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PTI and JUI-F Losses in By-polls; Musharraf Indictment; Inaction Against Terrorists 26 Aug 2013 | 08:45 am
Last week in Pakistan was eventful. By-elections were held. Former President Pervez Musharraf was indicted. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addressed the nation and laid out his plans. Pakistan By-elect...
India Suffers Rapid Loss of Investor Confidence 25 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Plummeting Indian rupee is the most obvious symptom of the world losing confidence in India. The crisis of confidence is so great that Jim O'Neill, former Goldman Sachs executive whose BRIC acronym ma...
US Investigating Microsoft Bribery in Pakistan's Punjab 22 Aug 2013 | 10:20 am
Executives of Microsoft Pakistan are facing allegations of bribery in Punjab, a violation of US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Reports in US media indicate that an unnamed provincial minister ...
Harvard Genetics Study Finds Most Indians Are Not Indigenous 22 Aug 2013 | 04:13 am
"To keep up the purity of the Race and its culture, Germany shocked the world by her purging the country of the Semitic races -- the Jews. Race pride at its highest has been manifested here. Germany h...
Critics: Muslims Have Few Nobel Prizes; Muslims Are Killing Muslims 17 Aug 2013 | 07:26 am
Are today's Muslims fratricidal low-achievers? Are Muslims unique in their lack of achievement and propensity for fratricidal violence? Are there other religious and racial groups which share these tr...
Border Skirmishes Mar 67th Independence Day Celebrations in India and Pakistan 14 Aug 2013 | 12:42 am
India and Pakistan are preparing to observe their 67th Independence Anniversary amid growing tensions at the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region. The current dangerous escalation betw...
Eid Mubarak; Please Don't Forget Terror Victims 7 Aug 2013 | 10:54 am
Thousands have died in terror attacks around the world since last Eid-ul-Fitr. They are no longer with us. Tens of thousands have been orphaned, widowed or left disabled with serious bodily or brain i...
Muslim Santa Claus Commercializes Ramadan in Pakistan 5 Aug 2013 | 10:51 am
"At Christmas there's Santa Claus to give everyone gifts, it's important for Christians. For us Ramadan is a really special time so it's really important to make people happy and reward them." Aamer L...
Is Imran Khan Presumed Guilty by Pakistani Supreme Court Judges? 4 Aug 2013 | 11:47 am
"Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" asked Joseph N. Welch in responding to the accusatory US Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1950s as part of the Army–McCa...
Shale Revolution Poses Threat to Saudi Economy, Power and Influence? 31 Jul 2013 | 08:26 am
The rise of the West was driven by the Industrial Revolution beginning in the 18th century. It has since been fueled by fossil fuels--initially coal and later with oil and gas. Coal was indigenous in ...
