Social activist Sandeep Pandey, who was honoured with Ramon Magsaysay award in 2002, says recognition of Palestine as sovereign state only solution to conflict in Middle East.
Muhammad Amjad Saqib founded the Akhuwat Foundation, one of the largest MFIs in Pakistan. It offers loan packages to the poor, distributing the equivalent of $900 million.
One of five Magsasay awardees this year, Ravish Kumar was chosen for his news show 'Prime Time' which deals with "real-life, under-reported problems of ordinary people", according to the citation.
Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.
Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector.
In largest overhaul of military command in 5 decades, Field Marshal Asim Munir set to assume post of Chief of Defence Forces tomorrow, as Army claims primacy in Pakistan armed forces.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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