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14-year-old girl brutally murdered after being raped in Lahore
A 14-year-old girl was allegedly murdered after being raped by some unidentified men in Rehmat Town, area of Manawan in Lahore, said police on Saturday.
According to sources,…
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Karachi's NED University Alum's Startup Has Raised $190 Million to Challenge ARM's Dominance
Silicon Valley based SiFive, a technology startup headed by NED University alumnus Dr. Naveed Sherwani, has raised $60 million in series E round, bringing the total raised to $190 million to date. This round is led by SK Hynix, joined by new investor Prosperity7 Ventures, with…
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VOA Urdu Chief Suspended For Covering Pro Biden Muslim American PAC
Voice of America (VOA) Urdu language service chief Kokab Farshori and the managing editor for digital operations Tabinda Naeem have been suspended by VOA CEO Micheal Pack who was recently appointed by President Donald Trump. They are accused of violating a federal law by showing a 2-minute promotional video clip of Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden's speech to Emgage, a pro-Biden Muslim-American Political Action Committee. The clip shows Biden promising "I will end the Muslim ban on day…
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49th martyrdom anniversary of Rashid Minhas being observed today
Pakistan's national hero, Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed's 49th martyrdom anniversary is being observed across the country today (Thursday).
Rashid, who was born on February 17 1951, remains the youngest…
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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…
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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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The United States is the biggest export market for India. Among its top 5 trading partners, the US is also the only country with which India runs a trade surplus. This surplus is now at risk with the 50% tariff recently imposed by President Donald Trump on imports from India. Can Prime Minister Narendra make up for it by cozying up to China and Russia? Recent trade data shows he…
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US-India Ties: Does Trump Have a Grand Strategy?
Since the dawn of the 21st century, the US strategy has been to woo India and to build it up as a counterweight to rising China in the Indo-Pacific region. Most beltway analysts agree with this policy. However, the current Trump administration has taken significant actions, such as the imposition of 50% tariffs on India's exports to the US, that appear to defy this conventional wisdom widely shared in the West. Does President Trump have a grand strategy guiding these actions? George…
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