China has become a global power, but there is too little debate about how this has happened and what it means. Many argue that China exports its developmental model and imposes it on other countries. But Chinese players also extend their influence by working through local actors and institutions while adapting and assimilating local and traditional forms, norms, and practices. […]

On May 9, 2023, a group of protesters broke into the residence of Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, who oversaw the Lahore Corps. It is said that Imran Khan’s supporters, who had recently been dismissed from government, committed the attack. The protesters set fire to the residence, and other automobiles were also completely destroyed. Following the event, Pakistani police imprisoned Imran […]

Imran Khan’s recent approach to politics, marked by attacks from his supporters on military installations and houses of army personnel, has raised grave concerns about Pakistan’s law and order and its national security. Such attacks cannot be justified by any political or ideological motive, as they only serve to undermine the legitimacy and authority of the state and its institutions. […]

On May 11, 2023, one Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper was injured while another had a narrow escape in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast triggered by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Ichahatu village under Goilkera Police Station limits in the West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand. On April 28, 2023, a woman, Gangi Surin, was killed after […]

The chronic political disorders in Pakistan turned into a full-blown crisis with the arrest of former Prime Minister (PM) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on May 9, 2023, in one of the 143 ongoing cases against him. The subsequent violence unleashed by his party cadres/supporters, was unprecedented even by Pakistani standards. Imran Khan is now out of jail […]