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DESPARDES — Some 3 to 4 dozen Pakistani enthusiasts gather in a courtyard in capital Islamabad every once a while, and sync their beats on locally made drums. Drums have
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CARAVAN DAILY — Amid the massive nationwide protests over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Monday criticized the contentious citizenship law saying the prevailing situation in
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DESPARDES — Bangladesh national cricketers will undertake a three-day practice camp from Sunday (January 19) ahead of their tour to Pakistan. The three-match T20I series between Bangladesh and host Pakistan
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DESPARDES Report — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy has issued Request For Qualification (RFQ) for four solar projects with deadline for the submission of documents latest by February 6, 2020,
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DESPARDES Report — Indian Navy(IN) is scaling back its modernization programs, as financials and economic slump bite the national budget. The report comes as foreign investors show concern on growing
DESPARDES (Updated) — Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday said United States must remain engaged in Afghanistan’s reconstruction even if it succeeds in withdrawing troops and ending its longest
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DESPARDES — The PTI-government’s Cabinet Committee on Privatization (CCOP) on Tuesday took off the table five unused state properties from the ongoing privatization initiative. Three of the properties will be
DESPARDES — The government has reportedly received statements of qualification (SOQs) from three foreign parties for the sale of two power plants worth $2 billion. These Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
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“What the agency does not report, does not take place” INSIGHT — It is one of the most important aspects of our media system, and yet hardly known to the
Terrorism and over sensationalized media coverage by private TV channels behind the rise in psycho-social toxicity in Pakistan DESPARDES Report: How and to what extent the fallout of terrorism affect
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DESPARDES — State-run public utility Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGCL) has failed to attract competent professionals who meet the criteria and standards for becoming its permanent managing director. SSGCL and
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China had asked the UN Military Observer Group posted along the border areas between Pakistan and India to brief the UNSC on the ground realities of the area. DESPARDES —
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