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Matric student to get a new subject of fashion designing

From April 11, all public and private schools in Rawalpindi will start six new subject groups for Grade 9 students. These include streams in natural sciences, computer science, health science, agriculture, fashion designing, and arts.Students moving from Grade 8 to Grade 9 are given three days to choose their subject group after consulting with their parents. Admission forms now come …

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A new great game in Afghanistan?

In the old and new Great Game, Afghanistan has held a central position. Peter Hopkirk, in his pathbreaking book The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia. Chronicled the 19th-century geopolitical chessboard involving Britain and Russia. To prevent an armed conflict between British India and the Russian empire, both powers decided to declare Afghanistan as a buffer state …

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Chemical burns, assaults, electric shocks – Gazans tell BBC of torture in Israeli detention

Warning: This article contains distressing content Palestinian detainees released back to Gaza have told the BBC they were subjected to mistreatment and torture at the hands of Israeli military and prison staff, adding to reports of misconduct within Israel’s barracks and jails.One man said he was attacked with chemicals and set alight. “I thrashed around like an animal in an …

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