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Pakistan’s War Austerity Plan: Educational Institutions Closed, 4-Day Work Week Introduced
By Nasir Aijaz,The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: In March 2026, Pakistan found itself at the center of a self-imposed “energy emergency” as the spillover from the conflict in West Asia (Middle East) threatens to derail its fragile economic recovery. While the government maintains that the current fuel reserves are sufficient for…
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International Women’s Day: I Chose Myself. Why Not You? There Is Immense Strength Within You
Pirah Aijaz: We shall never silence our voices, never underestimate our worth, By Pirah Aijaz Karachi: There was a time when I believed that everything in my life had ended. I felt as if my story was over. But in reality, that moment became the beginning of my new life…
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Iftar at Chawkbazar in Dhaka: Crowds Throng to Taste the Tradition
By Bhanu Ranjan Chakraborty DHAKA: In this Ramadan, the traditional Iftar market in Chawkbazar in Old Dhaka is packed. The ever-present splendour of the various dishes here attracts food lovers from far and wide. This year too was no exception. During the days of Ramadan, the main road of Chawkbazar…
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Digital Uprising against Fuel Price Hike in Pakistan
By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is currently reeling under the impact of an unprecedented petrol price hike, a situation that has ignited a firestorm of frustration and anger among the masses. In the absence of viable solutions from the government, social media platforms have become a vibrant battleground…
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Long Lines of Cars at Petrol Pumps in Dhaka Amid Ongoing War in Middle East
By Bhanu Ranjan Chakraborty DHAKA: Rumors that a fuel shortage could arise due to the ongoing war in the Middle East have spread in the capital Dhaka. As a result, long lines of cars were seen at various petrol pumps to buy fuel. Buyers said that many people are filling…
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Pakistan: Queues At Fuel Stations Amidst Petroleum Shortage, Unprecedented Price Hike
By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: In a late-night move that has sent shockwaves across the country, the Pakistan government on Friday announced a massive, unprecedented hike of PKR55 per liter in the prices of both petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD). The announcement, effective from midnight Saturday, March 7, came…
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Korean Investigators: 33,673,817 User Account Records Leaked in Coupang Breach
Delivery trucks of Coupang Corp. are parked at a logistics center in Seoul on Feb. 10, 2026. (Yonhap) By Lee Sang-kiFormer President of Asia Journalist AssociationPublisher of The AsiaN SEOUL: South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT said on Feb. 10 that a joint public-private investigation confirmed a major data…
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Why Did the Iranian Government Lose the Media War?
The damaged headquarters of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Iranian state television, is seen in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (Photo: AP/Yonhap) By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: These days, Iran is under the influence of popular protests that began about a month ago. Protests that have caused thousands of deaths,…
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Iranian Journalist: Daily Life Is Gradually Returning, but People Still…
In this photo obtained by The Associated Press, Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (Photo : AP/Yonhap) By Lee Sang-ki,The AsiaN Editor-in-Chief SEOUL: THE AsiaN reported a contribution written by Alireza Bahrami, Editor in Chief of Asre Rowshan, Iran and a member of Asia…
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The Fate of Journalists in the Era of Media Colonization
The future of media was digital. Now, it is Artificial Intelligence (Credit: CSCR) By Eddy Suprapto, JAKARTA: Human creative intelligence in the digital age is increasingly astonishing and difficult to contain. Human thought processes have leaped into cognitive warfare, a form of warfare that targets the human mind, not physical…
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