Glasgow, UK: A delegation of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) visited Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The visit was criticized by a political activist od Kashmir. Dr. Amjad Ayub Mirza alleged that OIC was stoking up the Kashmir issue at the behest of Islamabad to advance the Pakistani narrative. The OIC delegation […]
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Pakistan might halt the new bill on Domestic Violence
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan had passed a new bill on Domestic Violence in 2020. The Council of Islamic Ideology has already expressed its view on about the bill and they have also recommended to halting the legislation process until the Islamic constitutional body reviewed the bill and gave its findings to the […]
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Afghan women not getting promised representation by Taliban
Summit of Afghanistan was hosted by Moscow and delegations from 10 countries joined the meeting. Although the representation from USA was missing. A joint statement issued hours after the summit called for the formation of an inclusive government, observation of the rights of women, and the facilitation of humanitarian aid […]
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Is Durand line dispute enough for Pakistan to not to consider Taliban
Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistan might rework on its foreign policy in order to include Taliban in its policies. The Durand Line divides the traditional Pashtun homelands in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The border was mainly porous until recently fenced and heavily guarded due to the tribal, linguistic, social, and economic ties, reported […]
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Republic Top 10 Headlines: India Re-elected To UNHRC; Clinton Admitted To Hospital & More
India gets re-elected to UNHRC India’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) TS Tirumurti expressed pride at India getting re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for a sixth term on Thursday with an ‘overwhelming’ majority and said India will continue to further human rights issues. India […]
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India’s Democratic Backsliding Hasn’t Stopped
If you would like to receive South Asia Brief in your inbox every Thursday, please sign up here . The highlights this week: India’s democratic backsliding poses challenges for the United States’ democracy agenda, global leaders meet to discuss Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis , and Pakistan loses a figure revered at […]
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America’s Hollow Africa Policy
The first Nigerian Windows on America center opened in March in Lekki, Lagos; since then, the U.S. Consulate General has established four other centers, mostly in universities. Meanwhile, China’s Confucius Institutes, created to promote Chinese language and culture, have been established at Nigerian universities for more than a decade. Chinese […]
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Will China leave Taiwan undisturbed
After the communists gained control of mainland China in 1949, the Republic of China’s leadership fled to Taiwan. Technically, Taiwan remains the Republic of China, although the term is increasingly unpopular among young Taiwanese. Abandoning the name would prompt action from Beijing, which views any disavowal of Taiwan’s Chinese heritage […]
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Washington’s Divergent Diplomacy in South Asia
If you would like to receive South Asia Brief in your inbox every Thursday, please sign up here . The highlights this week: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman visits New Delhi and Islamabad with vastly different agendas, the Pandora Papers implicate figures across South Asia, and India’s farmers’ […]
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The United States Must Reckon With Its Own Genocides
But forcing Indigenous children to attend residential boarding schools was not a practice exclusive to Canada. The United States has a long and dark history of the same government-sanctioned abuses. Over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, there were more than 350 government funded, and often church run, […]