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By Shahid Javed Burki - Jun 21,2020
KARACHI — By the time COVID-19 reached South Asia, it had already penetrated most other regions of the world. Pakistan was one of the first in the region to be hit.
By Shahid Javed Burki - Jul 30,2018
KARACHI — The cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan will become the next prime minister of Pakistan. The vote count was completed three days after the election on July 25, and Khan led his party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), to victory.
By Shahid Javed Burki - Sep 04,2017
In a rare presidential address last week at Fort Myer, Virginia, Donald Trump outlined his administration’s strategy for the United States’ future engagement in Afghanistan.Trump avoided admitting outright that he was authorising an increase in the number of US troops in that tro
By Shahid Javed Burki - Dec 21,2014
On December 16, the Taliban attacked an army school in Peshawar and killed 132 children and nine adults. Eight terrorists dressed in military uniform penetrated the school’s well-guarded perimeter and opened fire on the students and school personnel. Pakistani army comman


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