Sindh’s social set-up in modern Pakistan
Sindh is one of the four main provinces of modern Pakistan having an area of 140,914 km and 47,886,051 population according to the census held in 2017. Others like it is a state of...
Category: South Asia
Sea of difference between East and West Pakistan
In comparison to West Pakistan, the socio-economic structure of Bangladesh at the time of independence was in an advanced stage because feudal relations had already made rooms for semi-feudal, semi-capitalist relations. The Hindus and...
India rejects Resolution on CAB Adopted by Pakistan’s National Assembly
Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi in a press release rejected the Resolution adopted by Pakistan’s National Assembly on India’s Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) calling it a matter which is entirely the internal affairs...
Pakistan court sentences former military dictator Musharraf to death for treason
A Pakistani court sentenced on Tuesday former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of high treason and subverting the constitution, government officials said. Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup and...
Nepal seeks review of Gurkha recruitment deal with Britain
Nepal wants to review a military deal allowing its citizens to be enlisted in the British army, before planned recruitment of Nepali women in the Brigade of Gurkhas for the first time in two...
India announces $400 million loan for Sri Lankan infrastructure projects
India will lend Sri Lanka $400 million for infrastructure projects, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday after talks with the island nation’s new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa aimed at improving bilateral ties. Sri Lanka,...
Joining the global protest fray: Islamists march on the Pakistani capital
Pakistan, long viewed as an incubator of religious militancy, is gearing up for a battle over the future of the country’s notorious madrassas, religious seminaries accused of breeding radicalism. Islamist-led protests also threaten to...
The Durand Line- A demarcation that cut the Afghans to the heart
Bernard Shaw, an Irish dramatist and Nobel prize winner, once said that a British “does everything on principle”. He fights you on patriotic principles, he robs you on business principles and he enslaves you...
Chinese Dragon at the Himalayan Kingdom: A Wakeup call for India?
During my month-long volunteering to Nepal in August 2019, the city of Kathmandu was still in ruins from the aftermath of the 2015 earthquake that adversely affected human lives, the economy, livelihood, development, and...
Potential Indo-Pak War: What History Tells Us
Is an Indo-Pak war certain in the near future? With the events in the recent past, there appears to be a significant amount of brow-beating from both sides about war. This was triggered by...
