# Pakistani blockchain marketplace completes record M raise

# Pakistani blockchain marketplace completes record $30M raise

“# Pakistani blockchain marketplace completes record $30M raise ” Pakistani blockchain-powered business-to-business (B2B) marketplace, Bazaar Technologies, has secured $30 million in the country’s largest Series A round to date. Bazaar announced the closure of its latest raise on Aug. 24, revealing that th Silicon Valley-based Defy Partners and Singapore’s Wavemaker Partners had led the funding…

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#Running away from a ‘nation building’ mess

#Running away from a ‘nation building’ mess

“#Running away from a ‘nation building’ mess” Where America got Afghanistan wrong is “nation-building.” That’s a myth. Nations don’t build nations. Nations rebuild themselves. President Biden, predictably, learned the wrong lesson. The opposite of nation-building is not running away. It is being realistic.   After World War II, Japan rebuilt Japan. West Germany rebuilt West Germany….

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#At least 30 passengers dead in Pakistan train collision

#At least 30 passengers dead in Pakistan train collision

“#At least 30 passengers dead in Pakistan train collision” At least 30 passengers were killed in a collision between two express trains in Pakistan on Monday morning, authorities said. The Millat Express train first derailed and soon after was struck by the Sir Syed Express train in Ghotki, according to Umar Tufail, a police chief…

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# From cypherpunk to state contracts: the changing face of blockchain

# From cypherpunk to state contracts: the changing face of blockchain

“# From cypherpunk to state contracts: the changing face of blockchain ” Blockchain continues to occupy an unusual space in the contemporary tech sphere, with concepts such as “decentralization,” “transparency” and “immutability” continuing to slide between a purely technical meaning and a more overtly politicized one.  Certain blockchain advocates — at least, those still steeped…

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#Pakistan PM urges Muslim countries boycott Western trade

#Pakistan PM urges Muslim countries boycott Western trade

“#Pakistan PM urges Muslim countries boycott Western trade” ​Pakistan’s prime minister is urging Muslim-majority countries to join together and launch a trade boycott of Western governments, in an effort to pressure them into criminalizing insults against the Prophet Muhammad. “My way is to take heads of all Muslim countries into confidence. Together, we should ask…

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#Cher on how she helped save ‘World’s Loneliest Elephant’

#Cher on how she helped save ‘World’s Loneliest Elephant’

“#Cher on how she helped save ‘World’s Loneliest Elephant’” Cher’s four-year journey to help save an abused elephant from a Pakistani zoo is documented in “Cher & The Loneliest Elephant” now on Paramount+ and premiering May 19 on Smithsonian Channel. The special follows the iconic singer/actress’ efforts to rescue Kaavan, a 37-year-old elephant kept chained…

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