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Prominent influencer and historian Faisal Warraich has urged Pakistan to adopt "Indus" as alternative name. Warraich argues that Pakistanis are true descendants of the Indus Valley Civilization and country's name should reflect that civilizational identity.
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Jun 25, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, first potential South Asian Mayor of New York, called India PM Modi as "Butcher of Gujarat". - When asked if he would meet Modi if Modi is in New York, Zohran said that he would never meet Modi.
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Jul 9, 2025
⚡ Grok "disabled" after it went rogue and started calling itself MechaHitler & blamed Jews for chaos in the world.
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Sep 5, 2025
Just IN: President Trump considering a proposal to block US IT companies from outsourcing their work to Indian companies — a move that could wreck Indian IT sector & cost millions of jobs.
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Jun 5, 2022
Just IN:— Superstores in Saudia Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain remove Indian products after insulting remarks against Prophet Muhammad by Indian PM Modi's close aide.
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Apr 25, 2022
Just IN: Twitter Inc. has sold Twitter to billionaire Elon Musk for 43 billion dollars.
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Jul 24, 2025
Just IN:— President Trump has asked Google and Microsoft to stop hiring from India or face massive tariffs.
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Sep 5, 2023
Just IN:— Pakistan may lay claim on name "India" if India derecongnises it officially at UN level. - local media — Nationalists in Pakistan have long argued that Pakistan has rights on the name as it refers to Indus region in 🇵🇰.
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Feb 11, 2024
Elections in Pakistan:— Pakistani govt has banned official website of former PM Imran Khan's PTI party. — Website, insaf(.)pk, was banned after party uploaded the evidences of elections being rigged against it .
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Sep 2, 2023
Five all-time greatest cricketers from Asia who played international cricket: 1- 🇵🇰 Imran Khan 2- 🇮🇳 Sachin Tendulkar 3- 🇱🇰 Sangakkara 3- 🇮🇳 MS Dhoni 4- 🇵🇰 Wasim Akram
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Aug 5, 2025
🚨 Massive protests by supporters of former Pakistani PM Imran Khan as he completes two years in jail.
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Aug 13, 2022
Just IN:— Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan holds power-show in Lahore.
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Oct 11, 2023
Just IN:— Pakistan batsman Rizwan dedicates his century innings in world Cup to "𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚".
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May 11, 2025
IMPORTANT:— Donald Trump says India rushed to us for US intervention after Pakistan made nuclear moves. — Trump says India's External Minister Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval briefed the US about Pakistan nuclear moves.
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