Insulating Pakistan from the spillover of US defeat in Afghanistan and extending a hand of friendship with Russia cost Imran Khan his premiership. This time another alliance of diverse parties was put together called PDM (Pakistan Democratic Movement)

Even before the No-Confidence Motion was introduced in the National Assembly, Khan said that a US undersecretary of state called Pakistan's ambassador to Washington and threatened Pakistan with terrible consequences if the motion failed.

Since the beginning of recorded history, the sectarian political divide has dominated the world. Since its creation, Pakistan has been plagued by sectarian acrimony which has rendered Pakistan susceptible to being exploited by external plutocrats.

India is considered the largest violator of human rights. From Kashmir to mainland India, minorities’ rights are being abused under the patronage of the Indian state. Indian constitution has a secular outlook which has a conflation of state and religion.

The politicization of the bureaucracy and interference in policing deprived citizens of basic services and security. The prospect of unrest was real. Yet when the opposition agreed on a common goal, ousting Khan through constitutional means – a no-trust vote in parliament.

The CCP has demonstrated its ability to adapt to contemporary issues and rise to the challenge of completing China’s road to a modern socialist country while maintaining its dominance over the Chinese political system.

Violence and hate speech against Muslims in India have been a historical phenomenon but it has increased many folds since Narendra Modi came to power in 2014. In a ten-year study from 2009 to 2019, more than 90%of hate crimes against minorities were found to have occurred after 2014.

Conflict resolution strategies to avert the conflict altogether must be the focus of states that want to build and sustain a peaceful environment. However, if the danger persists, a state like Ukraine could go down the road of nuclearization.

Saudi and Emirati crown princes Mohammed bin Salman and Mohammed bin Zayed may be testing the limits of the leverage they derive from their interdependence with the United States by refusing to increase oil production to reduce oil prices.

Pakistan also needs to bypass Western sanctions on Russia and like India should enhance trade with Russia through a rupee-ruble payment system. In nutshell, Russia may try to balance its South Asia policy and make alliances with this region.

Pakistan’s parliament removed cricket star-turned-populist Prime Minister Imran Khan from power on Sunday and, a day later, installed opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif, the brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Now Khan’s supporters rally in the streets for the ousted premier.

The multipolar flagship projects of the Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline (PSGP) and February 2021’s agreement to build a Pakistan-Afghanistan-Uzbekistan (PAKAFUZ) railway are mutually beneficial and not aimed against any third party like the US.