Cricket’s American dream remains as USA welcomed back into ICC fold
Three years after they were kicked out, the USA have had their member status restored and a new governing body
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AWP acting president for unity of left and secular forces
Speakers pay homage to Fanoos Gujjar, vow to take forward his struggle against exploitation of oppressed people, nations Ali
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Farewell to Malik Hakmeen Khan — a ZAB loyalist, a man of character and commitment
Abandoned by senior PPP leadership after BB’s assassination, Malik Hakmeen Khan stood his ground for five long decades By Yaqoob
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Gabriel García Márquez remembers his dearest friend, Julio Cortázar
“I always thought that death itself seemed indecent to him.” By Gabriel García Márquez Mexico City, February 12th, 1994– I went to
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What do I risk losing by writing down my family’s stories in English?
Jamil Jan Kochai on traditions of Afghan oral storytelling By Jamil Jan Kochai Listen, Before I read Kipling or Faulkner or Pynchon,
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Biggest fiction bestsellers of the last 100 years
By Emily Temple As the year draws to a close, some of us like to look forward, and some of us backward—and
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Exploring Tajikistan’s one & only ski resort
By: Francis Xavier Tajikistan is one of the most mountainous countries in the world with over 50% of its land
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Siachen, the world’s highest militarized glacier
Runyu Liang This Photo Friday highlights Siachen Glacier, the world’s highest battlefield, located on the India and Pakistan border in
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Protest against disappearance of a paramedic & murder of two students
Herald Report ISLAMABAD Political and youth activists hailing from Gilgit-Baltistan staged a protest rally outside the National Press Club, Islamabad
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German court rejects case of deadly Pakistan factory fire
A German court has rejected a lawsuit from Pakistanis against German retailer KiK over responsibility for a factory fire in
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Figo, Kaka seek ‘promise’ of football in cricket-mad Pakistan
AFP KARACHI: Portuguese great Luis Figo and Brazilian star Kaka on Thursday (Jan 10) vowed to help develop the “great
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Scientists close to first sighting of black hole in the Milky Way
International team say ‘spectacular’ data hints at historic breakthrough Astronomers attempting to capture the first images of the black hole
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Nepali woman and children die in ‘menstrual hut’
REUTERS KATHMANDU (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A woman and her two sons suffocated to death in Nepal after she was
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Nepal welcomes record number of tourists in 2018
KATHMANDU Tourist arrivals in Nepal topped one million for the first time in 2018 — boosted by increased visitors from
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The costs of discrimination: How equal rights can boost economic growth
New research suggests that a more equal society is a more productive one IT IS OFTEN said that rapid social
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