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DESPARDES — At least 13 people have died in a devastating fire at an illegal plastics factory in Keraniganj on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka. Another 20 critically injured
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Saudi Arabia is the first site in the Middle East to utilize Luxturna as the first USA FDA approved gene therapy to treat blindness in children who are born blind
IRSHAD SALIM — Two sisters had different upbringings in the same household, where rent was not an issue as they lived in parent’s residence which was built on approx 5
Continue readingPoverty & Disposable Income: Tale of Two Sisters
India’s parliament on Wednesday passed a contentious bill that seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants from some countries, as hundreds of troops were deployed in the northeast which has
Continue readingMODI’S MOVES: ‘Eerie Similarity’ to Nazi Laws; ‘Dangerous Turn in Wrong Direction’
DESPARDES — The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) currently has 1,261 corruption references involving Rs943 million pending in 25 accountability courts. Its Executive Board on Wednesday authorized conducting two investigations and
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The Orange Metro will run on electricity (Eco-friendly) instead of diesel as originally contemplated — the city has huge air pollution issues. DESPARDES — Tuesday afternoon the Lahore Metro Train
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DESPARDES — The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday blacklisted former Malir senior superintendent of police (SSP) Rao Anwar for engaging in “serious human rights abuses” by carrying out alleged fake
Continue readingRogue Police Officer Rao Anwar Blacklisted By U.S. Over Human Rights Violations
DESPARDES — The PTI-led government wants to restore student governments in educational institutions which were banned in the 80s. A PML-N lawmaker, Mr. Kesoo Mal on Tuesday introduced a private
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DESPARDES — Having successfully procured nine medium-range (MR) surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems from China, Pakistan is now reportedly setting its focus on the FD-2000 Long-range Air Defense Missile System, reports
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Dexter Filkins and Rana Ayyub of The New Yorker tell the story of how they got into Kashmir and describe the repression and signs of torture that they observed there.
“The trajectory India has taken for itself; the minorities within India will suffer (unfortunately) and region may see more destabalization under RSS/BJP,” a South Asia expert says. IRSHAD SALIM —
Speaking in Parliament, some MPs even called for lynching the perpetrators involved in the horrific crime DESPARDES — More than a week after brutal gang rape and murder of a