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$1bn Saudi assistance to reach SBP tomorrow, says Umar
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Long-lost Disney film featuring Mickey Mouse's ancestor discovered in Japan
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Aamir Khan reportedly working on Bollywood version of Forrest Gump
Khan is rumoured to be playing Tom Hanks' role in the film.
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World
‘Stuff of nightmares in Yemen’: UN officials
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Regime forces seize last IS pocket in southern Syria
Air strikes by US-led coalition kill over 40 in another IS pocket.
Pence vows no end to tariffs until China bows
Pence threw down the gauntlet to China on trade and security in the region.
Blogs
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Women’s bodies and national honour in Afghanistan's cinema of borders
Women are wrought to personify notions of territory, nation and identity.
In Thar, who matters more? Coal companies or Tharis?
Tharis are subjected to acute precarity, all in the name of motherland.
THE KISHANGANGA CONUNDRUM
Pakistan won a significant legal victory in its dispute with India over the Kishanganga Project five years ago.
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Singing and dancing for money at festivities was the traditional vocation for some Sheedi women of Sindh. But it is
CRICKET: PREDICTING GLORIOUS UNCERTAINTIES
Researchers at MIT and Columbia are using machine-learning algorithms to predict cricket scores.
One of the lead
THE ICON INTERVIEW: ASIM AZHAR’S LIFE LESSONS
He’s barely 22. But going from internet sensation to mainstream pop singer and budding drama artist, ‘Pakistan’s
WIDE ANGLE: IDRIS IS EYE CANDY
Idris Elba named People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2018
THE GRAPEVINE
After a long, long time a music video has become the talk of the town. Yes, the reference is to the visual
