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Le Pen’s disqualification from French presidential race

monday 50

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Consequences of Afghan refugees’ repatriation

07.04.2025 50

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Operation searchlight’s efficacy revisited

30.03.2025 10

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Proposed counter terrorism strategy for Pakistan

24.03.2025 100

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Pros and cons of cancellation of USAID

17.03.2025 90

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China’s door opens wider in 14th CPPCC

10.03.2025 40

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Did Modi get a raw deal from the USA?

03.03.2025 10

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The implications of US DOGE?

23.02.2025 20

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Challenges for China in 2025

17.02.2025 20

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Palestine is not for sale

11.02.2025 10

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Welcoming Chinese Lunar year of snake

03.02.2025 30

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Indian Republic Day-2025, celebrations & grievances

27.01.2025 30

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Khyber Steam Safari reminisces & Train Safari

20.01.2025 10

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Experiencing winds, rain and rainbows — Xi

13.01.2025 30

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Air Marshal Asghar Khan — as I knew him

5th January is the 7th death anniversary of Air Marshal Asghar Khan, who was the 5th Commander-in- Chief of Pakistan Air Force and the first...

06.01.2025 10

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Adieu 2024 — welcome 2025

THE year 2024, which was a leap year but saw tumultuous moments and historic events including conflict, elections, governments toppling and the...

29.12.2024 20

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Urdu as a unifying force

QUAID-I-AZAM Mohammad Ali Jinnah, with his prescience, to keep the newly founded Pakistan united as a single nation, had declared Urdu as the...

22.12.2024 5

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9 Dec 1971, when hunter became the hunted

EXACTLY 53 years ago, on 9th December 1971, Pakistan Navy (PN)’s Daphné-class Submarine Hangor created history, when it sank Indian Navy (IN)’s...

08.12.2024 3

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Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire and Gaza

A ceasefire has been facilitated by U.S. and French diplomats between Israel and Hezbollah, ending nearly 14 months of intense fighting....

01.12.2024 4

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President Xi Jinping’s visits to Peru & Brazil

PRESIDENT Xi Jinping’s state visits to Peru and Brazil hold significant strategic and economic importance for China and the respective host...

25.11.2024 2

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Irrational perks to parliamentarians & judiciary

IN September 2024, Pakistan received a bailout package of US dollars 7 billion from IMF. Nearly a month had passed that the Parliament approved the...

18.11.2024 4

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Implications of extending tenure of services chiefs

IN a hurriedly adopted bill, the Pakistani parliament has extended the tenure of services chiefs from three to five years. Retirement age bar of 64...

11.11.2024 10

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China names research centre after Pakistani

CHINA’S Hunan University of Medicine (HNUM) has named its newly inaugurated research centre after Pakistani Professor Dr Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary....

05.11.2024 7

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BRICS Summit-2024 — ambitions & expectations

THE 2024 BRICS Summit, held from October 22 to 24 in Kazan, Russia, is particularly significant as it marked the first gathering of BRICS countries...

28.10.2024 4

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Successful SCO Summit & Islamabad’s torment

ISLAMABAD hosted the 23rd Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit on October 15-16, 2024. Several key decisions were taken at the Summit...

22.10.2024 2

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Liaquat Ali Khan, Pak’s unheralded founding father

OCTOBER 16 is the 73rd death anniversary of Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan. Pakistan was deprived of both its founding fathers in the first few years...

17.10.2024 5

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Highlights of Xi’s National Day speech

ON occasion of the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), President Xi Jinping addressed a...

05.10.2024 1

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75th anniversary of the founding of PRC

ON 1 October 1949, Mao Zedong, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) declared the independence of modern China, named the...

29.09.2024 3

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Resurrection of Jinnah’s image in Bangladesh

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 was the 76th Death Anniversary of the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Honouring the legacy of its...

22.09.2024 2

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Quaid was enabled to see first Independence Day

SEPTEMBER 11 is the Quaid’s death anniversary. Here is one important but less known fact. The founder of Pakistan Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah...

15.09.2024 1

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launch of book on Chinese culture

Cheeni Saqafat kay Tabinda Nuqoosh” (Gleaming Gems of Chinese Culture)—my latest book—was launched at the Institute of Strategic Studies,...

08.09.2024 10

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No launch of book on Chinese culture

Cheeni Saqafat kay Tabinda Nuqoosh” (Gleaming Gems of Chinese Culture)—my latest book—was launched at the Institute of Strategic Studies,...

08.09.2024 1

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Pakistan’s role in post-Hasina Bangladesh

THE ouster of Sheikh Hasina Wajed has opened a window for potential improvement in Bangladesh-Pakistan relations. During Hasina’s rule, relations...

02.09.2024 20

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Bangladesh: Volatile geo-strategic milieu

MORE than half a century has gone by: the truth has triumphed. The inner soul of the Bangladeshi people has reasserted itself. They have...

25.08.2024 1

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Major diseases issue & their addressing

25.08.2024 1

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Fostering unity amid anarchy

  ACCORDING to a UNDP report, Pakistan’s elite consume subsidies totalling $17.4 billion annually, disproportionately placing the burden of...

25.08.2024 1

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TTA-TTP alliance: Regional implications

  RECENTLY, the leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Noor Wali Mehsud, has clearly mentioned his meetings with the top leadership of the...

25.08.2024 2

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Restoration of Pakistan’s standing in Bangladesh

THE world is still reeling under the impact of the ouster of autocrat Sheikh Hasina Wajed, who had been ruling Bangladesh ruthlessly for the last...

25.08.2024 4

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Tarbela Dam nearing maximum storage level

LAHORE – The water level at the major reservoir Tarbela Dam is nearing the maximum storage level due to widespread monsoon rains in the upper parts...

13.08.2024 1

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Pakistani Fiverr Gigs unavailable amid Internet Disruption?

Internet services in Pakistan remain disrupted for almost for a week now, with millions experiencing slow speeds and limited functionality on apps...

13.08.2024 8

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Saudi Riyal to PKR rate today – 13 August 2024

13.08.2024 1

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Independence Night Parade at PMA Kakul tonight as 14 August celebrations begin

13.08.2024 1

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China’s African investments raising western eyebrows

While the rest of the world, especially the Occident is engaged in supporting one or the other pro-tagonist in various armed clashes, China,...

04.08.2024 2

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World Hepatitis Day: It’s time for action

  WORLD Hepatitis Day is observed annually on the 28th of July and is dedicated to raising awareness of viral hepatitis and the diseases that it...

28.07.2024 3

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Kashmir’s Day of Exploitation

  QUAID-i-Azam declared Kashmir the jugular vein of Pakistan, making it our lifeline. The Kashmiri nation vehemently rejects the forced annexation...

28.07.2024 2

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BJP’s Muslim profiling—method in madness

NARENDRA Modi may have won a third term in the recently concluded general elections in India but the razor thin margin of victory of his Bharatiya...

28.07.2024 3

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Fête nationale française — French National Day

FRANCE is facing a political crisis following the recent elections, which failed to give a clear majority to any party. The current Prime Minister...

14.07.2024 3

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