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Policewomen will perform as road security observers; Saudi women’s participation in workforce has grown over 48 percent in 5 years AL-BILAD: People driving along streets in Saudi Arabia are soon
Continue readingSaudi Women Get Ready to Join Police Force as Traffic Officers
DESPARDES — Announcing that ‘We are moving ahead with our civil nuclear program’, Saudi energy minister Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman also reaffirmed Kingdom’s commitment to diversifying its energy sources,
Continue readingSaudi Arabia to Export Electricity, Produce Civil Nuclear Energy
KADUNA, Nigeria — Yahaya Makaho feels his way to the microphone before launching into a song for his new album at a recording studio in the northern Nigerian city of
Continue readingBlind Singer Goes From Streets to Stardom in Nigeria
DESPARDES — The first Pakistan-Turkey defense equipment exhibition kicked off in Islamabad at the Pak China Friendship Center amid growing bilateral bonhomie between the two countries pegged on historical, cultural
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More than missiles, the display revealed a nation seeking to supplant U.S. as the dominant military and technological power in the Asia-Pacific region. DESPARDES — A carefully choreographed parade by
Continue readingChina’s New Way of War: More Than About Missiles Display
Neither War Nor a One-Day Match; A Long Diplomatic Innings DESPARDES REPORT — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Kashmir gambit has boomeranged, according to former Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri.
Continue readingKashmir: Modi Scored a Goal Against Himself & India
Tomorrow (Oct 14), Prince William and Kate Middleton will embark on their royal tour of Pakistan. The five-day visit to the country – which has been described by Kensington Palace as their “most complex” to
DESPARDES NEWS MONITOR — The All India National Congress party’s leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday held a press briefing giving his views on the situation in Jammu & Kashmir–
Continue reading‘All’s Not Well’ in Kashmir: ‘Civil Disobedience’ Prevalent
Meanwhile, Zionism and Hindutva have much in common. They both fiddle with history by deliberately confusing faith and mythology with facts of history. TANVIR AHMAD — WHEN I read Tanya Reinhart’s Israel/Palestine
Continue readingWhat the 4,000-Year History of Palestine Tells Us
NOI (News of Interest) Updated Regularly @ despardes.com & pkonweb.com HOW TRUMP UPENDED TALIBAN TALKS
Support on Kashmir; enhancing defense cooperation; capacity building of Pakistan Army. DESPARDES — China’s top military General Xu Qiliang held one-on-one meeting with Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javaid Bajwa
Continue readingTop Chinese General Meets Pak Army Chief Amid Kashmir Boil, Afghan Peace Talks
DESPARDES.COM + PKONWEB.COM [News & Views of Interest (NOI) That You Might Have Missed; Updated Regularly] 5000 BANK ACCOUNTS PM Khan to address nation on Kashmir today… Salman Khan cancels