Security Council Meets Today to Discuss Occupied Kashmir Lockdown
China had asked the UN Military Observer Group posted along the border areas between Pakistan and India to brief the...
Month: January 2020
Pakistan Supports an Afghanistan That is at Peace With Itself: Intra-Afghan Dialogue in Islamabad
Overarching such initiatives are Prime Minister Imran Khan's statement -- after being elected -- that "We want to ally with...
British Pakistani Entrepreneur Invests in After-School Math, English Education Startup
DESPARDES -- Karachi-based Ed-tech startup Dot & Line have successfully closed their seed round with an additional investment from London-based...
Bangladesh Growth Pegged at 8 Pct This Year –With IT 53Pct of GDP
Bangladesh exports nearly $1 billion of IT services (53pct of GDP) every year – a figure that the government expects...
‘Pakistan, Iran Borders are for Peace and Friendship’
DESPARDES -- Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Zarif, on Monday urged closer cooperation between...
‘People Say They Won’t Pay Taxes as They Did Not Vote for Imran Khan’: Razzak Dawood
"What is to be done with all this going on? Should we give up or should we fight back?" DESPARDES...
MQM-P’s Soft Reminder to PTI on ‘Unfulfilled Promises’: Convenor Quits as Federal Minister
"Federal Law Minister Farogh Naseem (of MQM-P) is being considered for governorship of Sindh which has made these folks unhappy";...
Increasing Violence, Turmoil in Kashmir Since PM Modi’s 370 Move
DESPARDES (UPDATED) -- Kashmir has been experiencing increasing amounts of violence and turmoil since New Delhi stripped it of its...
Red, White Bean (Lobia) Recipes –With or Without Desi Fusion
DESPARDES -- Yesterday the New York Times (NYT) emailed us -- 19 Creamy, Dreamy White Bean Recipes. Each one of...
Indian Woman ‘Rises From the Dead’ During Funeral Preparations After Apparent Misdiagnosis
RT -- A woman in southwestern India succumbed to a high fever, lost consciousness and was rushed to hospital for...
