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The leadership of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) wants the Speaker of the People’s Majlis and former president Mohamed Nasheed to back down and start supporting the incumbent president for the presidential elections due in September this year.

Why were emergency powers used in India to ban the BBC documentary film ‘The Modi Question,’ based on classified reports regarding the 2002 Gujarat Riots?

The world has turned a blind eye to the state-sponsored atrocities and genocide being perpetrated by Hindu fundamentalists on Muslims in India.

Pakistan should see India’s request to change the Indus Water Treaty as an opportunity to rethink and reinterpret the agreement in light of modern technological and operational standards and the need to protect the environment.

Pakistan has a large number of ineffective anti-corruption organizations and agencies, some with overlapping functions and some without adequate powers to detect, investigate and prosecute the corrupt.

The on-going TTP onslaught and misadventures by Afghan border forces against Islamabad serve as the pressure tactics towards the reversal of the merger of FATA.

The on-going TTP onslaught and misadventures by Afghan border forces against Islamabad serve as the pressure tactics towards the reversal of the merger of FATA.

Even though Kabul and its people are going through a dark period under the Taliban regime, they will soon emerge victorious, and return to living a cheerful life once again.

The attempts at reforming the NAB laws and other such related steps by the elected representatives are only aimed at saving their own skin as well as their stolen wealth.

Indulging in peace dialogue with India under disparaging environment cannot be considered a prudent step until and unless Pakistan can emerge stronger from the current crises.

The people of Sri Lanka have no choice but to endure economic hardship for a few more years.

The opposition alliance in the Maldives is voicing its concerns against the archipelago’s increasing bonhomie with India. Will the on-going agitation exert influence on the Maldives’ foreign policy?

The overall large-scale manufacturing index in Pakistan is reporting a downward scale as several industries are reporting closures due to the tougher economic conditions prevailing in the country.

In the name of local bodies election, the people of Karachi have been cheated once again.

The UNHRC move, orchestrated by the US and its global allies, was more of a political ploy employed against the crisis-hit Sri Lanka because of its tilt towards China.

Released in March 2022, the Indian film ‘The Kashmir Files’ serves as fresh fodder to fuel the narrative of hate advocated by the ruling BJP and Sangh Parivar.

Pakistan needs to fathom as to why Afghanistan is unable to create troubles and blackmail the other border-sharing countries like Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China.

Bhutan, despite its considerable economic links to India through trade, is taking cautious steps towards democratic consolidation and mild globalization.

While maintaining good working and predictable bilateral relation with the United States is necessary, it should not be done by compromising Pakistan’s strategic interests and other strategic partnerships like the one with China.

The army, as well as the judiciary must realize that there exists no margin to commit follies and people would now not abandon their ideas and convictions on flimsy criticism.

Pakistan cannot afford any more delay in holding the general elections as such an unjust hold-up will go down in history with a bad name.

Lying on the brink of sovereign default, Pakistan needs to devise a long-term strategy to ensure that the economy escapes from the clutches of this perpetual challenge.

The Morbi Bridge incident, though very tragic, may not have a telling bearing on the BJP’s election prospects in Gujarat.