Pakistan is expanding its legal machinery to deal with terrorism, introducing time-bound preventive detention and protected judicial proceedings in Balochistan and Punjab. The reforms seek to address failures in prosecuting militant suspects
Since August 2024, a shift has occurred in the geopolitical landscape of South Asia, with the emergence of a closer China-Pakistan nexus in Bangladesh. This development is largely attributed to the change
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As reported on September 17, 2025, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), Levies Force, Frontier Corps Balochistan, and Police destroyed poppy cultivation in 33,000 acres of land in the Killa Abdullah, Chaman, Pishin, Duki,
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor In Colombo today, Maldivian officials visiting from Malé convened a press briefing at the High Commission to present the objectives of the recently enacted Media and Broadcasting
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“Democracy faces a perfect storm of autocratic resurgence… To fight back, democracies need to protect key elements of democracy, like elections and the rule of law, but also profoundly reform government so
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Recently, I had the privilege of visiting his residence in Greater Noida, India to deliberate on some of the most pressing strategic and geopolitical challenges confronting South
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Could the changes of power in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal in 2022, 2024, and 2025 resemble the violent shift at Plassey in 1757? The relevance of this question lies in historian
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As Sushila Karki crowdsourced electee of the Gen Z in Nepal takes over as the Prime Minister here is a look at the path ahead for stability in short-term perspective from enforcement
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If your house is not clean, then the ants will come through the door and draw in the snakes. The crisis in Nepal escalated in early September, bringing down the center-right government of
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The recent mass uprising in Nepal, which was preceded by uprisings in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Indonesia, is certainly a matter of concern. These four are developing countries, and some observers seem
More Editorial After subordinating the structures of the state and reducing to ashes the very institutions that once lent Nepal its prestige, one must ask: where shall these self-proclaimed revolutionaries now tread? The
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In a historic display of youth-driven political activism, Nepali protesters, largely from Generation Z, managed to force the resignation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in under 48 hours. However, choosing the
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As Nepal grapples with a leadership vacuum following Prime Minister K P Oli’s resignation on Tuesday, youth-led groups have taken center stage in determining the country’s next caretaker government. According to Nepali
More Kathmandu is on edge not because of “apps,” but because a generation raised on the promise of democracy and mobility has collided with an economy and political order that keep shutting every
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On June 27, 2025, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar stated that all Islamic forces in the country will soon arrive at unity, ahead of the forthcoming national election. Parwar
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor In 2020, Pakistan’s Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Muhammad Khan, suggested that Donald Trump be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering the Israel–UAE deal. At the
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