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South Asia
Pakistan plunges into political and economic crisis
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative KARACHI: The political and economic chaos in Pakistan is deepening with every passing day due to the perpetual mismanagement and wrong policies of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government. The opposition parties have taken to the streets to dislodge the Prime Minister Imran Khan, the…
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A train crosses the rivers Indus, Nile and Volga
By Rahul Aijaz KARACHI: A train leaves the station near the Indus River in Sindh province in Pakistan, goes through the Nile River in Egypt and finally arrives at the Volga in Kazan, Tatarstan in Russia. That’s the long journey we undertook starting in early 2020 to late 2021. It’s also…
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Pakistan: After-effects of Taliban takeover in Afghanistan
By Nasir Aijaz, The AsiaN Representative KARACHI: No battle fought, no armed clashes or encounter took place with American and allied forces or even with Afghan army, yet the world witnessed that the US-installed Afghan President fled and the Taliban got hold of Kabul without any resistance. This resulted in…
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Pakistan opens separate schools for transgenders
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Punjab province will open separate schools for transgender community in selected cities and the first ever such school will start functioning from Wednesday July 7 in Multan, a historic and one of the biggest cities of the province, situated in its southern…
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Pakistan: Thar Desert transforming into oasis
By Nasir AijazAsia N RepresentativeSINDH PROVINCE: Pakistan’s Thar Desert in Sindh province, bordering India, is transforming into oasis, as with start of coalmining since a decade, a new wetland has emerged because of brackish water oozing out of the open pit coalmine at 180 meters depth.The brackish water has not…
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Pakistan resorts to lockdowns in wake of third Covid-19 wave
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Amidst the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination drive across the country, Pakistan government resorted to re-imposing the ‘Smart Lockdown’ to control the surge in coronavirus cases, said to be ‘third wave of pandemic’. The country recorded a sharp increase in daily Covid-19 cases during last…
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Pakistan kicks off second phase of COVID-19 vaccination drive
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has kicked off the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive focusing the people over the age of 60. According to an official of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, the most senior citizens who have registered for vaccination…
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Media in Pakistan – A Slippery Road
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative Islamabad: Freedom of Press in Pakistan had always been a hot topic to discuss but on February 4, 2021, certain stunning remarks by Justice Qazi Faez Isa, a judge of Pakistan’s Supreme Court, unleashed the debate afresh when he criticized the state of media…
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Journalist assassinated at home in northwestern Pakistan; AJA founder expresses support
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Pakistani journalist Qais Javed was shot dead in the yard of his home on the night of December 7 in the northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province bordering Afghanistan. Asia Journalist Association (AJA) founder and President of the Journalists Association of Korea…
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Second wave of Covid-19 grips Pakistan
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative Islamabad: The second wave of novel coronavirus has gripped Pakistan, compelling the government to again close down the educational institutions, impose a ban on visiting the shrines, curtail the business timings and strike ‘smart lockdown’ in specific areas identified as hubs of the pandemic.…
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