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Last year, the Taliban and US-led forces observed ceasefire during the holy month of Ramadan and festival of Eid– without peace talks. Not this time though despite peace talks. DESPARDES
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Currently Saudi Arabia has the highest rate of smoking in the world; it has already imposed a huge 213 percent duty on cigarettes and other consumable tobaccos. SAEED HAIDER —
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China is one of the world’s biggest importers of Iranian oil, along with India DESPARDES News Monitor — The United States will sanction any country which buys oil from Iran
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Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday mooted the idea of a common trading currency for East Asia that would be pegged to gold, describing the existing currency trading in
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The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has been able to collect Rs15 billion (US$107 million) in unpaid taxes (as of April) on assets held abroad. PKONWEB Report — Pakistan’s Financial
Around 400 officers of every rank have been given various punishments, including dismissal from service 0n various grounds during the last two years. PKONWEB Report — The Chief of Pakistan
Continue readingHeavy Arm of Pakistan Army Act Comes Down Hard On Three Officers For Espionage
According to my estimate, the combined net worth of Pakistani expats in the West runs several hundred billion dollars over and above the guess-estimated figure of some Pakistanis’ hidden assets
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Mars 2020 Rover is gearing up for its seven-month 313,586,649 miles journey to the Red Planet and will touch down in the 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) crater in February 2021. DESPARDES
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For months, Australia warned the United States what it saw as the destructive capacity of 5G technology, according to Reuters. “Now, America is aggressively campaigning against Chinese telecom champion Huawei,
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DESPARDES News Monitor — Reuters is reporting that Christopher Steele, the former British spy who wrote the dossier alleging links between Donald Trump campaign and Russia will not cooperate with the
PKONWEB Report — More than 300 Pakistani prisoners in Malysia will fly back home by May 29 — just in time for the Eid celebration — confirmed the Malaysian Immigration
Former FBI director James Comey is accusing President Trump of peddling “dumb lies” by asserting that bureau officials engaged in “treason” against him by investigating links between Russia and his campaign. In a Washington Post
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