The View From Pakistan
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View from Dawn: The solution to Pakistan’s economic woes lie in trade with India
Pakistan seems to have shut itself off to importing both good ideas or cheap goods from its eastern neighbour.
Dawn.com
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Covid-19: As Pakistani universities moves classes online, students protest lack of internet access
Only 36.2% of the country’s population has internet access.
Ebad Ahmed
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As Karachi strives to become a ‘world-class’ city, its most vulnerable residents pay the price
In Pakistan’s largest city, thousands have been displaced by ‘anti-encroachment’ drives.
Nausheen H Anwar
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Mumbai Police give clean chit to Ajit Pawar, his wife, nephew in alleged money-laundering case
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When the Muslim poet who went on to write Pakistan’s national anthem wrote a nazm to Lord Krishna
‘Krishn Kanhaiya’ written by Hafeez Jalandhari in pre-Partition India is a testimony to the syncreticism in South Asia.
Nikhil Mandalaparthy
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Why Pakistan and China must pay heed to the growing local resistance to CPEC
Communities that are being displaced by the project are anxious – and angry.
Dr. Amiera Sawas, The Conversation & Dr Nausheen H Anwar, The Conversation
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Strangers in the house: The trouble with being Bengali, Burmese or Iranian in Karachi
It’s not easy being recognised as legal citizens of Pakistan.
Bilal Karim Mughal & Saher Baloch
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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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.
Akhtar Balouch
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Kidnapped in Karachi: A survival guide from the man who's seen it all
An interview with Jameel Yusuf, who helps families negotiate the release of abducted relatives in Pakistan's commercial capital.
Fahad Naveed