China, Pakistan (CPEC) Fever (Video)
‘Iron Brothers’ China and Pakistan have an ‘all-weather friendship’ driven by shared interests and therefore guided by principles of order, harmony, respect, ethics, and fraternity, says a Pak-China observer. At
Vantage View On Khan’s Two-Day Visit to Sri Lanka
Pakistan and Sri Lanka have been friendly states since they gained independence. India’s looming shadow over both has been a shared integrative feature. While both states have faced challenges in
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Turkey’s First Driverless Bus in Ankara (Video)
A self-driving bus took to the streets in Ankara for a test drive early this month and carried President Tayyip Erdogan to the presidential palace for a cabinet meeting. Designed
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Decades of Israel’s Shady Arms Deals
Israel has been exporting arms to the world’s most repressive governments. A new project aims to hold it accountable by tracking these confidential sales. BY SAHAR VARDI — Over the
Pakistani School’s Punishment of Old Days Now Called Super Brain Yoga in US
YES, says a video news report. Pulling Ear lobes increases brain ability to remember more. Now this makes some of us (from and in South Asia particularly) who got to
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OPINION on Pak Politics: PPP Has Upstaged PDM
BY AZIZ AHMED — In the autumn of last year, three major political parties along with some minor parties coalesced to form an alliance. They roped in some other small
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Muslim Children Face Systematic Exclusion in Delhi Private Schools
A new research points out that Muslim children face systematic exclusion at the pre-primary level in private schools of New Delhi, the national capital of India. The study highlights how
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India, Pakistan Agree to Ceasefire on Line of Control
India and Pakistan have agreed to implement the 2003 ceasefire agreement along the Line of Control in Kashmir. “The welcome development on the LoC is a result of discussions through
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Ghalib Poetry By an American Student of Urdu (Video)
BLAST FROM THE PAST: Max Bruce, a student of Urdu at the University of Texas in Austin renders Ghalib’s poem and one of his own at a Mushaira (Poetry recital
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Canada Declares China’s Treatment of Uighurs ‘Genocide’
Lawmakers in Canada voted to declare China’s treatment of its Muslim minority Uighur population a genocide, a move that is expected to further fray relations between Ottawa and Beijing. The
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Analysts Say Biden Admin Should Engage With No. Korea Soon
North Korea is a bigger missile threat than Russia, China or Iran, says a top US official. The official warns that there’s a “real possibility” North Korea would actually launch
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A Song in Bengali and Urdu (Video)
This song was originally composed in Bengali by Hemant Mukherjee, an eminent Kolkata musical figure. The same tune was later used in a Bollywood movie –with Urdu translation. A rare