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Punjab's Education Reform Programme

Jeremy Lefroy | Posted 11.02.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: International Development, Pakistan, UK Education, Punjab, UK World, UK Politics, UK Politics News
Jeremy Lefroy

In a small courtyard on the edge of Lahore, Pakistan, 250 children are studying. Three years ago, this school did not exist; even twelve months ago, all the lessons were held under trees.

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World's Smallest Bodybuilder Dies In India Aged 23 (PICTURES)

Helen Roberts/ CoverAsiaPress | Sara C Nelson | Posted 18.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Primordial Dwarfism, Punjab, Dwarfism, Aditya-Romeo-Dev, World's Smallest Bodybuilder, Moyamoya Syndrome, Guinness Book of World Records, Video, UK News

The world’s smallest bodybuilder has died at the age of 23. Aditya “Romeo” Dev made it into the Guinness Book of Records in 2008 thanks to h...

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Democracy Bollywood Style

Jasdev Singh Rai | Posted 31.03.2012 | UK
Read More: Punjab, Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Worlds-Largest-Democracy, Bjp, India, Democracy, Bollywood, Congress Party of India, UK, World, UK News
Jasdev Singh Rai

Almost all of India is a big Bollywood set. Life, religion, education, commerce, law and even politics are one great theatre mimicking western civilisation with chutney twists. And so it is with Indian democracy, a proper Bollywood performance.

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Young Couple Shot Dead In Suspected Honour Killing

PA | Posted 24.11.2011 | UK
Read More: Murder, US Citizen, Punjab, Shooting, UK News, Honour Killing, Crime, Pakistan, Asia, News, Naurin, World News, Saif Rehman, Death, Culture, UK News

A young couple have been shot dead in Pakistan in a suspected honour killing. Saif Rehman, 31, who lived in Glasgow, and his wife Uzma Naurin, 30, ...

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