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Sonia Peak: Our attempt to tire the mountain-I
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Federer claims record third Hopman Cup title in dramatic fashion
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Modern technology is akin to the metaphysics of Vedanta
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Punjab, not army, owns Okara military farms, officials tell NCHR
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Pakistan asked not to interfere in intra-Afghan affairs
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British educator Geoffrey Douglas Langlands dies
By Karimullah He visited Chitral in 1989 and established Sayurge Public School later renamed after Langlands Public School and College.
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Chang’e 4 landing: China probe makes historic touchdown on far side of the moon
Lander sends back first close-up shot of previously unexplored side of the moon A Chinese spacecraft has become the first
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