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Pakistan’s Attorney General (AGP) told the country’s apex court that the federal government is deliberating on different legal and constitutional options to address Karachi. The attorney general maintained that he
Continue reading‘Orphan City’: Govt. Looking at Options to ‘Save Karachi’
The Turkish Defense Ministry on Monday released a photograph showing its oil exploration vessel, the Oruc Reis, being escorted by five Turkish Navy vessels into its position in the sea,
Two different videos –one showing locals and the elderly replanting saplings in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and another showing some disgruntled individuals uprooting newly installed saplings during “Tree Planting Campaign” over the
Continue readingWATCH: Locals, Elders Replant Saplings Uprooted By Some in KP
Islamabad may have done its homework IRSHAD SALIM — An eerie silence continues to define Jammu and Kashmir’s landscape, one year after it lost its special status, says an opinion
Before the recent cleanup of Karachi’s massive drainage system by military’s FWO, this videoclip of a rat sitting on top of a floating sandal had gone viral. Today, #KarachiRain is
IRSHAD SALIM — Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in an unusually sharp warning asked Saudi Arabia-led Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Wednesday to stop dilly-dallying on the convening
Continue readingPakistan Asks OIC To Stop Dragging Feet On Kashmir, Returns $1B Saudi Loan
IRSHAD SALIM — Last year at this time, DesPardes published an insight and quoted a senior Pakistani defense official in the Middle East saying, “India is trying to copy the
Continue readingComparing Kashmir to Palestine (Video), and the Webinar in Riyadh
Islamabad on Tuesday issued a new political map showing following territories as part of Pakistan: The “Indian illegally occupied” Jammu and Kashmir; Junagadh in Indian state of Gujarat; and the
Continue readingIslamabad Updates Map: Kashmir, Junagadh, Sir Creek ‘Part of Pakistan’
Two analysts weighed in (when asked by DesPardes) on the “potential” deal between China and Iran –reports say it’s for 25 years and worth a whopping US$400 billion give and
Continue readingAnalysts Comment On Iran, China ‘Energy Deal Of The Century’
UK police have raided a home in London and arrested a 20-year-old Indian allegedly for being involved in organized crime and money laundering, says a source. The police reportedly found
Continue readingUK Police Investigate Who’s Behind ‘Jay Patel’ After Record $68Mln Cash Seized
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IRSHAD SALIM — It’s Eid holidays here –not too far from the Himalayan Valley where the Kashmiri Muslims won’t be able to probably undertake the animal sacrifice ritual following Hajj