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IRSHAD SALIM — Last year almost this time some schoolchildren in Riyadh exhibited what they though Kashmir is all about– evoking their impressionable feelings and innocent but discerning eyes with
Continue readingHave a Heart: Kashmir Dignity, Honor is Under Siege in a Land Under Lockdown
DESPARDES (Updated) — Posters of PM Imran Khan and former Indian Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu were put up in Amritsar to thank the two on the occasion of Kartarpur
Continue readingPosters in Amritsar Thank Imran Khan, Sidhu for Kartarpur Corridor
DESPARDES — The Pakistan Navy on Tuesday successfully test-fired a locally-made missile capable of hitting targets from land to sea. The missile successfully hit its target, local media reported. The
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** Pakistan has one of the largest youth bulge in the region (over 60 percent of the population) amid a slowing economy worldwide and shift to futuristic tech-related skills and
Continue readingHuman Capital: PM Khan Launches ‘Largest Ever’ Scholarship Program
INTERPOL rejects Pakistan’s request for Red Notice warrant against Ishaq Dar… Prince Charles Caught Up in Fake Art Hoax… BJP GOVT. IN KARNATAKA DECONSTRUCTING TIPU SULTAN… Saudi ARAMCO Launches Long-Awaited
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DESPARDES — FOXNEWS poll says Joe Biden (D) leads nomination race, tops Trump (R) by 12 points in matchup, and if Hillary Clinton entered the presidential race today, she would
Continue readingTrump’s Punishing Diet ‘Self-Destructive’, Worrisome: Psychiatrist
The primacy of class not religion assertion stands being deconstructed akin to the ‘Hindu’, ‘Muslim’ (and ‘British’) narrative in Mill’s book post-Tipu Sultan the Tiger of Mysore. DESPARDES — Karnataka’s
Continue readingBJP’s Attempt to Deconstruct Tipu Sultan –With Hindutva Zeal
Germany has witnessed growing Islamophobia in recent years sparked by hate propaganda of far-right parties; On Wednesday, the eastern city of Dresden declared a “Nazi emergency” Germany’s Muslim community is
Continue readingMuslim Community in Germany Feels Unsafe Amid Growing Islamophobia
Most Pakistanis don’t agree with Fazl’s Azadi March: POLL How many people are participating in Fazlur Rehman’s Azadi March? PPP, PML-N to stay away from Maulana’s sit-in… ‘Five families are
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DESPARDES — “Not sustainable and not good,” said German Chancellor Angela Merkel while criticizing New Delhi’s clampdown on Kashmir. Merkel’s statement camedays after a 30-member EU parliamentarians delegation (mostly from
Nobody allowed to create instability in Pakistan: DG ISPR COME HELL OR HIGH WATER WON’T GIVE IN TO NRO: PM KHAN‘Will send you food, but never hand you an NRO,’
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DESPARDES — Last year in October, Christophe Jaffrelot, a Senior Research Fellow at the CERI-Sciences Po/CNRS opined that a new arms race is underway in the region, but India suffers
Continue readingIn India, Pakistan Chill Modi is Clearly Disadvantaged