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DESPARDES — The multibillion dollar Pakistan China Economic Corridor (CPEC) is Pakistan’s future as well as a tangible reality and no compromise will be made on it,” said CPEC Authority
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DESPARDES — A minority Hindu youth in a first, has made it to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) as a general duty pilot (GDP pilot). Last year, Kainat Junaid become the
Continue readingChanging Faces of Pakistan Air Force (PAF): Interfaith and Female Pilots
DESPARDES — “It all happened in a blur. One moment we were relaxing at home, the next, scrambling for our lives,” recalled a school teacher at a private school in
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IRSHAD SALIM — Last month, I shared an infographic called the “Pakistan Again Moment”, in which challenges (#1) and opportunities (#2) had equal weightage; The time available (#3) and space
DESPARDES — No, it’s not about relief in fuel prices or reduction in the whopping circular debt, or Qadianis being declared a minority or the Coronavirus pandemic being a bogey
FOUZIA KHAN: More than 15,000 Pakistani’s have registered through Pakistan consulate and Pakistan Embassy registration portal to go back home until Saturday 2 May 2020. Mr. Khalid Majid, Pakistan Consul
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IRSHAD SALIM: There appears to be a three-an-a-half star like situation. The Starry Night by Van Gogh, Dance Like an Egyptian song of Bangle Sisters, and lately the hilarious Patriot
Malaysian authorities are rounding up undocumented migrants as part of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, officials said, after hundreds of migrants and refugees were detained in the capital
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DESPARDES — A new report warns the pandemic that has already killed more than 242,000 people likely won’t be contained for two years. The modeling study says that about 70% of
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DESPARDES — An Indian oil tycoon committed suicide by jumping off a building in Dubai on April 23 due to financial problems. The mortal remains of non-resident Indian businessman Joy
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IRSHAD SALIM — There’s a new normal everyone realizes but may have found it difficult or finding it hard to tell what it looks like and what a new order
Continue readingINSIGHT: Frontloading National Security With Economics the Way Forward
DESPARDES — An Indian-Muslim from Kerala was left aghast — and is still upset — after his prospective employer in Dubai wrote back chiding him for looking for work and