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Asif Ullah Khan

Asif Ullah Khan

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Iran War and India’s Diplomatic Failures

A country of India’s size and energy dependence cannot afford to place all its geopolitical bets on one side of a regional divide.

11.03.2026 10

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Dead or Alive, Imran Khan Puts Pakistan’s General Munir in a Catch-22 Situation

In trying to contain Khan, the system may be unintentionally shaping the very legend it fears.

19.02.2026 6

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Is RSS Invitation to Bollywood Superstar Salman Khan a Genuine Outreach to Muslims?

Minority trust cannot be engineered through stage-managed moments. It grows when institutions behave predictably and fairly to all citizens,...

16.02.2026 20

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Cracks in India’s ‘Hindu Unity’

Tension between traditional spiritual authority and political Hindutva is growing. Religious leaders feel that the government is not sincere about the...

02.02.2026 7

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Billionaire Raj in India, Consolidated Elite in Pakistan Rule the Roost

What is missing in both countries is the organized capacity of the majority to force redistribution onto the political agenda.

21.01.2026 9

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Why Are Pakistan’s Powerful Generals Panicking Over an Op-ed Article?

In a climate of economic and political uncertainty, even a single article in a newspaper with a modest circulation is now viewed as a potential spark...

08.01.2026 10

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How Indian Cinema Has Become a Patriotism Test

Appreciation or criticism of a movie is no longer interpreted primarily as an aesthetic or ethical judgment. It has become a marker of allegiance or...

26.12.2025 10

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Did the Pakistan Army Sell Pakistani Neuroscientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui to the US?

According to a human rights lawyer, the Pakistani army is not interested in securing her release, as that would implicate them in illegal activities...

11.12.2025 10

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India’s Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls Is Claiming Lives

The exercise has rapidly deteriorated into a pressure cooker of impossible deadlines, sleepless nights, and unchecked administrative coercion, now...

05.12.2025 10

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Why the Pakistan Army Can’t Afford to Eliminate Imran Khan

Eliminating the immensely popular leader would not end the crisis; it would unleash one that the Pakistani state may not survive.

03.12.2025 10

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Changes to Brunei’s Land Ownership Laws Stoke Concerns, Uncertainty

Non-citizens, including established ethnic Chinese families, face the downgrade of freehold titles – some inherited over generations – into...

02.12.2025 10

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