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How Would Trump's Plan to Bar Muslims Impact Pakistanis & Pakistani-Americans?
Leading Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has called for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is...
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Pakistan PPP GDP Nears Trillion Dollar Mark in 2015
Pakistan's PPP GDP is nearing trillion US$ mark in 2015, according to the latest figures available from the International Monetary Fund.Nominal GDP based on current exchange rates is reported at $270...
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India's Hindu Nationalists Going Global
India's top Hindu Nationalist group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has gone global with shakhas (branches) in 39 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom and several Islamic middle...
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Quaid-e-Azam M.A. Jinnah Drew Inspiration From Prophet Mohammad's Life
An ongoing debate about the true vision of Pakistan's founder flares up every year around Quaid-e-Azam's Birthday that coincides this year with Eid Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Muhammad...
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Pakistan Ranked Among World's Top 5 Nations For Promoting Financial Inclusion
When people in need of money go to unscrupulous and unregulated moneylenders, they usually get trapped in mounting debts at exorbitant interest rates. In developing nations like India and Pakistan,...
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Pakistan VIP Culture's Young Victim; Trump's Muslim Ban; PTI's Lodhran Win;...
Why did a 10-month old have to die for PPP co-chairman Bilawal Bhutto? Who's to blame for the excesses of Pakistan's VIP culture? Is the entire nation responsible for cheapening of lives in the...
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E-Commerce: Cow Dung Sales Hot on Amazon and eBay in India
Cow patties -- cow poop mixed with hay and dried in the sun, made mainly by Indian women in rural area -- are among the hottest selling items by online retailers including Amazon and eBay in India,...
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Pakistan Year 2015 in Review
A Happy, Peaceful and Prosperous New Year to all my readers.The year 2015 turned out to be a good year for Pakistan with the return of general optimism among businessmen, investors and consumers....
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UAE Eyes Pakistan's Dasht River Water in Balochistan
A top UAE businessman has proposed building a 500 kilometer long pipeline to bring Pakistan's Dasht River water from the Makran coast to Fujaira for United Arab Emirates' water security.Water-scarce...
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Pakistan Ranked Among World's Top 10 Most Optimistic Nations
The results of the 2015 WIN/Gallup International survey of 68 countries across the globe show Pakistan ranking 5th on economic optimism and 10th on overall optimism.The World Bank reporting the...
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Pathankot Attack; India-Pakistan Ties; Iran-Saudi Conflict; China Market Crash
Who’s responsible for the terrorist attack on Indian Air Force base in Pathankot? Is it Pakistani state? Or the same non-state actors who have attacked 30+ military installations in Pakistan? How will...
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Pathankot Aftermath; CPEC Route Discord; Improving US-Iran Ties; Jakarta Terror
How are India and Pakistan handling the aftermath of Pathankot terror attack? Will India-Pakistan dialog be sustained to improve ties?What is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) controversy all...
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Dalit Death Shines Light on India's Caste Apartheid
"Democracy in India is only a top dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic"Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Father of India's ConstitutionWhat Dr. Ambedkar said decades ago about the...
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Terror at Bacha Khan U; Pakistan & China Leaders Visit Iran & Saudi Arabia
Who attacked Bacha Khan University in Charsadda? Is this a failure of Pakistan’s anti-terror campaign? Or just a phase of Pakistan’s campaign to end terror? How long will it take to prevent such...
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Pak-China Defense Tech Ties "Irk West"
Growing defense collaboration between China and Pakistan irks the West, according to a report in the UK's Financial Times newspaper. The paper specifically cites joint JF-17 Thunder fighter jet, armed...
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Pakistan's Response to Climate Change
Pakistan has made only a small contribution to climate change through carbon emissions. And yet, it counts among the dozen or so nations considered most vulnerable to its damaging effects. These...
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Taliban Target Pak Education; PPP-MQM Karachi Conflict; Pak Foreign Sec in...
Why did the Pakistan Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif feel compelled to announce his unwillingness to accept service extension beyond November 2016? How will it impact the Army’s ongoing anti-terror...
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India on CPEC; Obama’s Mosque Visit; Start of US Presidential Primaries
How does India feel about China-Pakistan Economic Corridor called CPEC? Is Modi government involved in disrupting CPEC? Is insurgency in Balochistan a part of Indian efforts to sabotage China’s short...
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Headley Testimony in India; PIA Strike in Pakistan; Islamophobia in New...
Why did Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley (aka Daood Gilani) testify in an Indian Court via video link from a US prison? Why did he implicate Pakistan’s ISI and India’s Ishrat Jahan? Why did the...
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Massive Anti-Modi Student Protests Spreading Fast Across India
Students across India are rallying against Modi government's attacks on academic freedoms. Massive protests were triggered when the Modi government arrested Kahaiya Kumar, the student union president...
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Can Pakistan Use Qatar LNG Price Leverage For Better Iran Gas Deal?
Pakistan has recently negotiated a good bargain with Qatar for importing $16 billion worth of liquified natural gas (LNG).Pakistan will import as much as 20 million tons of the super-chilled gas...
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Tarek Fatah vs Riaz Haq on India, Pakistan and Muslims
Tarek Fatah, Canadian Muslim writer and broadcaster, and Riaz Haq, a Pakistani-American blogger, debate the following:In a 2013 interview with Times of India, Tarek Fatah said, “Pakistan will soon...
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Understanding the Trump Phenomenon in America
Donald Trump, a political novice, has stunned the world with a string of successes in Republican primaries to become the leading candidate for the GOP (Grand Old Party, aka Republican Party) nomination...
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Pakistanis Sent $5 Billion to Relatives in India in 2015
Pakistanis sent nearly $5 billion to help their relatives in India in 2015, according to data released by the World Bank. This makes Pakistan the 4th largest source of foreign remittances to India,...
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Obama Honors Pakistani-American With Nation's Top Technology Medal
President Obama has honored Dr. Mark Salman Humayun of Pakistani origin with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at a White House ceremony recently, according to a USC Eye Institute press...
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