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https://www.dawn.com/news/1451856/25pc-increase-in-refusals-recorded-during-anti-polio-drive-in-islamabad ISLAMABAD: After a campaign launched against polio vaccinations on social media, a 25pc increase in refusals was recorded during the recent polio campaign in the federal capital, which...

Ahead of the Badami Bagh cantonment Chalo mach, Police on Monday did not allow Hurriyat (G) Conference chairman, Syed Ali Geelani to come out of his residence as they had sealed the main gate of his residence from outside. The Hurriyat spokesman said that police also arrested many Hurriyat...

SRINAGAR: Army is tight lipped over seven casualties suffered by Pakistan army in Bhimber area of Nowshera sector in Rajouri distrct of Jammu and Kashmir last evening. “Nothing is clear yet,” army’s Northern command spokesman Colonel N N Joshi said. He said there was a ceasefire violation in...

How States and Union Territories in India got their name? April 3, 2013 by Ramandeep Kaur India is a multilingual country and it is clearly visible in the name of its states, since most of the names are in the states native language. Also many of the states have their origin in Sanskrit words...

India is believed to have run into difficulties in its negotiations with France over the cost price of 36 Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft, which it agreed to procure after a bilateral summit in Paris on 10 April, industry sources said. The sources said differences had emerged in recent weeks...

Hockey fans around the world would have circled 26 June, 2015 on their calendar as soon as the Hockey World League semifinals schedule was released, as India and Pakistan were set to lock horns against one another at Antwerp, Belgium. The anticipation has already built up for this mega match...

Japanese major SoftBank is planning to invest roughly USD 20 billion for 20 GW solar projects. However, SoftBank's founder chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son says he will keep the commitment as long as the project makes business sense. The timeline of the investment will depend on regulatory...

JAMMU: Pakistani Rangers on Monday violated the ceasefire twice by firing on border out posts along the International Border in R S Pura sector of Jammu district. The Rangers fired on two separate BOPs along the IB in R S Pura at 1am and 3am, a senior BSF officer said. BSF troops retaliated...

Learning the lessons: 11 years of drones in Pakistan ESTHER KERSLEY 19 June 2015 The case of Pakistan, after a decade long drone war, shows how the appeal of drones as a “cost free” form of warfare is misguided. London: Imran Khan's Pakistan Movt. for Justice protests against US drone strikes...

CAIRO - The leading Sunni Muslim seat of learning, Al-Azhar, condemned China Friday for imposing restriction on fasting in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region during the holy month of Ramazan. China has banned civil servants, students and teachers in Xinjiang from fasting during Ramazan which...

Islamabad, May 24 (IANS) A Pakistani security personnel was killed in an attack by a group of militants in the Bajaur tribal region on Sunday, officials in the area said. They said dozens of heavily armed militants attacked a border security post at Ghakhi Pass along the border with...

With reference to a news item in a section of the media that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may fly in a Rafale at Aero India, the Defence Ministry on Saturday clarified that there is no plan for the former to fly in any fighter jet. "The news item is incorrect, misconceived and is not based on...

Russia has drawn up a proposal to create a new space station for the BRICS group of emerging economies that could be presented at the organization's five-nation summit this year, the TASS news agency reported Tuesday, citing a copy of the document. The proposal was crafted by Russia's...

New Delhi, Jan 25: India and the US today renewed an enhanced Defence Framework Agreement for the next ten years and identified four key “pathfinder projects” for joint development and production including the next generation Raven mini UAVs and specialised kits for C-130 military transport...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday said Indian hype over bail of the alleged master mind of Mumbai attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was unnecessary and condemnable. Addressing a weekly news conference here Thursday, Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Tasneem Aslam that it is very disappointing that...

Pakistani think tank reports that 153 people were killed in 25 U.S. drone strikes in 2014 World Bulletin/News Desk At least 153 people have been killed in 25 U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan’s restless tribal belt in 2014, according to figures from a Pakistan-based think tank. The Pakistan...

Pakistan today summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner and lodged a protest over the ceasefire violations allegedly by India in which some Pakistan Rangers were killed. Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh was called to the Foreign Office here and given a note verbale by the Pakistani Foreign...

10. It Doesn’t Value Creativity 
 
The average person, as George Carlin once observed, is not particularly good at anything. The perfect job for such a person is on the assembly line. But regardless of the governments under which we live, we all have different aspirations. Some people are...

Hindutva - BJP's victory suggests rise in hindutva forces. Is it the greatest threat to our country? Secularism - we all know how right wingers associate secularism to minority appeasement. Can this type of "ultra secularism" be threat to our country? Separatism - The most high profile...