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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Islamabad provides Pakistan with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to showcase its relevance regionally and globally.

The Shanghai Cooperation allows the Global South to mingle and communicate without the need or presence of the Western world, something that has always been imposed on this region since decades of colonial rule.

Policymakers in Pakistan need to pay more attention to what is happening in the country related to climate change.

As long as Pakistan’s leading issues remain unaddressed, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) cannot be the gateway to glory for the country.

Sheikh Hasina was the state. There was no institution and no faction of the government that was not directly controlled by her and for her and, by extension, her family and coterie, with the complete backing and support of India.

The students’ decision to ask Professor Muhammad Yunus to lead an interim administration reflects their desire to break from a political past dominated by the Awami League or the BNP.

With the expulsion of Hasina Wajid, it is now evident that Sheikh Mujib’s memory, along with anti-Pakistan rhetoric, has no place in contemporary Bangladeshi politics.

There are many parallels between what has happened in Bangladesh and Pakistan. However, Pakistan is not a country that easily learns any lessons, whether from its history or events and conditions in other countries.

Bangladesh is at a crossroads following the removal of Sheikh Hasina’s government from power and her craven escape to India.

Bangladesh’s ability to mobilize a grand movement, not once but twice in the nation’s short history, should be admirable and inspirational for Pakistan.

As the slow and painful fire engulfs the near-dead nation, Nero plays the flute and plans for yet another IMF loan.

The 60 per cent plus non-BJP voters are the hope for a future India that neither threatens itself nor its neighbours.

The pressing concern for Pakistan is whether Narendra Modi, in his third term as Prime Minister, will be any different or continue to keep the relations on hold.

The world will likely see a more humbled and compromising Modi in his governance style, as he will have to accommodate the two partners seemingly supportive of Muslims.

The recent Lok Sabha elections in India highlighted the ability of its people to confront the divine pretensions of a genocidal and communal maniac who sought to rule the country as a fascist autocrat.

The relationship between Narendra Modi, the Hindu religion, and the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is a complex and multifaceted one, shaped by political strategy, cultural narrative, and electoral dynamics.

The following report is based on the interview conducted by Indian journalist Karan Thapar with Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, a Delhi-based writer and journalist interested in Hindu nationalistic politics. The text below is shown in a running format, not a Q&A format.

A stable Pakistan under bold and dynamic leadership seems a distant dream.

Hybrid regimes lack legitimacy, and their decisions are flawed and peripheral, becoming a big problem rather than a solution.

Institutions have an inherent tendency to resist reform. Conventional ways of conduct become quasi-sacred traditions.