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China’s deadly divide-and-rule tactics in Myanmar risk shock waves across region
Things fall apart, if you let them – and ethnically, religiously, ideologically fractured Myanmar, formerly Burma, has never been a model of harmonious, integrated nationhood. Yet since the 2021 military coup and ensuing civil war, new and old division…
Pakistan’s battle with bandits shows why it is losing all wars within
The Pir was hanged in 1943, and secretly buried on the island of Astola. This location was specially picked since there was no fresh water to draw visitors, and only scorpions and snakes to guard his bones.…
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An American journalist’s friendship with Mahatma Gandhi gave India a megaphone around the world
In 1944, as the world marked Mahatma Gandhi’s 75th birthday on October 2, a group of illustrious public figures gathered at the Town Hall in Manhattan for a celebration organised by the India League of America.…
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Pakistan businesses reeling from slow internet blame testing for firewall
For the free online tech skill classes advertised, there were hundreds of Facebook “likes” and in the end 1,500 people signed up. But on the first day last week, only a handful of those registered managed to log in to the live session.…
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The ‘Malayali on the moon’ and fault lines of caste: What drove generations of migration from Kerala
One of the stories central to the history of Kerala is that of the king Cheraman Perumal who leaves for Mecca on a pilgrimage, meets the Prophet himself, and converts to Islam.…
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[ANALYSIS] The West Philippine Sea dispute and the stock market’s performance
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Looking at this week’s unfolding trading results, however, it looks like the unfortunate incident in the Ayungin Shoal did not leave any permanent…
ICCI’s All Pakistan Chambers Presidents Conference successfully concludes
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani has said that for country’s sustainable and inclusive growth we have to enhance our exports and minimize our imports by paying attention on IT sector, promoting entrepreneurship and startup culture.&#…
At the Edge of Empire by Edward Wong review changing state
It’s hard to think of a country that has changed as fundamentally as China without altering its basic political system. When I first visited Beijing, three weeks before the Tiananmen massacre in 1989, the main avenues of the city were rivers of bicycle…
Pak deputy PM now: Don’t believe in perpetual hostility, seek good neighbourly relations with India
“To our east, the relationship with India has historically remained troubled. Pakistan does not believe in perpetual hostility. We seek good neighbourly relations with India on the basis of mutual respect, sovereign equality, and a just and peaceful re…
Expanding extremist groups in Africa fuel worries that they could attack the US or Western allies
U.S. Marine Gen. Michael Langley, head of U.S. Africa Command, left, speaks to reporters at a conference of military chiefs from across Africa, with Lt. Gen. Placid Segokgo, Botswanas commander of the defense force, Tuesday, June 25, 2024 in Gaborone, …