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Forum: Foreign Newspapers Saturday, June 10, 2017
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The killing fields of Jammu

The killing fields of Jammu:
How Muslims become a minority in the region



What was the death toll in the killing fields of Jammu? There are no official figures, so one has to go by reports in...
Forum: Grammar-Section Saturday, June 10, 2017
Replies: 22
Views: 23,905
Posted By hmkashif
1. ‘The best of both worlds’ – means you can...

1. ‘The best of both worlds’ – means you can enjoy two different opportunities at the same time.

“By working part-time and looking after her kids two days a week she managed to get the best of...
Forum: Grammar-Section Thursday, June 08, 2017
Replies: 22
Views: 23,905
Posted By hmkashif
(1) the granddaddy of them all Meaning: The...

(1) the granddaddy of them all

Meaning: The biggest, oldest, most impressive, or most respected person or thing of his, her, or its kind.
Sentence: I own a lot of vintage cars, but my 1926...
Forum: International Relations Thursday, June 01, 2017
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Views: 10,130
Posted By hmkashif
The Fallout From Pakistan's Nuclear Test ...

The Fallout From Pakistan's Nuclear Test


By Shah Meer Baloch
May 29, 2017

On May 28 each year, Pakistan proudly celebrates “Youm-e-Takbir,” which translates as the “Day of Greatness,” to...
Forum: History of USA Thursday, June 01, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
I appeared in '14 and qualified but couldn't get...

I appeared in '14 and qualified but couldn't get allocated due to my own blunders in interview. Previously I'd Arabic, Geographic, Punjabi & International Law. This US History is chose for my last...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Yes it does cater major question to some extent...

Yes it does cater major question to some extent but these short notes go along way in understanding these topics easily. Coming to your second question about US-Pakistan relations, yes I'll share...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Voting Rights Act (1965)

Voting Rights Act (1965)

This “act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution” was signed into law 95 years after the amendment was ratified. In those years, African Americans in the...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Social Security Act Amendments (1965)

Social Security Act Amendments (1965)

In 1965, the passage of the Social Security Act Amendments, popularly known as Medicare, resulted in a basic program of hospital insurance for persons aged 65...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)

Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964)

On August 4, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson announced that two days earlier, U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin had been attacked by the North Vietnamese. Johnson...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Civil Rights Act (1964)

Civil Rights Act (1964)

In a nationally televised address on June 6, 1963, President John F. Kennedy urged the nation to take action toward guaranteeing equal treatment of every American...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Official Program for the March on Washington (1963)

Official Program for the March on Washington (1963)

The civil rights movement in the United States during the late 1950s and 1960s was the political, legal, and social struggle to gain full...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Test Ban Treaty (1963)

Test Ban Treaty (1963)

In August of 1945, when the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, World War II came to a conclusion.

Continued testing of atomic and then hydrogen devices lead...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Aerial Photograph of Missiles in Cuba (1962)

Aerial Photograph of Missiles in Cuba (1962)

Throughout 1962, in the midst of the Cold War, the movement of Soviet personnel and equipment to Cuba had aroused suspicions in the American...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Transcript of John Glenn's Official Communication with the Command Center (1962)

John Glenn conducted the first manned space orbit of the earth on February 20, 1962. This is the transcription of his in-flight communication with Mission Control in Florida.

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Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Executive Order 10924: Establishment of the Peace Corps. (1961)

Executive Order 10924: Establishment of the Peace Corps. (1961)

The founding of the Peace Corps is one of President John F. Kennedy's most enduring legacies. Yet it got its start in a fortuitous...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address (1961)

President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address (1961)


On January 20, 1961, President John F. Kennedy delivered his inaugural address in which he announced that "we shall pay any price, bear any...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address (1961)

President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address (1961)

On January 17, 1961, in this farewell address, President Dwight Eisenhower warned against the establishment of a "military-industrial...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Executive Order 10730: Desegregation of Central High School (1957)

Executive Order 10730: Desegregation of Central High School (1957)

On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Topeka Board of Education that segregated schools were "inherently...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (1956)

National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (1956)

Popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956, the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 established an interstate...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy (1954)

Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy (1954)

The early years of the Cold War saw the United States facing a hostile Soviet Union, the "loss" of China to communism, and war in...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean State (1953)

Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean State (1953)

The Korean War, which began on June 25, 1950, when the North Koreans invaded South Korea, officially ended on July 27,...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)

Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)

In 1940 the U.S. population was about 131 million, 12.6 million of which was African American, or about 10 percent of the total...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Press Release Announcing U.S. Recognition of Israel (1948)

Press Release Announcing U.S. Recognition of Israel (1948)

In 1917 Chaim Weizmann, scientist, statesperson, and supporter of the effort to establish a state of Israel, persuaded the British...
Forum: History of USA Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Replies: 120
Views: 29,081
Posted By hmkashif
Marshall Plan (1948)

Marshall Plan (1948)

When World War II ended in 1945, Europe lay in ruins: its cities were shattered; its economies were devastated; its people faced famine. In the two years after the war, the...
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