The government’s use of the Hindi word for ‘India’ revives debates over whether Hindi should be the national language – and reopens some old wounds.
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Pakistan has no official indicators to measure female genital cutting and no laws against it. There are also rarely protests against it.
Could Pakistan become a Singapore of the 21st century?
Two years on from taking control of Afghanistan the Taliban continues to rule through fear and threatens the stability of the whole region.
Consigned to jobs in sanitation and other hazardous fields, Christians, the largest religious minority group in Pakistan, face a difficult time in the country.
Deadly attacks on schoolchildren by terrorists groups have been growing around the world from 2009.
Pakistan has launched a crackdown on human traffickers after hundreds of its citizens, mostly women and children, died when a fishing boat sunk off the coast of Greece.
A deadly crash in India that claimed the lives of around 300 people has refocused international attention on the importance of railways in the country.
How did Pakistan Army grow from 140,000 men in 1947 into the world’s seventh most powerful army, and arguably the country’s “king maker” institution?
Protests took hold across Pakistan following the detention of the opposition leader and former cricket star – raising tensions in an election year.
The supporters of Pakistan’s populist former leader have been seething with anger since his arrest on corruption allegations.
Two social scientists explain how caste-identities are pervasive in not just Hinduism but other South Asian faith groups as well.
A political scientist explains the history of blasphemy laws in Muslim-majority nations and how they play a role in silencing dissent.
Since the Taliban’s return to power in neighbouring Afghanistan, the security situation in Pakistan has grown increasingly dire.
Zimbabwe, Turkey, Argentina, Pakistan and Nigeria all have presidential or general elections in 2023.
It’s a landmark agreement, acknowledging for the first time that wealthy countries bear some responsibility to help. But it leaves many unanswered questions.
Extreme weather will continue to disrupt global food systems.
Does the Global North have a moral responsibility to protect and compensate those in the Global South that disproportionately bear the brunt of climate change devastation?
Former prime minister emerges from assassination attempt wounded, but vowing to continue protest against government.
That’s the big question at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, and it’s controversial.
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Professor of History, Tufts University
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Director of Centre for Muslim States and Societies, The University of Western Australia
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Honorary Associate Professor in Strategic Studies, Deakin University
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University
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Professor of Political Science, Director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies, San Diego State University
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Emeritus Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University
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Reader in Political Science and International Relations, Aston University
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of Politics and Director of the Asia Research Institute, University of Nottingham
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Clemson University
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
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Visiting Research Professor, The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace Security and Justice, Queen's University Belfast
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