Dawn.com By James M. Dorsey 23 November 2018 A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. Two attacks in Pakistan, including a brazen assault on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, are likely to complicate prime minister Imran Khan’s efforts to renegotiate China’s massive, controversial Belt and Road investments
READ MOREby Ahmad Shah Katawazai 19 November 2018 Second Round of Talks between U.S. and Taliban concludes without an agreement Second round of meeting between the Taliban and the U.S. special envoy for Afghan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad ended without any agreement. Earlier there were reports that the U.S. government is considering postponement of the Afghan presidential
READ MORENasir Uddin 17 November 2018 The world witnessed a massive refugee situation in the borderland of Bangladesh and Myanmar in 2017, where an extreme form of brutality perpetrated by the Myanmar security forces forced hundreds of thousands Rohingya people, known as the world’s most persecuted ethnic minority, fled to Bangladesh. Myanmar security forces, Burmese (Bamar)
READ MOREby Paul Aabid 14 November 2018 The recent killing of SPOs and political party workers in the Kashmir valley created an outrage across the state. Both national and local media along with netizens cutting across the political lines condemned such killings. On a similar note while debating on this grave concern, the students studying in
READ MOREThe alternative for India would and should be to shed the post-Cold War past here and now — re-look at the South Asian priorities. N Sathiya Moorthy 12 November 2018 If there is a ‘lesson’ the ‘international community’ (read: West) has to learn (!) from some of the events standing also in their name in
READ MORENovember 13, 2018 Ron Paul It’s not often that US Government officials are honest when they talk about our foreign policy. The unprovoked 2003 attack on Iraq was called a “liberation.” The 2011 US-led destruction of Libya was a “humanitarian intervention.” And so on. So, in a way, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was refreshingly
READ MORERohingya refugees perform prayers as they attend a ceremony organised to remember the first anniversary of a military crackdown that prompted a massive exodus of people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on August 25, 2018. Photo: AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar Rohingya refugees flee camps to avoid repatriation It’s not clear conditions
READ MOREMaulana Sami ul-Haq’s supporters attend the funeral prayers in Akora Khattak BBC News November 5, 2018 Nauman Sadiq On Friday evening, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq was found dead in his Rawalpindi residence. The assassination was as gruesome as the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. He was stabbed multiple times in chest,
READ MOREIndia’s quest of becoming a regional powerhouse through strengthening its military power has seen some significant developments in the recent times. The most recent and probably the most significant development is the sale of S400 missile systems from Russia worth upwards of five billion dollars. Often touted as the most advanced, accurate, flexible and
READ MOREHow will Sri Lanka manage a new era in the Indian Ocean? Prime Minister Modi delivers keynote address at the IISS Shangri-La dialogue | DD News by Asanga Abeyagoonasekera 2 November 2018 “We must not return to the age of great power rivalries. Asia in rivalry will hold us back; Asia
READ MOREShangrila Alive By Hari Prasad Shrestha 22 October 2018 Recent India’s decision to refuse additional entry air routes to Nepal could be a big blow to its tourism industry in the future. In the past nine years, Nepal requested India to grant air routes, but India was only haunting without accepting or
READ MOREBy James M. Dorsey 20 October 2018 A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s gruesome murder raises fundamental questions that go far beyond Middle Eastern geopolitics. They go to the risks of support for autocratic regimes by democratic and authoritarian world powers, the
READ MOREBy Nava Thakuria 19 October 2018 For millions of common Indians, Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) functions like a province of Pakistan. It is guessed that nearly 4.5 million PoK habitants happily agree to any proposal from the Pakistan government in Islamabad. With the proximity of religion, the people of PoK seemingly feel comfortable
READ MOREby JAVID AHMAD AHANGERR 18 October 2018 As we celebrate the 201st birth anniversary of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan on 17 October 2018—the founder of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), at a time when the whole debate is about nationalism and hyper-nationalism. We are living in a strange time when false narratives are constructed by none
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