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South Asia
Ruling party-nominated Mamnoon Hussain elected as Pakistan’s new President
Pakistani lawmakers elected a textile businessman who briefly served as the governor of southern Sindh province as the country’s next president Tuesday, the election commission chief said, a result that was widely expected. The election of Mamnoon Hussain, nominated by the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N party, followed a late night…
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Over 250 inmates escape from central jail in Pakistan after armed Taliban’s attack
Prison guards said Tuesday that they were totally overwhelmed when around 150 heavily armed Taliban fighters staged a late-night attack on their jail in northwest Pakistan, freeing over 250 prisoners including over three dozen suspected militants. It was the second such attack by the Taliban on a prison in the…
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The role of Provincial Women Development Councils in Afghanistan
Since 2001, integrating gender sensitivity into national policy making and implementation has taken the centre stage for most development initiatives in Afghanistan. A chain of developments focusing on enhancing the role and contribution of Afghan women towards national development has underscored the relevance of mainstreaming gender into the national development…
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Nepal’s mountaineer Serchan tries to regain Mt. Everest Record at 83
Kathmandu: An octogenarian Nepali mountaineer, whose Guinness World Record as the oldest man to conquer Mt. Everest, the highest peak of the world, was breached by a Japanese octogenarian in May this year, is planning to climb the peak again in Spring next year. Onetime Guinness World Record holder octogenarian…
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Sri Lankans urges Indian gov’t not to interfere with their internal affairs
A protestor holds a placard with a photograph of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a protest by Federation of National Organizations, a collective of nationalistic groups, outside the Indian High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 29, 2013. The protestors urged India not to interfere in Sri Lanka’s…
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Indian artists perform in Hindu goddess Kali costume during Bonalu folk festival
Indian security men watch artists dressed like Hindu goddess Kali perform during Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, India, Monday, July 29, 2013. Bonalu is a Hindu folk festival of the Telangana region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mahesh Kumar A.> An Indian artist dressed like Hindu goddess Kali…
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Bangladeshi hill region turns into ‘death valley’: Tribesmen accuse Santu Larma
Bangladesh’s much talked about Chittagong Hill Tract peace treaty signed in 1997 between the then government of Sheikh Hasina and Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) led by Santu Larma have been failing to bring peace in the hills. Apart from the conflict between the Hillmen and the settler Bengali…
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People gather at train derailment scene in eastern Pakistan, at least 3 dead
People gather at a derailed train in eastern Pakistan’s Gujranwala on July 25, 2013. At least three people were killed and several others injured when a train derailed here on Thursday, local media reported. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Stringer> Rescuers remove a body from the train accident site in eastern Pakistan’s Gujranwala on July…
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Tracing history of Buddhism in Sindh
I had always found myself very close to Buddhism. May be it was because we Sindhis (natives of Sindh, the land of great Indus civilization, now a province of Pakistan) are by nature Sufis (Mysticism) believing in inter-faith harmony, brotherhood, non-violence and wishing best for progress and prosperity of the…
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Pakistan’s presidential candidates submit nomination papers for July 30 election
Candidates for election to the office of the President in Pakistan Wednesday submitted nomination papers that marks formal beginning of the process for the presidential elections. The elections were previously scheduled to be held on August 6, however, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan to…
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