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In a significant move,China today signed a pact with Pakistan which will connect the latter’s strategically important port of Gwadar to it via rail,road and air routes. The crucial deal was inked during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to Islamabad today. China had taken over operations at the port earlier this year,a . . . →Read More:China turn towards Gwadar makes India restless While western scholars deem it necessary to permit a revolution in Pakistan,the question of whether or not we require a messiah has often boggled the intelligentsia. While nationalism and tradition hailed in Balochistan and Punjab respectively,a ghastly series of repercussions garnered results such as the killing of PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain in . . . →Read More:The Upside to Divisive Power-play  Leave a comment  Oppression,Reformers,Youth in Focus  Altaf Hussain,Altaf Hussain’s threats to Teen Talwar protestors,Balochistan,Imran Khan,killing of Zahra Shahid Hussain,MQM,political situation in Karachi,PTI,PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain killed,Punjab,revolution in Pakistan,Sindh,The Upside to Divisive Power-play,Western scholars Amidst the hue and cry about rigging in elections,the political topsy turvy and the mercury rising and crossing the boiling point,there comes good news for Pakistan. Samina Baig and her brother Mirza Ali made history by climbing the world’s highest mountain Mount Everest without using supplemental oxygen. . . . →Read More:Samina Baig and Mirza Ali,what Pakistanis need Leave a comment Achievers Amidst the hue and cry about rigging in elections,amina Baig and her brother Mirza Ali made history,Area 14/8,Baig and Ali do Pakistan proud,Nughsi and Tashi,peaceful relations,Samina Baig and Mirza Ali,the political topsy turvy and the mercury rising and crossing the boiling point,two Indian twin sisters,what Pakistanis need,world’s highest mountain Mount Everest without using supplemental oxygen SYDNEY:A Pakistani-born migrant is set to become the first Muslim woman to serve in Australia’s parliament, Voice of America reported. Mehreen Faruqi,an environmental engineer,was selected by the New South Wales Greens to fill a vacancy in the upper house of the state legislature. . . . →Read More:Pakistani-born Faruqi joins Australia’s parliament If you ever wanted a greenhouse that can literally run on remote control,then you need to talk to Waleed Bashir. Hailing from Khuzdar,this 15 year old Pakistani recently bagged the Grand Winner position,along with a gold medal,at the International Infomatrix Asia Computer Competition,held between April 18 and 21 in Almaty, . . . →Read More:Waleed Bashir wins gold at Infomatrix Competition Leave a comment Achievers 15 year old Pakistani recently bagged the Grand Winner position,Area148,first International Computer Project Olympiad,gold medal,Hailing from Khuzdar,held between April 18 and 21 in Almaty,If you ever wanted a greenhouse that can literally run on remote control,Infomatrix is an annual international computer project competition,International Infomatrix Asia Computer Competition,Kazakhstan,Waleed Bashir wins gold at Infomatrix Competition As the twin bombings hit the Boston Marathon,deadlier blasts also ripped through the densely populated Somali capital of Mogadishu. Hours after car bombs and suicide bombers killed at least 16 people outside a court complex on Sunday,another car bomb detonated and killed Turkish nationals. In Somalia,unlike Boston,there were no highly trained emergency . . . →Read More:A moment with Somalia’s Hawa Abdi Leave a comment Achievers 90.000 Lives Changed,A moment with Somalia’s Hawa Abdi,aid groups fled the country,Amy Goodman,Area 14/8,As the twin bombings hit the Boston Marathon,car bombs and suicide bombers killed at least 16 people,Hawa Abdi,killed Turkish nationals,Somali capital of Mogadishu,Somali government collapsed,violence routinely interrupts everyday life A gold bullet on top of Islamic stenciling,open sores and festering wounds,life-size sculptures of silenced men whose faces are obscured. Pakistan’s sectarian crisis has grown so acute that it is creeping into the country’s contemporary art scene,spurring young artists to question the causes and assumptions behind the violent Sunni-Shi’ite divide. . . . →Read More:Art of terror &fear Leave a comment Social Issues,Youth in Focus a diptych of a golden bullet and human heart against interwoven Islamic motifs,A gold bullet on top of Islamic stenciling,Al Qaida,Area 14/8,Art of terror &fear,Hardline Sunni groups have killed hundreds of minority Shi'ites in suicide bomb attacks and shootings,open sores and festering wounds,Religious Landscape,violent Sunni-Shi'ite divide Much of the news that comes out of Pakistan is about dictators,drones and destruction,but 31-year-old Shehrbano Saiyid is one of the few Pakistanis who is trying to change the narrative of this beleaguered nation. She recently became the first Pakistani to lead an all-female mountaineering expedition through the Shimshal range in the Northern . . . →Read More:Shehrbano Saiyid leads mountaineering expedition through the Shimshal range By Jody Williams and Leymah Gbowee In a London boardroom today –on April 10 –a new era in the longstanding fight to stop gender violence in conflict will be ushered in. Eight Foreign Ministers from the wealthiest countries around the world,the G8,will discuss conflict-related sexual violence and –if all goes according . . . →Read More:Are women ready to ‘face’ deeply engrained gender biases? Like many prodigies who have redefined the way people look at machines and the power of physics,17-year-old Javed Iqbal does not care much for elaborate theories. Rather,he has constructed scaled models of various machines from rudimentary components he has found while rummaging through garbage and scrap. . . . →Read More:Javed Iqbal exhibits 2 innovative creations Leave a comment Achievers 17-year-old Javed Iqbal does not care much for elaborate theories,Area 14/8,fully operational excavator,Javed Iqbal exhibits 2 innovative creations,micro hydel power station,modern technology,power of physics,Tucked away in the remote Borshat village of Koz Kana in Shangla district,Water and Power Development Authority | |||
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