Mr. Bin Salman suggested what his thinking maybe when he approved a US$2 billion investment by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), in a controversial private equity fund against the advice of the PIF’s screening panel.

Regardless of the increasing number of organized violent attacks by far-right, non-Islamist militants across the globe, Western policy and scholarly discourse on terrorism remain excessively focused on violent extremism in Muslims. South Asia is no exception.

Articles 370 and 35-A, which had given Kashmir its unique status, were repealed by the Indian government in August of this year. As a result, India is attempting to alter the demographics of Kashmir, a move that is illegal under international law.

In South Asia, India remains the largest emitter of carbon and is number three in the global rankings and is also the third-largest military spender. While India has committed that it will reduce carbon emissions to a net-zero by 2070, its continued investments in fossil-based power

In the context of Pakistan, and especially for this article, militarization refers to the peculiar mindset of Pakistan's who's who – the civil bureaucracy, feudal lords, politicians, media persons, and businessmen, in short, all those who matter in the society.

Pakistan's Islamic Republic requires a major course correction, which has proven to be a difficult task. While the forces of change are fragmented, the status quo's actors are well established. Bhutto's People's Party was able to make a dent in the system during the 1970s.

Imran Khan benefits from the deep gulf between the old guard and the Gen Z which does not buy the state narratives, be it from any institution of the state. Tech and media-savvy as they are, they would name and shame any who would not conform to their perceived reality or truth.

Apart from the Middle East and North Africa, South Asia falls behind other regions in terms of gender outcomes and attitudes toward gender equality. People's unique opinions are more conventional than social conventions.

On 7th March 2010, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid confessed that her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman did plan a comprehensive conspiracy to break Pakistan into 2 pieces with the help of the Indian government.

It is not desirable that the powerful military establishment be equated to the emperor, courts, the SCBA, and the opposition leaders to the wise old men. Walking naked on this procession without feeling the nation's pulse will lead to catastrophic outcomes down the road.

A reliable and supportive energy environment paired with more efficient use of monetary policy and customs tariff can largely improve industrial competitiveness and reverse what appears to be the beginning of Pakistan’s premature deindustrialization.

Israeli justifications of its attempts to walk a middle ground on the back of efforts to mediate between Mr. Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are wearing thin as prospects evaporate for a negotiated end to the war any time soon.