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IRSHAD SALIM — The United Nations (UN) chief has called for an independent and impartial legal process for former PM Imran Khan who has been charged with anti-state rhetoric. Stéphane
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In his new book, philosopher William MacAskill implies that humanity’s long-term survival matters more than preventing short-term suffering and death. “His arguments are shaky.” Kieran Setiya in the Boston Review:
Jon Cohen in Science: When Alice Hughes downloaded a preprint from the server Research Square in September 2021, she could hardly believe her eyes. The study described a massive effort to survey
Continue readingAnywhere But Here: Where Did the Pandemic Start?
Watch and listen to Dr. Kethoser Kevichusa (of Nagaland, India) discuss how the Greeks looked at the society in general: the idiot, the tribes people, and the citizen personalities. “Unfortunately,
Continue readingThe Idiots, Tribes People, the Citizen Personalities (Video)
UPDATED: The French President’s recent internal speech “foretells the future events that are likely to take place,” a WhatsApp share says. “The opinions expressed are entirely those of the current
Continue readingCONVERSATION: Western Hegemony is Nearing its End
IRSHAD SALIM: Visited a children’s soft skills coaching center in a Karachi suburb on Aug. 13, 2022. It was a back to school moments & memories thing with nostalgia. I
Continue readingKids R Us: Pakistan Zindabad at a Coaching Center (Video)
Select COVID-19 WhatsAppshares curated by Irshad Salim (Aug. 21, 2022)
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9 Things You May Not Know About Genghis Khan: He installed one of the first international postal systems.He was tolerant of different religions.Some of his most trusted generals were former
IRSHAD SALIM — A recent article in Dawn opines that “Pakistan has immense latent capabilities…but its ruling elite must wake up to new realities –it has thrived on foreign largess…(but)
Continue readingCONVERSATION: Pakistan’s Days of Extracting Geopolitical Rent are Over. What Next?
Billy Anania at Art In America: In 1982, a fifty-four-year-old Andy Warhol visited China for the first and only time in his life. Wandering the streets of Beijing ten years
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