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A paradise for mountaineers

|Reuters via dawn.com Geographically, Pakistan is a climbers paradise. It rivals Nepal for the number of peaks over 7,000 meters and is home to the world\’s second tallest mountain, K2, as well as four of the world\’s 14 summits higher than 8,000 meters. While other parts of Pakistan and northern India were flooded last month, Concordia […]

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First Muslims to arrive in the subcontinent were Ismailis, says historian

KARACHI: Ismailis were the first Muslims, and the best missionaries, to arrive in the subcontinent, said eminent historian Dr Mubarak Ali while speaking on ‘Impact of history writing in India and Pakistan’ at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation on Saturday evening. Shedding light on facets of history writing, Dr Ali said there were

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TAPI — pipeline or a pipedream?

ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: French firm Total is working behind the scenes to take the lead on an ambitious pipeline connecting Central and South Asia, sources close to the project say, pioneering a novel gas exchange mechanism to overcome legal hurdles.  It is one of the most ambitious energy projects in the world, connecting the giant

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Complaints about PTI meddling in education dept. increasing, MPA told

CHITRAL, Sept 26: A delegation of the National Youth Assembly (NYA) from Chitral complained to MPA Fouzia Bibi about the increasing interference of the PTI leaders and workers in the affairs of the education department of Chitral. The members, including Abbas Hussain and Shahid Ahmad, informed the PTI MPA at a meeting that public complaints

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