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Pakistan: The Crisis of Delayed Justice, How Pendency is Eroding the Legal System

Pending Cases- AI-generated image (The AsiaN) By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The harrowing text of a social media post, which translates from Urdu as: “Kasur: Outraged by receiving date after date (adjournments) for five years, a petitioner opened fire and killed the Sessions Judge”—presents a tragic and extreme manifestation…
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Geopolitical Shifts and the Migration of Cyber Mafias: International Cybercrime Syndicates Penetrate Sri Lanka

By Leo Nirosha DarshanCOLUMBO: In today’s Indo-Pacific landscape, transnational organized crime has escalated from a law enforcement headache into a major geopolitical threat and strategic challenge, disrupting regional security, diplomatic equilibrium, and economic order. Facing intense law enforcement pressures and crackdowns in traditional strongholds like Cambodia and Myanmar, multi-billion-dollar international…
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Pakistan: The Myth of the Passive Youth

AI-generated Illustration By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: During the last couple of years, while observing the Gen-Z movements taking place in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, I expected a similar uprising in Pakistan given the grave situation prevailing in the country. However, surprisingly, nothing happened here. This sparked a…
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The Dilemma in Colombo: Sri Lanka’s New Government Faces the Reality of Chinese Capital

Hambantota Port By Leo Nirosha Darshan COLOMBO: In 2017, crippled by a mounting debt crisis, Sri Lanka handed over operational control of the strategically vital Hambantota Port to a Chinese state-owned enterprise on a 99-year lease. Nearly a decade later, the politics surrounding Chinese investments in the island nation have…
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The Unbroken Voice

Handcuffed writer and publisher Inam Abassi at the court premises – The AsiaN By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: In the turbulent landscape of human rights advocacy in Sindh, the southern province of Pakistan, few names resonate with as much defiant resilience as Inam Abassi, famously known to the public…
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Banglar Joyjatra Still Unable to Cross Strait of Hormuz

Banglar Joyjatra By Bhanu Ranjan Chakraborty DHAKA: The Bangladesh-owned ship ‘MV Banglar Joyjatra’ has been stuck in the Strait of Hormuz for more than two months due to the war in the Middle East. Thirty-one Bangladeshi sailors are trapped on the ship. However, not only Bangladeshi sailors, but according to…
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A Broken Shoe Is Never a Reason to Stop Walking

Assistant Commissioner Noor Bano and the broken sandals in a glass case on her mahogany desk By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: In the shimmering heat of Tharparkar, a desert district of Sindh province of Pakistan, bordering India, where the wind carries more sand than moisture, fourteen-year-old Noor Bano lived…
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Asia Journalists Association Elects Former Vice Minister of Education Lee Gi-woo as 7th Chairman … “Connecting Asia Through APC”

(From left) Vice President Kang Seok-jae, Chairman Koo Bon-hong, Director Bae Ki-seon, Director Oh Ji-cheol, Director Kim Geun-sang, New Chairman Lee Gi-woo, and Founding President Lee Sang-ki of the Asia Journalists Association <Photo by Director Ko Myeong-jin> By Lee Sang-kiFormer President of Asia Journalist AssociationPublisher of The AsiaN SEOUL: The…
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Pakistan’s Women Being Killed for So-called Honor

Protest against so-called Honor killing – file photo By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The statistics are a grim testament to the failure of the Pakistani state and its justice system, making it perhaps one of the most dangerous countries for women in the world. According to the Human…
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Bangladesh Joins the List of Countries Using Nuclear Energy

The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant By Bhanu Ranjan Chakraborty DHAKA: The use of nuclear fuel uranium has started in the reactor of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh. The program was inaugurated under tight security at the power plant in Ishwardi, Pabna district, on April 28. Through this, Bangladesh…
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