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Brothers From Rural Pakistan Teaching AI to American High-Schoolers
Haroon and Hamza Choudhry, born in rural Pakistan, are teaching artificial intelligence (AI) American high-schoolers. Twenty-something Choudhry brothers were 8 and 6 when they came from Pakistan to the United States in 1998. They have co-founded "AI For Anyone", a Brooklyn-based non-profit organization that sends volunteers to teach…
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Former president Zardari to appear before AC today
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman and erstwhile president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari will appear before Accountability Court in Toshakhana case today (Monday) in…
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ایک بار پھر ایم کیو ایم پاکستان نے نئے صوبوں کے قیام کا مطالبہ کر دیا
متحدہ قومی موومنٹ پاکستان (ایم کیو ایم پی) نے ایک بار پھر کراچی سمیت ملک بھر میں نئے صوبوں کے قیام کا مطالبہ کر دیا ہے۔…
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Karachi's NED University Alum Raises $100 Million For Silicon Valley FinTech Startup
Pakistani-American serial entrepreneur and NED alumnus Dr. Safwan Shah has raised $100 million in Series C funding for his financial technology (fintech) startup PayActiv Inc. based in Silicon Valley, California. The round was led by Eldridge Wealth Ltd, a venture capital firm headquartered in…
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After 73 Years of Independence, Caste-Ridden India Remains Dominated by Minority Brahmins
After 73 years of independence, a small upper caste Indian minority retains near monopoly of the highest ranks in both the Indian government and the private sector. A few well-educated Indian Muslims and low-caste Hindus can not escape caste-ism even when they move to work in Silicon Valley. Over two-thirds of …
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وزیراعظم عمران خان آج کے پی کے میں میگا پراجیکٹ بی آر ٹی کا افتتاح کریں گے
وزیراعظم عمران خان آج کے پی کے میں میگا پراجیکٹ بس ریپڈ ٹرانزٹ (بی آر ٹی) کا افتتاح کریں گے۔
تفصیلات کے…
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قصور میں سابقہ رنجش پر وکیل 2 دوستوں سمیت 3 افراد قتل
قصور میں سابقہ رنجش پر وکیل سمیت 3 افراد کو قتل کردیا گیا۔
فتصیلات کے مطابق قصور کےعلاقے سلامت پورہ میں…
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CNN's Fareed Zakaria Never Misses Any Opportunity to Disparage Pakistan
Interviewing Bill Gates on global fight against COVID19, CNN GPS host Fareed Zakaria said on Sunday August 9 that Pakistan "has done almost nothing as far as I can tell, you know, infections are not going crazy, death rates are not going crazy, there may be some underreporting". Needless to say, Zakaria's claim is debunked by "Government Response Stringency Index" and Google Mobility Reports…
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SC orders to register case against KE
Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday has directed to register case against K-Electric over deaths in Karachi due to electrocution during Monsoon rain spell and prolonged power…
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سپریم کورٹ نے کے الیکٹرک کیخلاف مقدمہ درج کرنے کا حکم دے دیا
سپریم کورٹ نے کے الیکٹرک کیخلاف مقدمہ درج کرنے کا حکم دے دیا۔
تفصیلات کے مطابق چیف جسٹس گلزار احمد نے سی ای او مونس علوی کا نام ای سی…
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Pakistan Independence Day 2020: National Resilience Amid Deadly COVI19 Pandemic
On Pakistan's 73rd Independence Anniversary, the people of the South Asian nation have demonstrated their resilience yet again. They have defied all foreign and domestic doomsayers, including media, activists and think tanks of all varieties. Pakistan has successfully fought off the deadly COVID19 virus and begun to bounce back economically. Moody's rating agency has raised Pakistan's…
Added by Riaz Haq on August 10, 2020 at 8:00pm — 25 Comments
Rains wreak havoc in Dadu district, flood more than 350 villages
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Shopping malls, hotels, cinemas, salons in Pakistan to reopen today as restrictions lift
Shopping malls, restaurants, hotels, gyms, theatres, cinema halls, beauty parlors across the country will reopen today (Monday) with the implementation of…
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ملک بھر میں ون ڈے پلانٹیشن ڈرائیو کا آج آغاز ہو گا
ملک بھر میں آج ون ڈے پلانٹیشن ڈرائیو کا آغاز ہو گا۔
تفصیلات ک متابق ملک بھر میں آج ایک دن میں 35 لاکھ پودے لگائے…
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Intermittent rain turns Karachi roads, streets into canals
Intermittent rain hit Karachi on third straight day and turned many roads and streets into rivulets on Saturday.
The citizens are facing severe trouble due…
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India: A Paradise For Pakistani Hindus?
A recent New York Times piece titled "Poor and Desperate, Pakistani Hindus Accept Islam to Get By" talks of "Pakistan’s dwindling Hindu minority". An earlier New York Times story in December 2019 mentioned "the pressure for (Pakistani) Hindus to weigh moving to India". The paper also reported that "the Indian government granted 12,732 long-term visas, compared with 4,712 in 2017, and 2,298 in 2016".…
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PM Imran to preside over Council of Common Interests meeting today
The 42nd session of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) will be held in Islamabad today (Thursday) under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Imran…
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Karachi to receive heavy downpour from today: PMD
Heavy downpour accompanied by thunderstorms is likely to hit Karachi as fourth spell of monsoon expected to enter the city today (Thursday),…
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COVID-19 claims 711,220 lives worldwide, infects over 18 million people so far
Coronavirus has claimed 711,220 lives worldwide so far and infected 18,977,637 people, while 12,166,746 patients have been recuperated.
The number…
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Beirut faces unprecedented disaster, toll reaches 135
Lebanon's capital Beirut faced nightmare as the massive blast at city port death toll rose to 135.
While describing the…
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Pakistan Pharma Begins Domestic Production of GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs
Several Pakistani pharmaceutical companies have started domestic production of generic versions of GLP-1 (Glucagon-Like Peptide-1) drugs Ozempic/Wegovy (Semaglutide) and Mounjaro/Zeptide (Tirzepatide). Priced significantly lower than the branded imports, these domestically manufactured generic drugs will increase Pakistanis' access and affordability to address the obesity crisis in the country, resulting in lower disease burdens and improved life quality and longer life expectancy. Obesity…
ContinuePosted by Riaz Haq on December 19, 2025 at 10:00am — 1 Comment
WIR 2026: Income and Wealth Inequality in India, Pakistan and the World
The top 1% of Indians own 40.1% of the nation's wealth, higher than the 37% global average. This makes India one of the world's most unequal countries, according to the World Inequality Report. By contrast, the top 1% own 24% of the country's wealth in Pakistan, and 23.9% in Bangladesh. Tiny groups of wealthy elites (top 1%) are using their money to buy mass media to manipulate public opinion for their own benefit. They are paying politicians for highly favorable laws and policies to further…
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