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Akhtar Balouch
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Contrary to popular belief, Karachi's Wazir Mansion was probably not Jinnah's birthplace
There are contradictory claims about Mohammad Ali Jinnah's date and place of birth.
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Only traces remain of a once-active Arya Samaj Organisation in Karachi
The temples in the compound are now used as kindergarten schools and just a few plaques indicate its history.
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The beheading of Udhaw Das: How a philanthropist's statue in Pakistan invited the ire of zealots
After Partition, the statue of Das, who started a hospital in Shikarpur, became the target of repeated attacks.
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Forgotten heroes: Searching for the Dinshaws of Karachi
They gave Karachi hospitals, schools and colleges. The only thing Karachi gave the Parsi philanthropists in exchange for their favours, one writer said, were statues.
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Has Pakistan been celebrating its Independence Day on the wrong date?
Pakistan appeared on the world map on August 15, 1947 – like India. So why does it celebrate its independence a day earlier?
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