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Why Pakistani Men Prefer The Army

What drives Pakistani men to join its military, despite the toll it takes on them? IMAGE: A Pakistani soldier salutes during the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad. Photograph: Saiyna......

Short life of LeT terrorists: They join at 16, die at 21!

A staggering 94 per cent of fresh recruits of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba see Jammu and Kashmir as a "fighting front" and hail mostly from Pakistan's Punjab province from families having links with the......

Pakistan will continue to support terrorists

'The problem with India and Pakistan can be solved by Pakistan by ceasing its support for Islamist terrorists operating in India, letting go of its baseless demands upon Kashmir, ceasing its......

Worry about 'your ISIS', BJP's Ram Madhav tells Muslim Al Jazeera Anchor

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and national general secretary of the party Ram Madhav might have unwittingly put himself in the spotlight of international media after a massive goof up during......

Commission clears Pak govt, army of protecting Osama

The judicial commission assigned to investigate the American raid in Abbottabad, which killed Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden in May 2011, states that no one else in the garrison town knew that the......

Davos Spotlight: 'New collared' jobs

We need to create collaborative and/or disruptive platforms like Uber and Airbnb in all sectors to ensure responsive and responsible inclusive growth, says C P Gurnani. IMAGE: The ramifications of......

Can the new IMF chief change its policies?

Since their formation, while the World Bank has always had an American nominee as the head, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director has been from Europe. Within Europe, if French......

Global economy to strengthen in 2014 but risk remains: IMF chief

The global economy, which gathered momentum in 2013, would continue to strengthen in 2014, largely because of improvements in the advanced economies, the International Monetary Fund Chief Christine......

Why an Asian should head the IMF

The time has come for the rest of the world to let Europe know that its time is over as far as running the International Monetary Fund is concerned.Several spurious arguments have been put forward......

India open to lowering duties on luxury goods

The government on Friday said it was open to reducing duties on imports of luxury products in a way which does not impact the domestic market. "If the industry comes up with some items on which......

Mooseport is no landslide

Like a political candidate whose performance before the win was far more interesting, Welcome To Mooseport must have looked very promising and colourful on paper. With a cast led by such......

Review: Mamma Mia!

Up front, I should be honest: I dislike most musicals, sneer at ABBA and reserve a particular brand of contempt for Pierce Brosnan, whose deficiencies as James Bond become more glaring with Daniel......

This transgender sprinter's Olympic dream shattered

'We're being hounded' - French transgender sprinter decries Olympics ban IMAGE: French sprinter Halba Diouf, 21, a transgender woman athlete trains in Aix-en-Provence, France. Photograph:......

Grand Slam champs crash in Cincinnati

The Cincinnati Open claimed two more high-profile victims on Thursday with Grand Slam champions Li Na and Petra Kvitova crashing out, while Russian pair Maria Sharapova and Vera Zvonareva crunched......

Henin-Hardenne lifts US Open title

Justin Henin-Hardenne defied the laws of nature for 81 magical minutes on Saturday to bring world number one Kim Clijsters to her knees and captureher first US Open crown. That she was even able to......

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