War and Peace in Gaza (Video)
A ‘videotorial’ (an editorial opinion, view using existing videos, images, data, etc.) ~curated by Irshad Salim:
Perception Management: Fiasco
By ONLOOKER: The mishandling of Baloch protestors in Islamabad on December 20-21, and its media coverage is the gravest fiasco by the caretaker government and the State machinery combined. It
SHORTS: Swimming to U.S. From Pakistan
Will Entry Visa Be Given Upon Arrival IF you Swim to USA from PAKISTAN …and in a Straight Line? This is called ‘rhumb line’, a naval mind says. FEATURED VIDEO:
PTI Virtual Jalsa: Suppressing Internet Freedom
THE hour has come for officialdom to recognize that its actions are beginning to remind citizens of police states. Frequent internet bans, a long-favored coercive practice that reeks of a
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Why Christmas is Celebrated on December 25th
by Carol A Westbrook: It all began about 4.5 billion years ago, give or take a few millennia. The earth was still young, having been formed by the accretion of
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21 Lessons For the 21st Century By Yuval Noah Harari
“Just as Yuval Noah Harari had envisioned”, wrote Mani Shankar Ayar in The Week in November. Some may agree/some disagree on Ayar’s take dovetailing it to Harari’s book 21 Lessons
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Selling Citizenship
Marco D’Eramo in Sidecar: Aux armes, citoyens! So begins the refrain of ‘La Marseillaise’, adopted as the French national anthem by the Revolutionary Convention of 1795. No longer serfs, nor subjects,
Dhaka Debacle Part 1 & 2 (Video)
IRSHAD SALIM: As I work on the 3rd of many comments and observations I have on the Dhaka Debacle, I am re-posting below Part 1 & 2 of my views
OPINION: Israel Is On Its Way To Becoming a Dictatorship
Usually when we think of a coup, we think of that kind. But there is another type that is very common in history: a “coup from above.” That’s more difficult
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Pakistan releases 22-yr record of Toshakhana gifts. Many exposed as details surface.
Recipients list show Nawaz, Zardari took bulletproof vehicles, Khan retained watches. As per the documents, most of the gifts were retained by the officials free of cost except for a
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COMMENTS: China Brokers Rapprochement Between Iran, Saudi Arabia
Mushtaq Siddiqui, intl. media veteran in ISB: The US has been checkmated and challenged in Asia. China played a very positive and constructive role which I thought Pakistan, being a
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Mar 2023 News of Interest -as the World Turns
Hijab made mandatory for women teachers, students in AJK…Sindh High Court rejects plea to ban Aurat March, slaps fine on petitioner… ‘Imran Khan escaped to neighbor’s house to avoid arrest’…ISB
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