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Deposed Pakistani premier and Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday (June 1) said that “Pakistan is going towards a default. If that happens then which institution will
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The super hit song “Hai Apna Dil To Awara” from 1958 movie ‘Solva Saal, and its select use in a 2014 (56 years later) video song by duo Himesh Reshammiya
Global elites representing business, politics, big tech, media, and academia are now in Washington, DC, for the 68th annual meeting of the Bilderberg Group. Among the 120 invitees this year
‘Pani ka bul bula’ and ‘sub maya hai’ WhatsApp shared by DesPardes.com readers – in May and Sept. 2021 respectively.
Curated from WhatsApp shares by DesPardes.com visitors
Rekha at her best then and now…whether acting, lip syncing, singing, or rendering, she remains a cool role model in the subcontinent’s tinsel ecosystem: Curated from WhatsApp shares by DesPardes.com
Continue readingREKHA: Blast From the Past …and Fast Forward (Video)
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” — Oprah
Economist Umair Haque: This Is How Civilizations Collapse, And Why Ours Feels Like It’s Beginning To: I recently did an interview with veteran broadcaster Anthony Davis, formerly of the BBC.
Continue readingA Conversation About Civilizational Collapse
Financed Emissions Threaten Climate Stability Poorer countries and those reliant on fossil fuels are most exposed to the shifts in a net-zero transition, although they have growth prospects as well;
Continue readingHuman Ingenuity Would Ultimately Rise to the Challenge of Net-Zero Emission
by Martin Butler in 3QuarksDaily: A UK politician recently suggested that people could combat the cost-of-living crisis by working more hours or getting a better job. This is one more
Continue readingIndividual Action Can’t Solve Social Problems
Foreign Policy columnist Anchal Vohra delves into the motives behind the Israeli occupation forces assaulting the mourners and pallbearers who were commemorating martyred Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during her
Continue readingWhy Israel Is Afraid of Palestinian Funerals
Conversation between Irshad Salim and Zafar Baloch on Pakistanis being generally smart, creative and solution-oriented –most belonging to the lower and middle-class (including professionals) and do well overseas. “Because of