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Target: 75m tourists by 2023; $65bn tourism revenue by 2022 DESPARDES: Home to countless faith groups over the course of thousands of years, Turkey aims to unleash its religious tourism
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AL-BILAD: The Turkish authorities have changed regulations for issuing entry visas to Saudi visitors. Saudi nationals are required to apply online for entry visas on the electronic portal of the
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Years back I came up with one: MKBKBK (Mil Ke Baith Ke Baat Karte Hain — meaning let’s meet and discuss). OSCAR TANGO (Irshad Salim) — OIC was used worldwide
IRSHAD SALIM — The United Nations General Assembly on Friday approved a Russian-sponsored and China-backed resolution that aims to create a new convention on cybercrime — and there’s a huge
PAC and China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation also signed an agreement for co-production of Chinese commercial aircraft. DESPARDES — Pakistan’s nascent military-industrial complex rolled out the first batch
DESPARDES — Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday warned Imran Khan’s government that 2020 would be the year of free and fair elections. The 32-year-old lawmaker
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Speaking to DesPardes, a Pakistan-India affairs analyst said, “the outcome will define the character of Union of India”. DESPARDES — As the lockdown of Kashmir enters 144th day, India appears
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Beit Lahia (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – The scene on Tuesday morning in the northern Gaza Strip could at first look incongruous — a group of women in black niqab veils
Internet traffic was re-routed internally, effectively making Russia’s RuNet the world’s largest intranet and thereby achieving “internet sovereignty”. DESPARDES — The Russian government announced on Monday that it concluded a
China’s push into Central Asia through Belt and Road-linked investment projects has made Central Asia into a geopolitical laboratory—and a new frontier for global trade. DESPARDES — China is expanding
AL-BILAD: A group of hospitals recently announced they are the first in the United Kingdom (UK) to introduce disposable sterile headscarves for staff to use in operating theaters. “We are
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IRSHAD SALIM (Updated) — While Pakistan’s population is 207 million its youth comprise (those under 30) almost 64 per cent of that population. Out of that, 29pct is between the
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