LITERARY NOTES: Remembering Krishan Chander and Akhter-ul-Iman
Both have recently come up with special issues, remembering two of Urdu literature’s towering figures: Krishan Chander and Akhter-ul-Iman...
He penned some 60 books...
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ArchiveUrwa Hocane elbows out Iman Ali
It is: she has replaced none other than Iman Ali in the movie...
Why Iman A left the project is not yet known...
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ArchiveDISCOURSE: WHAT DO WE BUY WHEN WE BUY ART?
Is buying art a different activity altogether for collectors who are not artists and for those who are artists? Or do similar reasons unite them in their pursuit? A factor perhaps common to both is pure, sentimental enjoyment — buying what catches the eye, buying what agrees with a knotted bunch of inclinations and preferences that one carries around vaguely in one’s head and which makes certain works of art more urgent and attractive than...
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ArchiveOpinion: Why buy used books?
For all avid readers, bookworms, bibliophiles and book nerds, buying and collecting books is one of the reasons of living...
All these people, however, may also agree that just as their to-be-read list, the to-buy book list is also never-ending...
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WorldIndian Oil plans to buy North American sour crude for the first time
India's top refiner has issued its first tender to buy high-sulphur, or sour, crude from North America as it seeks to diversify imports, three trading sources said on Tuesday...
The purchase comes after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the United States last week when President Donald Trump said the US looked forward to exporting more energy products to the world's third-biggest oil buyer...
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ArchiveFacebook to buy stake in Indian e-commerce start-up Meesho
Facebook is buying a stake in Indian e-commerce start-up Meesho, Ajit Mohan, the head of the United States tech giant's Indian business said on Thursday, looking to deepen its reach in one of the world's biggest internet markets...
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ArchiveMalaysia to buy more Indian sugar to resolve palm oil spat
MSM Malaysia Holdings Berhad will buy 130,000 tonnes of raw sugar from India worth 200 million ringgit ($49...
It will help India in increasing sugar exports,” Praful Vithalani, president of the All India Sugar Trade Association told Reuters about MSM’s move to buy more from India...
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PakistanIndian publishers donate books to Iqbal Manzil
SIALKOT: Some Indian publishers and printers have donated as many as 123 books on Iqbaliyat to Iqbal Manzil, the birthplace of Allama Iqbal, to pay homage to the poet on his 138th birth anniversary...
Syed Riaz Hussain Naqvi, who is in charge of Iqbal Manzil, said the books cover various aspects of Allama’s life, his poetry, his philosophy and his role in struggle for Pakistan...
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ArchiveNigeria to buy 10 trainer aircraft from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday signed an agreement for the sale of 10 Super Mushshak aircraft to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) announced here on Friday...
“The contract signing ceremony was held at Abuja (Nigeria) where Air Vice Marshal Iya Ahmed Abdullahi and Air Marshal Arshad Malik, Chairman of the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), signed the contract,” PAF spokesman Air Commodore Syed Mohammad Ali...
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PakistanAzerbaijan to buy 10 Super Mushshak planes from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan signed an agreement with Azerbaijan for sale of 10 Super Mushshak aircraft to Azerbaijan Air Force...
The contract was signed in Azerbaijan by Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra, Chairman Air Marshal Arshad Malik and Azerbaijan Air Force Commander Lt Gen Ramiz Tahirov, says a press release issued here on Sunday...
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PakistanPakistan may buy used F-16 jets from Jordan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is considering a Jordanian offer to buy sixteen used F-16 jets in lieu of the eight advanced fighters it could not buy from the United States because of a financing row, but officials fear Washington could still throw a spanner in the works...
The fiasco over procurement of F-16s, which started with Congress blocking the funding of the sale from the US government’s Foreign Military Financing Programme, brought into...
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PakistanTurkey to buy Super Mushshak trainers from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Republic of Turkey has finalised a deal with Pakistan to buy Super Mushak trainers, said a defence production ministry spokesperson...
Development of a fleet tanker for the Pakistan Navy in collaboration with Turkey has also been finalised...
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WorldIndia in talks to buy US Predator drones, has eye on Pakistan, China
NEW DELHI: India is in talks with the United States to purchase 40 Predator surveillance drones, officials said, a possible first step towards acquiring the armed version of the aircraft and a development likely to annoy Pakistan...
India is trying to equip the military with more unmanned technologies to gather intelligence as well as boost its firepower along the vast land borders with Pakistan and China...
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ArchivePakistan launches tender to buy 5 LNG cargoes
KARACHI: Pakistan State Oil Co launched tenders on Wednesday to secure five liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for delivery in October through December, it said on its website...
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ArchivePakistan floats tender to buy 5 LNG cargoes for January
LONDON: Pakistan issued a tender on Friday to buy five cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for delivery in January 2020, Pakistan LNG documents showed...
Buyers from Japan, South Korea and Pakistan came to the market looking for winter cargoes, but market sources said it was not enough to reduce a significant global oversupply, adding that the market was overpriced in recent weeks...
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