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WATCH: Google Shows Us How To Unite India And Pakistan In Just Three Minutes

For years, tensions between India and Pakistan have remained hostile. It seems that the people of both countries have entirely erased from their memories a time when they were one – no boundaries, no conflicts, just one c...
by Priyanka Mogul
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What’s The Modi Operandi? Potential Indo-Pakistan Relations After The Election

Two related events will come to dominate Indian politics in the coming general election year, and both lead to the same questions about India’s relationship with her northern neighbour and sister state, Pakistan. On February ...
by Christopher Cannell
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Pakistan Taliban Leader Killed: Another Drone, Another Mehsud. At What Cost?

Hakimullah Mehsud, leader of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was reported to have been killed in an American drone strike early Friday morning. According to conversations between TTP spokesmen and Pakistani news outlets, ...
by Maryyum Mehmood
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There Was Once A Wall Here…

On the water-dappled cobblestone path, which I stand upon and amidst the busy Berlin traffic, runs a narrow pebble strip. When I look to either side of this strip, life seems almost identical but our tour guide tells us otherwi...
by Abhisvara Sinha
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No Longer Silent: “Queer Pakistan”

“Please tell me, is there any doctor who can help me become straight?” This is one of the questions on the forum of the newly launched Queer Pakistan (@QueerPK) website that aims to provide support to Pakistan’s LGBT co...
by Ayesha Saldanha
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South Asia Shining in Some Ways, Suffering in Others

The countries in South Asia may be thriving economically, but the region must work together to tackle the problems of poverty, gender inequality and climate change, according to experts at the recent South Asia Economic Summit...
by Rezwan Ul
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WATCH: Pakistani TV Host Gives Away Babies on Primetime Ramadan Show

A TV presenter in Pakistan is under fire for giving away abandoned babies to childless couples on his hit religious quiz show. Televangelist Dr. Amir Liaquat Hussain has gifted two babies so far during the month of Ramadan, ...
by Salman Latif
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Pak Votes 2013: Cheer up, PTI!

A day before the elections, I joined the PTI crowd gathered in front of the parliament to sing to the tunes to Jazba-e-Junoon. It was an appropriate song. There was junoon everywhere. We have always been a highly political na...
by Pak Votes
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Pak Votes 2013: A Fall To Grace

“It is Khan’s time to bask in the limelight. It is his time to receive warm wishes and the love of a country that he has given so much to.” It’s playing out like an episode from a gritty political drama. The lea...
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