Bank deposits record slowest growth in decade
KARACHI: Deposit growth of the banking system stalled in 2018 despite one of the largest interest hikes of 4.25 per
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Twenty Chinese school children wounded in hammer attack
Reuters BEIJING: A Chinese man attacked at least 20 young children at a Beijing primary school with a hammer on
Read MoreIndia win first ever Test series in Australia
AFP SYDNEY: Virat Kohli´s dominant India reinforced their status as the world´s number one team by winning a historic first-ever
Read MoreBritish PM May faces uphill battle as MPs gather for debate
Martin Farrer brings the best news from the Guardian this Monday morning. It might be the new year, but it’s
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The year in patriarchy: from Kavanaugh’s fury to Serena Williams’s catsuit
Arwa Mahdawi From pop culture to politics, 2018 was a year of extraordinary firsts for women. But the past year
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Scientists are trying to alter memories to treat drug addiction
Environmental cues can trigger powerful memories of substance use. What happens when those memories are disrupted? Lauren Aguirre This fall,
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Mrinal Sen: The director who believed that viewers must be ‘moved to action’
The legendary Bengali filmmaker has died in Kolkata at the age of 95. He was a winner of the Dada
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Australia v India: Tourists win by 137 runs in Melbourne to take 2-1 lead into final Test
BBC India saw off Australia by 137 runs in the third Test in Melbourne to take a 2-1 lead in
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North Korea’s Kim vows more summits with South next year: Seoul
AFP North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed to meet the South’s President Moon Jae-in “frequently” next year to discuss denuclearisation
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Centuries-old Mayfang festival kept alive in Baltistan
By Farman Baltistani Artists of Tibet Arts Council present a traditional dance with burning sticks in their hands during
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Naltar, Malam Jabba ready for winter sports extravaganza
HAH Report The winter resort of Naltar in Gilgit-Baltistan and the enchanting ski slopes of Malam Jabba in Swat have
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Syrian army enters Manbij in new alliance with Kurds
Syrian troops deployed in support of Kurdish forces around a strategic northern city on Friday, in a shift of alliances
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Best Books on Central Asia in 2018
HAH Report New publications on Central Asia have appeared in genres ranging from history—The Rise and Fall of Khokand, 1709-1876
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Call for awareness, policy steps and change in patriarchal mindset to curb child sexual abuse
HAH Report Social and rights activists as well as researchers have called upon the Gilgit-Baltistan government to take
Read MoreActivists for task force to enroll 12m out of school girls
HAH Report Islamabad: Education activists Thursday joined forces to call for the urgent convening of a national Girls’ Education
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