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'Anything is possible in Pakistan – but everything is impossible': Sarmad Masud on filming My Pure Land - The Guardian Thu, 07 Sep 2017 18:01:00 GMT

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'Anything is possible in Pakistan – but everything is impossible': Sarmad Masud on filming My Pure Land
The Guardian
The kalashnikov would be kept on the wall, hung above the living quarters of the family's two-storey home, where she grew up with her two sisters, and their older brother Sikander in rural Sindh, Pakistan. They were comfortable, but not extravagantly ...

This State Holds the Key to Power in Scandal-Hit Pakistan - Bloomberg Fri, 08 Sep 2017 00:00:48 GMT

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This State Holds the Key to Power in Scandal-Hit Pakistan
Bloomberg
Above the pristine lobby of a new hepatitis prevention and treatment clinic in Lahore, capital of Pakistan's Punjab province, a portrait of Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif smiles down on the waiting patients. This is the Punjab that Sharif's ruling party ...

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Bangladesh's GDP per person is now higher than Pakistan's - The Economist Thu, 07 Sep 2017 14:51:56 GMT

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Bangladesh's GDP per person is now higher than Pakistan's
The Economist
WHEN Bangladesh won independence from Pakistan in 1971, it was much poorer than the country it left. Industry accounted for only 6-7% of its GDP, compared with over 20% in Pakistan. The battle for independence had killed or displaced millions, damaged ...

Qatar, Pakistan ETFs Hit New Lows: 9/11 & Trade - Barron's Thu, 07 Sep 2017 20:09:08 GMT

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Qatar, Pakistan ETFs Hit New Lows: 9/11 & Trade
Barron's
As Qatar, ostracized by its Gulf Coast neighbors, forges new trade ties with Pakistan, equity values in both countries are moving to new lows. Qatari shipping conglomerate Milaha is launching a new direct trade route this week between Doha and the ...

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Massive Chinese investment is a boon for Pakistan - The Economist Thu, 07 Sep 2017 14:51:56 GMT

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Massive Chinese investment is a boon for Pakistan
The Economist
NEVER mind that the two countries' slogan factory has always been based in China, or that it started off with some truly clunky products. What matters is that Communist China and Pakistan have a joint venture churning out declarations of friendship ...

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New York regulator kicks Pakistan's Habib Bank out of US - Financial Times Thu, 07 Sep 2017 19:01:26 GMT

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New York regulator kicks Pakistan's Habib Bank out of US
Financial Times
New York's state banking regulator has slapped a $225m fine on Habib Bank, the biggest bank in Pakistan, and ordered it out of the US after finding a catalogue of flaws in compliance that “opened the door” to the financing of terror. The Department of ...
US Kicks Out Pakistan's Largest Private Bank Over Terror Financing FearsNews18
New York regulator fines Pakistan's Habib Bank $225 million for compliance failuresReuters
Money laundering breaches in US cost Pakistan's top bank $225mThe Australian Financial Review
Business Standard
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Trump's Afghan escalation and the Pakistan conundrum - Aljazeera.com Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:01:05 GMT

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Trump's Afghan escalation and the Pakistan conundrum
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Can the United States win enough cooperation from Pakistan and key powers in the region to forge a political settlement between the Afghan government in Kabul and Taliban insurgents? The answer for Trump and his top advisers appears to be "not yet", ...
Pakistan must change its approach to terrorism: USEconomic Times
Pakistan, China, Russia Plus Turkey Bloc To 'Revolutionize' GeopoliticsValueWalk
Pakistan Cautions Against Any US Coercive ActionVoice of America
The National Interest Online
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My Pure Land exclusive trailer: A feminist Western shot guerrilla style in Pakistan - The Independent Thu, 07 Sep 2017 11:14:38 GMT

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My Pure Land exclusive trailer: A feminist Western shot guerrilla style in Pakistan
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The film portrays the moment Pakistani woman Nazo Dharejo and her two daughters defended their land from the 200 heavily armed men that sought to claim it as a part of a familial feud; in their mind, the property would easily be taken with only women ...

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Pakistan needs a policy shift, says its Foreign Minister - The Hindu Thu, 07 Sep 2017 17:11:02 GMT

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Pakistan needs a policy shift, says its Foreign Minister
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Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Thursday said that the country needs to alter and adjust its policy swiftly over the changing regional situation. He dashed to China on Thursday, following the unprecedented declaration by BRICS earlier this ...
Pakistan Says US Can't Win War on Terror Without ItVoice of America
Increasing international pressure forces Pakistan to talk of a new foreign policy narrativeIndia Today
Pakistan hints at swiftly changing its foreign policyPakistan Observer
South China Morning Post -The Nation -Geo News, Pakistan
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'Malala hate' endures in Pakistan as Nobel Prize winning peace activist takes place at Oxford University - The Independent Thu, 07 Sep 2017 10:55:15 GMT

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'Malala hate' endures in Pakistan as Nobel Prize winning peace activist takes place at Oxford University
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It's safe to say that most people in Pakistan were glad that Malala Yousafzai, then a 15-year-old student, did not die from the bullet wounds a squad of Taliban militants left in her face and neck when they ambushed her school bus in Pakistan's scenic ...

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