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Brazil to give 5 year multi visa to Pak businessmen: Alfredo Leoni

ISLAMABAD, JULY 30 (DNA) – The ambassador of Brazil Alferdo Leoni said on Wednesday his country had announced special visa regime for Pakistani businessmen and from now onwards they will get 5 years multiple visa. The Ambassador of Brazil to Pakistan, Alfredo Leoni, announced on a press conference on Wednesday, the confirmation of the granting of 5 year multiple entry Visa for Pakistani businesspeople going for business in Brazil.


Violence in Quetta: Hanoz Dilli Dur Ast?

By: Y.A. Turi The entire Pakistani nation is deeply touched by the recent terrorist attacks in Balochistan, especially the desecration of Jinnah’s Residence in Ziarat. However, there is little or no consensus on what needs to be done at this critical juncture of our history.


Why Cuba celebrates July 26

Noel Manzanares Blanco – July 26, 1953 marked the continuation of the Necessary War conceived by José Martí, as Fidel Castro started the engine of what would become the victory of January 1, 1959.Amid the darkness brought in Cuba by the tyranny, established on the coup d’état of March 10, 1952, the novel ideas of Fidel Castro Ruz found a significant time on July 26, 1953. That day, two different assaults occurred simultaneously in two eastern barracks one in Santiago de Cuba (Guillermón Moncada), and the other in Bayamo (CarlosRead More


An Opening in Iran

By Cliff Kupchan When Iran’s president-elect Hassan Rouhani takes office on Aug. 3, he will probably bring moderation to at least some aspects of Iranian nuclear policy. It would be tragic if Rouhani’s ascent becomes yet another missed opportunity in the U.S.-Iran saga.


US and China: The Fight for Latin America

According to Robert Valencia, China is vying for greater economic influence in Latin America, to include possibly constructing and operating an alternative ‘Panama Canal’ through Nicaragua. One unanticipated consequence of this burgeoning US-China rivalry, Valencia observes, is that it might push Latin American countries closer together. By Robert Valencia for World Policy Institute


Lessons from Abbottabad

Imtiaz Gul Osama Bin Laden’s escape from the Tora Bora mountains in Eastern Afghanistan in December 2001 to his last refuge in Abbottabad raised many questions. Some of them have been answered by the Abbottabad Commission, whose report was leaked to Al Jazeera last week, but others are still open. How was the world’s most wanted person living in that same house for all those years undetected? Why did Bin Laden fascinate certain people and groups in Pakistan who blew holes in the security apparatus to protect him and hisRead More