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BLAST FROM THE PAST: An excerpt from Delhi Jama Masjid Imam’s khutba (speech) in Sep. 2019 -a month earlier PM Narendra Modi gave nod to his government for the illegal
Continue readingLISTEN: Delhi Jama Masjid Imam’s Khutba in Sep. 2019
The Under Secretary of United States State Dept. on Tuesday Sep 20 convened I2U2 counterparts from India, the UAE, and Israel on the margins of the UN Gen. Assembly meeting
Continue readingAscent of I2U2: Acronym for USA, UAE, Israel, India
Africa is a region of 1.4 billion people and over 2,000 languages. News, entertainment, and even charity campaigns tend to promote a stereotypical image of Africa that ignores its nuance
Continue readingAfrica is Not a Country. Shift Your Understanding.
Honorary contributors to DesPardes: Adil Khan, Ajaz Ahmed, Ammar Jafri, Anwar Abbas, Arif Mirza, Aziz Ahmed, Bawar Tawfik, Dr. Razzak Ladha, Dr. Syed M. Ali, G. R. Baloch, Hasham Saddique,
Continue readingThis Week’s Best Political Cartoons on Climate Change, Inflation, Queen’s Death
Blast from the past (Sept. 2019): Some young ones visited me in Islamabad. They asked me few questions for my views on some matters. There were smiles from them on
Continue readingSep 2019: A Chat on Pakistan Affairs in Urdu (VIDEO)
Jamil Usman’s latest book “The Cloud” is an English novel for children. It’s a science fiction adventure for the age group 10 to 15 years. The story involves abduction of a
Continue readingDr. Lucas Inventor of The Cloud Ends Up in ‘Greeneria’: Novel By Jamil Usman
During the period covering last 10 years, following TEN major reasons of serious deterioration in a family’s financial condition have critically been noticed: –Everyone in family owns smartphone.-Vacations are taken
Continue readingOur Shambled National Economy and Bogus Lifestyle
A conversation with an attorney’s chauffeur in Islamabad October 2021 اسلام آباد میں اکتوبر 2021 میں ایک وکیل کے ڈرائیور کے ساتھ گفتگو Honorary contributors to DesPardes: Adil Khan, Ajaz
Continue readingVIDEO: Everything Will Turn Out Right | سب ٹھیک ہو جائیگا
Kathleen Frydl in The Conversation: The United States may regard itself as a “leader of the free world,” but an index of development released in July 2022 places the country
Sean Trott in Psyche: Some words are much more frequent than others. For example, in a sample of almost 18 million words from published texts, the word can occurs about 70,000 times, while souse occurs only once. But can doesn’t
Continue readingAs Language Evolves, Who Wins Out: Speakers or Listeners?
Compensation for loss and damage caused by climate change has developed into a major, pressing challenge for COP27. Developing countries in particular are looking for rapid progress By Felix Dodds
Continue readingCLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT in Egypt: What Must COP27 Deliver?
“Decades of intransigence by big emitters”, particularly Group of 20 members behind climate crisis, according to UN chief Secretary General Antonio Guterres who recently visited Pakistan. In his latest tweet,