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Army chief's extension

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  Colonel Inamur Rahim (retd), the well known Pakistani lawyer who has been fighting against disappearance cases of conscience objectors, revealed for the first time on recently abducted journalist Matiullah Jan's televsiion channel, why he was abducted by unknown agencies in December 2019 and kept under detention for 37 days without any charges. During detention, he was asked to file reference cases against independent-minded judges of the higher judiciary, like Gulzar Ahmed (currently Pakistan's chief justice) and Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, as a condition for his release. Colonel Rahim was resentful why such treatment was handed out to him by the senior coterie of Pakistan army generals, many of whom had even been his students during his ten years as an instructor at the Pakistan military academy in Kakul, disregarding also the fact that his son is currently a serving officer in the army, in the rank of major. While in detention, he was blindfolded and ta...

Winning the peace remains a formidable challenge even though the stakes are so high.

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  IT was never going to be simple or easy. But the impediments encountered at every step of the way to launch intra-Afghan talks have been far more challenging than expected. This has not only delayed a process that was planned to begin on March 10 under the Feb 29   Doha agreement   between the US and the Afghan Taliban. It has also underlined the long and grinding road that lies ahead for the parties to reach any semblance of agreement on the country’s future once negotiations do begin. The prisoner exchange between Kabul and the Taliban continues to be the immediate obstacle. The Taliban have insisted that before intra-Afghan talks can begin what was agreed by the Doha accord should first be implemented — the commitment by the Afghan government to release up to 5,000 Taliban prisoners. After freeing the detainees in several tranches, a prolonged impasse on releasing the remaining 400 has followed, with President Ashraf Ghani claiming that they were dangerous militants ...

Indroduction to English Literature

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 Introduction to English Literature.  450-1066 : Old English (or Anglo-Saxon) Period 1066-1500 : Middle English Period 1500-1660 : The Renaissance 1558-1603 : Elizabethan Age  1603-1625 : Jacobean Age  1625-1649 : Caroline Age  1649-1660 : Commonwealth Period (or Puritan Interregnum) 1660-1785 : The Neoclassical Period 1660-1700 : The Restoration  1700-1745 : The Augustan Age (or Age of Pope)  1745-1785 : The Age of Sensibility (or Age of Johnson) 1785-1830 : The Romantic Period 1832-1901 : The Victorian Period 1848-1860 : The Pre-Raphaelites  1880-1901 : Aestheticism and Decadence  1901-1914 : The Edwardian Period 1910-1936 : The Georgian Period 1914-1945 : The Modern Period 1945-present : Postmodern Period The Old English Period or the Anglo-Saxon Period refers to the literature produced from the invasion of Celtic England by Germanic tribes in the first half of the fifth century to the conquest of England in 1066 by William the Conqueror....

NEW GOOGLE ADSENSE REPORTING 2020

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  G oogle   announced   it is rolling out new AdSense reporting that will "enable publishers to make decisions to grow their businesses by providing information and insights about their monetization performance, audience and content," Google said. This is rolling out in the next week or two, I do not personally see it yet. AdSense Publishers will automatically switch to the new reporting interface but will be able to switch between the old and new reports at any time by clicking the toggle at the top of the page. This toggle option will be available until later this year Google said. Here is a screen shot: Here is the corresponding key: (1) Report list (2) Date ranges (3) Settings (4) Save Options (5) Breakdowns (6) Filters (7) Metrics (8) Charts (9) Events (10) Table data Here is what is new: Simpler to use : Google has redesigned the interface to make it easier to select date ranges, filters, breakdowns, etc. Google has also removed metric families and added a new metri...