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Some excerpts (7 minutes) below of Delhi Jama Masjid Imam’s half hour sermon on a Friday in September 2019 –PM Narendra Modi had annexed the occupied Kashmir Valley on August
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‘A Bull in a China Shop’ is a person who breaks things or who often makes mistakes or causes damage in situations that require careful thinking or behavior. A cow
“History is repeating itself with vengeance”: Ambassador G . Rasool Baluch “My speculation would be based on what happened the last time round”: Asia-Pacific based analyst “A very uncivil conflict
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IRSHAD SALIM: I penned this poem (below) in the summer of 1973 or 1974 –after reading in the newspaper that several dozen Pakistanis had drowned in the Arabian Sea as
Kuwait is the hottest place on Earth in 2021. Pigeons took cover under the shade of trees on the seafront of Kuwait City on Friday July 2, 2021, as the
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A young scientist of Bangladesh origin in UK has developed a revolutionary disinfectant solution that has been deemed “ground-breaking” in the global fight against Covid-19. Sadia Khanom, 26, developed “Voltique”,
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Fortnite is in the spotlight in Indonesia –the world’s largest Muslim country as its tourism minister pushes to ban the massively popular online shooter game amid reports that a user-created
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When driving through Natchez, Mississippi, a town popular with tourists, it is easy to overlook an awkwardly shaped patch of land, only modestly marked by a few signs, free-standing exhibits
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Islamabad-based young artist Imran from Hunza spent 60 days on rooftop doodling with wires, sometime rewiring them, to give forms and substance to his imagination. June being the month for
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IRSHAD SALIM: I had a mini conversation recently with a Pakistani youth on democracy. As I conversed with Fazal, back in my mind was Socrates, who hated democracy –and around
IRSHAD SALIM: His name is Arshad Sulaihri, an activist of Islamabad-based Aam Aadmi Party (Common Man’s Party) –it’s a coincidence that the party he belongs to and claims to be
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Legendary Dilip Kumar is no more. He was 98. The quintessential tragedy king –doyen of Indian cinema, passed away on Wednesday morning in Mumbai, India’s commercial capital and home to
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