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Opinion of leading think tanks appearing in Hindustan Times and other newspapers on myriad of topics, including politics, society, sports, environment, economy, etc.
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Islamabad, May 25 -- RELATIONS between the European Union (EU) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are finally picking up much-needed momentum....
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Islamabad, May 25 -- The PML-N swept the polls and won a resounding victory in the recent general election, taking an absolute majority of national assembly seats and that of Punjab Province. The PML-N got the best result because of their Punjab government performance during the last five years. At Federal and Punjab level, PML-N will form the government with 35...
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Islamabad, May 25 -- The nice thing about not being rich is that you really couldn't care less if the dollar slips, stumbles or does the tango. And if the Wall Street mandarins want to balloon shares and make the stock prices reach the moon so what, you haven't a single piece of paper in any company, blue chipped or gilt edged. I was seventeen when I figured out...
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Islamabad, May 25 -- Final date (31 December 2014) for completion of withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan is approaching fast. US President Obama is firm on completion of withdrawal of major number of troops although it has not yet been announced how many troops will be left behind to support Afghan National Army to maintain security in the post...
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Islamabad, May 25 -- ONCE the froth has settled, substantive soul-searching must take place both among those who lost and those victorious in the 2013 general election....
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Islamabad, May 25 -- TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan has welcomed Mian Nawaz Sharif's call for peace to the TTP, adding that high command will be informed about it for further action. The nation, however, is divided over the issue of peace talks, 40000 people including men, women and children and more than 6000 military personnel have been killed; and negotiating with...
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Islamabad, May 25 -- A NUMBER of senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leaders have died of violent causes in a city which in the last two decades has seen frequent bouts of bloodshed....
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Islamabad, May 25 -- Load-shedding the word which is fearful for the common people of Pakistan. How long will we live with load shedding? Will the next government be able to fix the problem during its term? I have no doubt the manifestos of different political parties dealt with in great detail. They all have well meaning and lofty plans of increasing generation...
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Islamabad, May 25 -- THE United States is just beginning to realise some age-old truths on the exercise of diplomacy and the use of force....
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India, May 24 -- Congress vice President Rahul Gandhi has warned Congressmen that he would come down with a heavy hand if he finds party activists indulging in factionalism. Addressing workers at the Delhi Pradesh Congress headquarters, he went on to state that he was not soft like his mother and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and shall therefore not tolerate...
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