Family bonds survive India-Pakistan split, but for how long?
We were headed to Pakistan, a country that was foreign yet held a part of us...
I spent the flight trying to conjure up Pakistan in my head...
Pakistan
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ArchiveLoyalties split as Pakistan cricket stars make first appearance on Dutch soil
ON the outskirts of Rotterdam, near the airport and the sleepy neighbourhood of Schiebroek, chants of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ and ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ rolled off the tongues...
With flags — some of them even belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf — shirts, bats, wigs and about everything they could find in green, Pakistani supporters descended on the modest but picturesque ground of the local cricket club, V...
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Archive60-seconds of horror: 'We thought the earth would split open'
“I felt the earth heave beneath my feet, it was the most powerful earthquake I have ever felt,” says Hajra Bibi, an aged woman from Charbagh, dazed and shaken from the experience...
Hajra Bibi was injured in the earthquake, and was admitted in a hospital along with her two children, who were also injured -
ArchiveHow the media delighted in the Imran-Reham split
Reham Khan and Imran Khan have decided to part ways...
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ArchiveMinakhels of Lakki split over candidates for LG polls
LAKKI MARWAT: The influential Minakhel family of Lakki Marwat has split over the nomination of candidates for tehsil and district councils in the upcoming local body elections...
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ArchiveTrump rejects North Korea talks but key nations split on strategy
WASHINGTON: In a flurry of phone calls with world leaders, President Donald Trump took a tough line against negotiating with North Korea as the communist country’s latest nuclear test exposed stark differences among international leaders for containing the threat...
Meanwhile, Trump’s military, diplomacy and intelligence chiefs briefed Congress on his strategy on Wednesday -
ArchiveGlobal split over Rohingya crisis as China backs Myanmar crackdown
COX’S BAZAAR: International divisions emerged on Tuesday ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on a worsening refugee crisis in Myanmar, with China voicing support for a military crackdown that has been criticised by the US, slammed as “ethnic cleansing” and forced 370,000 Rohingya to flee the violence...
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ArchiveThe Red split
It should be noted that one of the reasons for the Sino-Soviet ‘ideological’ — actually geopolitical — split was the low esteem in which the Chinese leadership held Kremlin bosses...
The split began with Khrushchev’s historic denunciation of Stalin at the 20th party congress in 1956...
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ArchiveICC probe company registrations amid fears of split
NEW DELHI: The ICC confirmed it was investigating the registration of company names which it regarded as of “concern to the sport of cricket” as reports of a rebel organisation which might split the game continued to emerge on Friday...
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ArchiveOpposition split over Islamabad protest
Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, which are part of the ruling coalition in the centre, decided not to take part in Islamabad protest...
The Pakistan People’s Party leaders were not available...
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ArchivePTI faces split over award of tickets
PESHAWAR: PTI workers have expressed dissatisfaction over the process of selection of candidates for the local government elections and alleged that some lawmakers are trying to field their relatives by ignoring senior party activists...
“We will observe sit-in outside the building of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and will also move to Bani Gala in case the party provincial leadership doesn’t do justice with us,” said PTI office-bearers in... -
SportICC probe company registrations amid fears of split
NEW DELHI: The ICC confirmed it was investigating the registration of company names which it regarded as of “concern to the sport of cricket” as reports of a rebel organisation which might split the game continued to emerge on Friday...
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PakistanPML-N leaders’ row reveals internal split
ISLAMABAD: The prime minister’s endorsement of Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif’s contention that Pakistan needs to “put its house in order” has exposed cracks in the ranks of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and provided an opportunity to opposition parties to criticise the government’s foreign and security policies...
On the other hand, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) expressed...
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ArchiveSplit emerges within FPCCI
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of the business community criticised the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Friday for failing to play its part in arresting the decline in exports...
monetary policy and lack of initiatives by the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP),” he said...
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ArchiveBrad Pitt talks about alcohol, therapy and matcha tea in first post-split interview
FOR the first time since news of his split with Angelina Jolie last September, Brad Pitt is back on the interview circuit...
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