Despite the US military and economic aid to Pakistan in return for granting military bases, and use of Pakistan's airspace for overt and covert military operations, including drone attacks, Pakistan remains a basket case.

Over the last four decades, China has pulled eight hundred million people out of poverty with its continuous macroeconomic and political stability along with rural development programs and its open-door policy.

Learning to write well can help make that statement strong and beautiful. Handwritten notes to friends and loved ones are intimate and personal in a way that email and typewritten text cannot fully convey.

Both India and Bangladesh place a lot of importance on the joint meeting dialogue. To strengthen connections with Bangladesh, the friendship discussion with India essentially indicates the improved bilateral understanding.

The US military hardware, it should be highlighted, would amount to a fraction of the matériel Soviet Russia had at its disposal throughout the entire war – the great majority of which was domestically produced by the Russians.

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is by far one of the most ambitious and expensive components of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The economic corridor, a mix of transportation and energy infrastructure projects at an estimated cost of $60 billion,

Depp sued Heard, his ex-wife, for defamation over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in which she described herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." Though Depp was not named in the article, he claims it cost him lucrative acting roles.

Devastating forest fires continue to rage in Pakistan amid the extreme heatwaves. This year, the fires have scorched about 45 acres of Margalla national park this year so far and fires are still raging. In comparison, some 35 fires were reported in 2021 that damaged 189 acres.

The growing engagement between Indian and Taliban officials indicates that New Delhi has economic and strategic ambitions in Afghanistan and the Central Asian states, which cannot be fulfilled without establishing ties with the current Afghan rulers.

The Myanmar military has remained absolutely silent on the Rohingya citizenship issue. Despite the fact that a number of countries put a limited embargo on Myanmar's generals, such attempts have already been proven ineffective.

While striving to maintain a balanced posture in Afghanistan, we need to guard against remaining oblivious to the ground realities. When the chips are down, the Afghan Taliban will always support the TPP in its fight against Pakistan.

The five hundred incidents of violence against such a small minority is a staggering figure showcasing the dire situation of Indian Christians. The ground realities show that minority rights will be curbed even further in the future.