crude prices (are) in for jump. Trump is faced with a precarious situation. This may destroy the Iranian economy, yet, the price at the
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DESPARDES News Monitor – Arundhati Roy, the legendary award-winning Indian author won Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel The God of Small Things. In 2017, 20 years after the publication
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PKONWEB Report – The National Assembly on Monday unanimously passed the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill, formalizing an increase in the number of seats for the erstwhile Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)
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