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 Voters' choice |
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Nasim Ahmed |
Pakistani voters have spoken and given their verdict which is more or less on the same pattern as predicted by many pre-poll surveys.
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| Trying times ahead |
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Tahira Mansoor |
Election results took everyone by surprise. The PML-N won beyond expectations, perhaps on account of its better management of the Punjab. The ANP was routed in KPK. The PPP and the MQM retained their mandate in Sindh, despite gross governance.
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| National/Politics |
| Elections 2013 as a catalyst |
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Raza Khan |
Pakistanis scaled the political Mount Everest on May 11, when they came out in large numbers to vote for the next federal and provincial governments in the first-ever constitutional transition of power from one elected government to another. According to the...
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| PTI tsunami comes in KP only |
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The much-promised electoral tsunami of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan which he foretold would sweep the whole of Pakistan, could only occur in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.
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| Bringing FATA into the national mainstream |
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Numerous research studies have proved that poverty is the root cause of extremism and terrorism. A poor and hungry person has nothing to lose and in a state of desperation would risk his very life...
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| Elections: implications, hopes and fears |
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Pakistan is moving slowly towards a stable political system. The May 11 elections, in which the PML-N achieved a thumping victory and the PTI emerged as the second largest party in the country,...
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| Elections throw up new challenges |
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The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is set to form the governments in Pakistan, and in the largest province of the Punjab after it emerged as the biggest party in the general elections.
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| Consequences of Western intransigence in nuclear diplomacy with Iran |
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Hillary Mann Leverett and Flynt Leverett
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If Washington recognised Iran's right to enrich, a nuclear deal with Tehran could be reached in a matter of weeks. As long as Washington refuses to do this, no substantial agreement will be possible.
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| International |
| Are we all Muslim now? Assata Shakur and the Terrordome |
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Sohail Daulatzai |
Assata Shakur is now a Muslim. Well, she didn't actually convert to Islam. But in the eyes of the United States government where "terrorism" and threats to the state have become synonymous...
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| An Arabism cookbook: Helping refugees to help themselves |
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Andres Barkil-Oteo |
UNICEF recently announced that the war-worn Syrian population faces the possibility that a new "lost generation" of children may result from the current stressful environment,...
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| Prosecuting neo-Nazi racism in German trial |
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Hilal Elver |
This week, a highly controversial, potentially traumatic and definitely historic court hearing is starting in the Higher Regional Court of Munich: the trial of a neo-Nazi group, members of the...
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| US' healthy path to fiscal health |
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Laura Tyson |
Over the last five years, the growth of health care spending in the US has slowed dramatically - to the lowest rate in the past 50 years. The slowdown is not a surprise. It is a predictable result of the recession and slow recovery that have left millions of Americans without health insurance and dampened household spending.
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| Education |
| Restoring peace through a book, not a gun |
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Dr. Zaheer Ahmad Babar |
A good omen for education in Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the tribal areas: the Pakistan Army has launched a number of educational projects for the youth during the past....
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| Agriculture |
| Achieving equality |
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Shahid Khalil |
Inclusive growth is an unfinished agenda of economic equality that very often has been elusive especially in developing countries. However, in the past 50 years, there are examples of the countries that have succeeded in weaving elements of inclusive growth into a self-reinforcing process.
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| Sports |
It's all about IPL's 2013 flop stars
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Talha Tufail Bajwa |
The 6th edition of the lengthy Indian Premier League (IPL) is heading towards its end. Till the filing of this report on May 12, 61 matches...
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| Book Review |
Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield |
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Stephen King |
Today's intelligence community faces challenges that would have been inconceivable only a dozen years ago. Just as al-Qaeda s destruction of the Twin Towers heralded...
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| Women |
| Women driving in Saudia; forever a thorny issue |
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It is narrated that a semiliterate man liked the phrase "of course" the first time he heard it so he started using it whenever possible. So he would go to the grocery shop and tell the seller: "Give me yoghurt, gum and of course matches."
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| Health
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Coca-Cola is set to become more transparent about the calorie count displayed on the labels of its soft drinks and also implement steps to promote exercise in the light of growing health consciousness amongst consumers worldwide.
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| How aerobic exercise helps lower breast cancer risk |
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Aerobic exercise influences the way our bodies break down estrogens to produce more of the 'good' metabolites that lower breast cancer risk, according to a new research.
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Coolant leak found in International Space Station
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Astronauts on the International Space Station have discovered a leak of ammonia coolant on their orbiting habitat, and NASA is looking into the problem.
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Dead stars give a glimpse of what the Sun will look in future
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Scientists have studied two dead stars, which they say are giving us a glimpse as to how our Solar System might look like a few billion years from now.
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| Showbiz |
Gwyneth Paltrow names Miranda Kerr 'best-dressed celebrity' at Met Gala
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Gwyneth Paltrow thinks Miranda Kerr was the best-dressed celebrity to walk the red carpet at this year's Met Gala.
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Simon Cowell wants Cheryl Cole to return on X Factor USA
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Former Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole's brunette hairstyle is the most copied hairdo in Britain, reveals a new poll.
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Beyoncé splurged 17,000 pounds to thank crew
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Singer Beyoncé Knowles treated her crew who worked with her during The O2.
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Fan of classic looks, Sonam Kapoor imitated Madhubala's sari
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As the Indian Cinema celebrates 100 years of its existence Bollywood actress and fashionista Sonam Kapoor shared her love for the classic look and said she copied legendary Madhubala's sari from a song for an event.
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Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev split?
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Actor Ian Somerhalder has reportedly split with girlfriend, actress Nina Dobrev.
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| Art |
| More 'likes' than the Louvre: Tiny museum shows rise of Saudi art |
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If Facebook is the ultimate popularity test, then the most famous art institute on the planet is not in Paris, New York or London.
It's a tiny gallery hidden on the fifth floor of a nondescript building in Amsterdam.
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