Archive for May, 2022

Imran Khan’s Political Discourse: Dangerous For Democracy

Pakistan’s political environment has rapidly become aggressive since the ouster of former Prime Minister Imran Khan through a constitutionally tabled vote of no-confidence. The former Premier has launched an aggressive political campaign in order to press the incumbent government of Shehbaz Sharif to hold free and fair early elections. As per the constitution and democratic norms, political rallies and gatherings […]

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What China Does Not Know About India – Analysis

Indian authorities said on April 30 that they discovered Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Group had made illegal remittances to foreign entities by passing them off as royalty payments. As a result, they seized USD 725 million from Xiaomi’s local bank account in India. I deemed that the Chinese smartphone company has a misunderstanding of India and how the Indians do […]

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Security Management In Indian Ocean Region: A Theory Of Conflict – Analysis

Security management is vital in an anarchic world of politics. Security management is bargaining to reach a mutually beneficial point on an issue of conflict, by ostracizing the notion of zero-sum gain. That requires capitulation from both sides on interests they consider that they have greater gain acting unilaterally but causing greater injustice and harm to the existing order of […]

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Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons And Deterrence

The notion of deterrence in South Asia triggered, after the acquisition of nuclear capability by Pakistan in May 1998. The two states that are India and Pakistan had an informal deterrence before becoming the nuclear power states. The Indian nuclear programme had been commenced since 1970s, after the explosion of nuclear test in 1974, under the garb of Peaceful Uses […]

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Pakistan: Coalition On The Path To Collision

Pakistanis are getting jittery because of the ‘politically loaded’ statements from the ruling coalition as well as the opposition headed by Imran Khan. Lately, PTI Chairman announced that his party’s long march towards Islamabad for the country’s “battle for real freedom” would begin on May 25, 2022. He said the main demands for the march to the capital were the […]

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Decoding Targeted Killings In Kashmir

Tuesday turned out to be yet another bloody day in Kashmir. While a targeted attack in the Soura area of Srinagar left a policeman dead and his seven-year-old daughter injured, three innocent civilians sustained injuries due to a grenade hurled at security forces in Yaripora area of Kulgam district in South Kashmir. Though a terrorist group calling itself ‘The Resistance […]

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Bangladesh-India Relations Reach New Heights Amid Ukraine Crisis

The Russia-Ukraine war has already caused massive destruction and displacement of the Ukrainians and foreigners. Damages and casualties have turned into a colossal level. Particularly, several foreigners, including Bangladesh citizens are also caught in the warfighting. Countries were quick to evacuate their citizens from war-torn Ukraine to a safer place. India’s role in evacuating not only its citizens but also […]

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The Kashmir Files: A Half Truth – OpEd

After the abrogation of article 370, PM Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP launched several projects (employment/packages/curriculum) to facilitate pandits in IIOJ&K, against the aspirations of Muslim, ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie is one of them comprises – a half truth. The Kashmir Files is a 2022 Indian film written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri. The Kashmir Files stars are Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam […]

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Blast in Kabul mosque, IS bombs in north Afghanistan kill 14

A series of explosions shook Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Taliban said, including a blast inside a mosque in the capital of Kabul that killed at least five worshippers and three bombings of minivans in the country’s north that killed nine passengers. The Islamic State group’s local affiliate claimed responsibility for the minivan bombings. The Kabul Emergency Hospital said it received […]

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India’s Kashmir sees upsurge in violence, tense after separatist convicted

Indian security forces have killed six militants in Kashmir in the past 24 hours while militants shot dead a female TV performer and a police officer, officials said on Thursday, following the conviction of the region’s best-known separatist. A New Delhi court on Wednesday ordered life in jail for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik for funding “terrorist” activities and for […]

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