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Shehbaz Sharif voted in as Pakistan's prime minister for second time: ISLAMABAD: Shehbaz Sharif was voted in on Sunday (Mar 3) as Pakistan's prime minister for a ...
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Shehbaz Sharif voted in as Pakistan's prime minister for second time
Quick Glance: Sharif New Premier of Pakistan Amid Allegations of Election Fraud
  • Pakistan's National Assembly elected Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister, despite Imran Khan's allies alleging rigging.

  • Sharif won with 201 votes, defeating Omar Ayub who got 92 votes.

  • Khan, imprisoned and barred from office, was replaced by Sharif after a no-confidence vote.

  • Sharif emphasized reconciliation and economic challenges, while Khan's party continues to protest alleged vote-rigging.
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How did the Ottoman caliphate come to an end?: It's 100 years since Turkey's Grand National Assembly abolished the 1,300-year old caliphate on 3 March 1924 ...
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How did the Ottoman caliphate come to an end?
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Afghan politician Shukria Barakzai’s life changed when she was violently attacked by the Taliban as a young woman, fueling her commitment to human rights ... Show more
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Ahead of Feb. 8 elections, no break from dynastic politics in southwest Pakistan: QUETTA: For many like 38-year-old Mohammad Abid Hayat from the Pakistan ...
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Ahead of Feb. 8 elections, no break from dynastic politics in southwest ...
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#BangkokPost : Pakistan is politically on the brink again in the aftermath of fractious but inconclusive national parliamentary elections ... Show more
Quick Glance: Old Guard Upset by Imran Khan's Victory in Punjab
  • Jailed former PM's allies weaken incoming coalition

  • Shehbaz Sharif to lead government with traditional parties

  • Voters support PTI over old dynastic parties

  • PTI's win changes Pakistan's political landscape
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How the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Strengthened Pakistan’s Military Deep State
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How the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Strengthened Pakistan’s Military ...
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In China-ally Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif vs PTI battleground, uncertainty, apathy and strong-arm tactics collide
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In China-ally Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif vs PTI battleground, uncertainty ...
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Balisier House: The People’s House: When, 69 years ago, young Trinidad Oxford University scholar Dr Eric Eustace Williams relinquished his distinguished tenure ...
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Balisier House: The People’s House
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Opinion: Let Young MPs Light Up This "Deep, Dark Chamber": These young colleagues of mine have entered Rajya Sabha with a great amount of hope and ...
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Opinion: Let Young MPs Light Up This "Deep, Dark Chamber"
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How the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Strengthened Pakistan’s Military Deep State
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Security Breach Rocks Indian Parliament on Terror Attack Anniversary: Intrusion into Indian parliament raises echoes of a deadly 2001 attack.
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Security Breach Rocks Indian Parliament on Terror Attack Anniversary
Quick Glance: Lok Sabha Security Breach: Opposition Calls for Investigation
  • December 13, 2023, marked by a troubling security breach reminiscent of the 2001 terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament.

  • Two intruders jumped into the Lok Sabha, releasing colored smoke and a gaseous substance, prompting demands for answers and a review of security measures.

  • Congress MP Karti Chidambaram described the breach as a serious security issue, especially on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack.

  • Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla confirmed the detention of the intruders and seizure of the materials they carried.
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Nigeria spends about N3 billion to send govt officials to COP28: Nigerians, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet, have been outraged by the size of the ...
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Nigeria spends about N3 billion to send govt officials to COP28
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Iteso cultural prime minister resigns: Omome said he tendered in his resignation letter on Thursday November 23, 2023 after informing Emolot a month ago.
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Iteso cultural prime minister resigns
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‘The school is like a light for me:’ The secret classrooms giving Afghan girls a chance to learn despite Taliban rules
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‘The school is like a light for me:’ The secret classrooms giving Afghan ...
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Terror threat to China ‘is challenge to our own’, Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership pledges to Beijing in apparent first
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Terror threat to China ‘is challenge to our own’, Afghanistan’s Taliban ...
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Julia Parsi: Taliban authorities are said to have arrested well-known women's rights activist
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Julia Parsi: Taliban authorities are said to have arrested well-known ...
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Explained | Anwaar-ul Haq Kakar established as Pakistans caretaker PM. Why it matters?
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Quick Glance: Profile: Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar - Who is He?
  • Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, the new caretaker prime minister of Pakistan, is a political figure from Balochistan.

  • Kakar was elected to the Senate in 2018 and has been an active politician from Balochistan.

  • Mir stated that the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) lawmaker belongs to the Kakar tribe of Pashtun ethnicity, representing both Pashtuns and Balochs.

  • The senator also has good ties with mainstream political parties, including PML-N and PPP.
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The Taliban in Afghanistan have banned girls over 10 years old from attending school. Former MP Shukria Barakzai says girls under 10 are also impacted: “If ... Show more
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As Govt fetes ‘House journey of 75 yrs’, a preview: LS is ageing, asking fewer questions, passing fewer Bills
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Imran Khan’s Many Missed Opportunities: Khan missed the chance to make his support base democratic and republican – and thereby transform himself into a true ...
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Imran Khan’s Many Missed Opportunities
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Guest Post: When the West Talks to the Taliban: Are Afghan women's rights being sacrificed again at the negotiating table? Austrian feminist and author Edit ...
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Guest Post: When the West Talks to the Taliban
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After the takeover, there is lack of civic space for women. The brutality of Taliban from August 2021 till 2023 is just increasing ... Show more
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After fleeing Taliban rule, many Afghans struggle to resettle, worry for those back home
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After fleeing Taliban rule, many Afghans struggle to resettle ...
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Continuing with hasty legislation amid ceremonial opposition by its allies, the outgoing coalition government on Wednesday got approval of 12 more bills — ... Show more
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"Perhaps, the PML-N knows something we don’t but its confidence does not seem to be ebbing; with two weeks to go before the National Assembly is dissolved ... Show more
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U.N. Warns Afghan Humanitarian Crisis Still Urgent as Taliban Expands Crackdown on Women’s Rights
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U.N. Warns Afghan Humanitarian Crisis Still Urgent as Taliban Expands ...
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Recharge and refresh with NHK WORLD-JAPAN's Podcast series VISION VIBES. Also available on Apple and Google podcast apps. Click here to listen to Podcast 🎧 ... Show more
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French Secularism Leaves Little Room for Religion: How the country came to view religion as a threat to national identity
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French Secularism Leaves Little Room for Religion
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Chief of Army Staff Gen Syed Asim Munir acknowledged on Friday that a strategy to engage with terrorists had allowed them to regroup in the tribal areas ... Show more

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Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers that Islamabad will strike terrorist hideouts inside the neighbouring country if the ... Show more

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“They have become worse than who they were 20 years back.”

Afghan politician and women's rights activist Fawzia Koofi tells Alex Thomson the ... Show more

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Equality in Afghanistan is unfortunately a far-off dream: Fawzia Koofi: Fawzia Koofi was one of the few female members of the government team tasked with ...
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Equality in Afghanistan is unfortunately a far-off dream: Fawzia Koofi
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Taliban kill top Islamic State commander in Afghanistan: Taliban forces killed Qari Fateh, the regional IS "intelligence and operations chief" ...
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Taliban kill top Islamic State commander in Afghanistan
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Central Asian Universities Enrolling Afghan Women Amid Taliban College Ban: A group of young Afghan women have arrived in Central Asia to study at local ...
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Central Asian Universities Enrolling Afghan Women Amid Taliban College Ban
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'Glimmer Of Hope': Afghan Women Turn To Virtual Learning Amid Education Ban, But Obstacles Remain
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'Glimmer Of Hope': Afghan Women Turn To Virtual Learning Amid Education ...
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'Our Situation Is Terrible': Ex-Afghan Military Officers Stuck In Limbo In India: Hundreds of Afghan military officers were sent to India for training in 2021 ...
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'Our Situation Is Terrible': Ex-Afghan Military Officers Stuck In Limbo In ...
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'Arrested And Beaten': Afghan Professor's Protest Against Taliban's Education Ban On Women Lands Him In...
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'Arrested And Beaten': Afghan Professor's Protest Against Taliban's ...
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Man defrauded mother... to spend thousands on sex workers: A man defrauded his own mother out of thousands of pounds so he could spend it on sex workers.
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Man defrauded mother... to spend thousands on sex workers
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“They have literally erased women, there is nothing left except that the next edict might be that women should not breathe ... Show more
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"Stone Age": Taliban ban women from studying at universities: The Taliban continue to restrict women's rights. The Afghan women's rights activist Koofi locates a ...
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#144Stories : An intelligent and determined woman, Hafsa Khush began working at the Army Public School in 2013. Just a year later on December 16 ... Show more

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Cultural leaders petition Alupo over Emorimor: Mr Alloch said after the demise of Augustine Lemukol Osuban, the Emorimor of Iteso, a clique of people led by Mr ...
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Cultural leaders petition Alupo over Emorimor
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Afghanistan: a former parliamentarian denounces the policy of erasing women: The ruling Taliban in Afghanistan "erases women from public life" ...
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The Taliban administration in Afghanistan has publicly executed a man accused of murder

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Here are your Boys' Champions at the WTT Youth Contender Jezzine! 🇱🇧🏆

U11🏅- Faraz Shakiba 🇮🇷
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Women's Rights in Afghanistan: Wave of Arrests: The Taliban are cracking down on women in Afghanistan. Those who protest are arrested, and access to education is ...
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Women's Rights in Afghanistan: Wave of Arrests