Beyond Jinnah
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Business empire tied to Tajik president keeps on running
President Rahmanov’s son-in-law Shamsullo, pictured in the blue suit, controls a vast amount of wealth in Tajikistan. DUSHANBE: Three months
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Plunder and patronage in the ‘independent’ Central Asian heartland
The four brothers at the heart of the Abdukadyr family business. Photo OCCRP. Tycoon at the centre of the Kyrgyz
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Kulsoom Hazara: Pakistan’s karate superstar
Nothing is impossible for the girl who lost her parents before her 10th birthday. Her resilience has taken her from strength to strength
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Razia Sajjad Zaheer: The forgotten virtuoso of Urdu literature
By Raza Naeem Raziya Sajjad Zaheer (1917-1979), who passed away in Delhi 40 years ago today, was one of Urdu’s most
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Light in the time of disaster
Japan is the best country in the world in terms of disaster preparedness, writes Aziz Ali Dad after visiting the northeastern Oshacchi town when it was hit by a massive quake on March 11, 2011, and the ensuing tsunami
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ICC selects Nida Dar for its T20I team of the year
Herald Report Pakistan’s Nida Dar has been picked in the International Council of Cricket (ICC) Women’s T20I team of the
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GBCL season 4 kicks off with musical show
https://www.facebook.com/Azeemhunzai786/videos/2481734982072360/?t=7 Call for highlighting the importance of mountain sports, cultural diversity as mountains matter for youth By Gul Nayab
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Finnish celebrity, two others to attempt Broad peak in winter
The trio from Poland, Canada, and Finland are in Skardu to attempt the 12th highest mountain peak in the world this winter
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German climber wants to experience Everest in winter
Jost Kobusch wants to experience the highest mountain peak in the world in winter without oxygen supplement and alone.
Read MoreTabla legend Ustad Ajmal is no more
He played tabla with Noor Jahan, Mehdi Hassan Khan, Ghulam Ali, Ghulam Abbas and many more.
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Destroying Soviet architecture in Central Asia
Herald Report Soviet architecture in Central Asia, as the name tells, is a fusion of Soviet modernity with traditional Central
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Rumi – an inspiration to Pakistani poets, writers
Pakistanis are familiar with Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi – a 13th-century Sufi mystic, poet and Islamic scholar – as famous poets
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Tajik MPs approve bill legalizing stateless residents
Parliamentarians green-light bill that will legalise 20,000 stateless residents from former Soviet republics DUSHANBE: Tajik lawmakers have approved a
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Mountains matter, if you’re young, UN declares
Covering around 27 percent of the earth’s land surface, mountains play a critical role in moving the world towards sustainable economic growth
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