{"id":635699,"date":"2025-08-05T11:42:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T06:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/web-stories\/-635699\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T11:42:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T06:12:40","slug":"why-ex-pm-hasinas-residence-turns-into-revolution-museum-copy","status":"publish","type":"web-story","link":"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/web-stories\/why-ex-pm-hasinas-residence-turns-into-revolution-museum-copy-635699\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Pakistan Afford a Moon Mission by 2035?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html amp=\"\" lang=\"en\"><head><meta charSet=\"utf-8\"\/><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1\"\/><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0.js\"><\/script><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0\/amp-story-1.0.js\" custom-element=\"amp-story\"><\/script><link 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color: #fff\">Post Operation Sindoor, Pakistan suffered major military losses, damaged assets, and global diplomatic pressure, costing hundreds of millions and worsening its fragile economy<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"a7b87db6-3902-4c13-9f12-5e037573a24b\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-61ac1fb6-ffdd-412a-8d32-480b2632fb01\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":2000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-30a2d657-c178-4029-8985-92903694c975\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":300,\"duration\":1000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-7807436f-40b0-443d-9b8a-692c121e8d51\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(0px, 162.85239%, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":300,\"duration\":1000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:#000\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-edbb7de6-8ead-4fc1-8518-9b8ebb4a444a\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:11.65049%;top:-9.2233%;width:88.34951%;height:76.53722%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-61ac1fb6-ffdd-412a-8d32-480b2632fb01\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-08813851-b5f2-4ec3-a041-b296da83b91d\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:231.01345%;height:100%;left:-65.50673%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/paksat-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:11.65049%;top:73.94822%;width:82.03883%;height:21.68285%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-30a2d657-c178-4029-8985-92903694c975\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-7807436f-40b0-443d-9b8a-692c121e8d51\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(0px, 162.85239%, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" id=\"el-983a2a48-66f3-40af-af20-377e6405ac87\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:1.3350591715976328% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.404531em;line-height:1;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; 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