On 25 April 1942 the Anglo-American commanders in Burma, Harold Alexander, William Slim and Joseph Stilwell, decided to pull all Allied troops out of the country. Nearly a week later, on 1 May the Japanese 18th Infantry Division captured Mandalay.

Today, our society is extremely, polarized, and charged with violence, unfortunately! Whether is a political divide, religious factions, or ethnic issues, people possess extreme ideology and are unwilling to understand others or accept different narratives

Changing regional dynamics, Afghan crises and multifarious factors underlying Indian bellicosity call for certain remedial initiatives by our state in order to get over the diverse effects posed by disintegration with our units.

Efforts were made to prevent the deterioration of reserves by reducing imports and increasing exports. As long as the effects of the war last, it must on the whole be thrifty, the rush of demand. War is like a storm. Whose touch will be in everyone's house?

In 2018 Imran Khan rode his anti-corruption stance to office. He won the election and became the Prime minister. The office of the PM allowed him more access to information and he went full blast on the corruption of both the ruling families of the past.

It would be not wrong to say that there are some other factors responsible for the worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka, upon which China stands above all. China has played a significant role in overburdening the Sri Lankan economy.

Due to the ongoing IMF Program, there is no fiscal space available to the government, making it difficult to increase public investment. Taxes remain high, and the country finds itself in a long-term Balance of Payment crisis.

It’s a matter of national importance that matters be identified so as to begin the process of reforms that this country needs so badly. In fact, the new government, when it arrives, may like to establish a reforms committee for the purpose.

Sunday’s vote was also seen as a bellwether for national elections that must be held by October next year, although Khan has campaigned across the country for an earlier poll since being dismissed.

Only that leadership can attain the popularity required to be lauded by the people even as the country faces immense economical hardship which will essentially come as we try to build Pakistan anew according to Iqbal’s vision instead of the Unionist Party's vision.

Mr. Bin Salman and other regional leaders will have welcomed Mr. Biden’s reassurance that the United States, with tens of thousands of troops in the region, would not abandon the Middle East and allow Iran to become a nuclear power.

Dowries are a centuries-old tradition in South Asia where the Pakistani bride's parents give cash, jewelry, or clothes to the groom's family as part of the marriage. There are laws that limit dowries in the deeply religious, conservative country of some 220 million.