Author: Rabia Sheikh
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Massive death of Birds and Fish in Arkansas
Humans have long been damaging the natural balance of wild life and resources around the globe. Wild life has been diminishing around the globe in a constant manner and is not something new and astonishing. But the recent events that occurred in Arkansas in southern United States, have not yet been satisfyingly explained by scientists…
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The Covert War on Iran’s Nuclear Program
While the US has embarked numerous sanctions on Tehran to halt Iran’s nuclear program and destabilize it, the covert war aimed at destroying Iran’s nuclear program has reached new heights amidst the assassination of top Irani nuclear scientists and Cyber Worm attacks on the nuclear facilities. The assassination of Iran’s leading nuclear scientist Majid Shahriyari…
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Karachi Literature Festival 2011
The second Karachi literature festival 2011 took place on 5th and 6th February at Carlton hotel in Karachi. The festival, jointly organized by Oxford University Press and British Council, was aimed at promoting Pakistani writers and bringing them closer to the readers. Festival included book stalls, panel discussions, book launches and creative writing by writers…
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Uprising in Egypt: an Impact of Tunisian Jasmine Revolution?
Tunisian revolution has a great impact on not only in its neighboring countries in North Africa but also in Arab world. Anti government protests and demonstrations have spread across Egypt where people are highly inspired by the revolution brought about by people at grass root level which led to the down fall of President Zein…
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The Jasmine Revolution of Tunisia: A Review
The uprising and massive public outrage in Tunisia has been triggered by series of events which led to the downfall of president Zein El Abidine Ben Ali, who ruled the country for 24 years. Ben Ali took refuge in Saudi Arabia. The increase in corruption, unemployment, inflation and poor living conditions for the middle urban…
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Raymond Davis: A secret Agent?
The shoot out incident which took place in busy streets of Lahore on Thursday 27 January has taken a lot of twists and turns. Raymond Alan Davis a US national killed two Pakistani citizens at crowded Mazang chowk in Lahore. Raymond Davis claims that the two men were robbers and he killed them in self…