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Crackdown on Opposition and Media: Pakistan’s Military Tightens Grip

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Crackdown on Opposition and Media: Pakistan's Military Tightens Grip

Pakistan is carrying out a broad clampdown on the opposition and media, as the country’s powerful military asserts its authority more aggressively than it has in decades. Thousands of supporters of opposition leader Imran Khan have been arrested after staging violent protests at military sites. When suspects couldn’t be found, family members or domestic staff were picked up in some cases, according to human rights groups. More than 80 people are facing trials in military courts, which aren’t open to the public, government officials said. The military has warned TV…

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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey alleges GoI threatened to shut down platform, raid homes of employees during farmers’ protest if some accounts are not blocked

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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey alleges GoI threatened to shut down platform, raid homes of employees during farmers' protest if some accounts are not blocked

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, in a stunning allegation, claimed that the company had received “many requests” from India to block accounts covering farmers’ protests and those critical of the government. While the government was yet to react to Dorsey’s allegation, the Congress’s wings – the Youth Congress and National Students’ Union of India – took to Twitter to share the clip of his claim which he made during an interview to YouTube channel Breaking Points on Monday. During the interview, when asked if he had faced any pressure from foreign…

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Bangladesh government concerned about ‘Akhand Bharat’ map in new Indian Parliament building

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Bangladesh government concerned about 'Akhand Bharat' map in new Indian Parliament building

The Government of Bangladesh has instructed its mission here to contact the Ministry of External Affairs about the “Akhand Bharat” map placed in the new Parliament building. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam told journalists in Dhaka that the Awami League government is in the process of seeking clarification from India regarding the map that has drawn protests from Nepal and Pakistan as it shows the spread of ancient Indian kingdoms from the west to the east of the subcontinent that covers present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Mr.…

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Noam Chomsky criticizes holding G20 Meet in Kashmir, Calls it an ‘Occupied and Brutalized’ Region

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Noam Chomsky criticizes holding G20 Meet in Kashmir, Calls it an "Occupied and Brutalized" Region

The G20 delegates wrapped up their three-day tour of Srinagar with a visit to some scenic spots in the city on Wednesday, hours after American academic Noam Chomsky questioned the conscience of the grouping for holding such a meeting in “brutalised” Kashmir. The G20 meeting had started on a controversial note on Monday after three member countries — China, Saudi Arabia and Turkey — and guest country Egypt boycotted the event. It was the first major international event in Kashmir after the 2019 scrapping of its special status.In a video…

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China and Turkey expected to skip G20 meeting in Kashmir

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China and Turkey expected to skip G20 meeting in Kashmir

China and Turkey are among G20 member states that won’t attend a tourism working group meeting to be held in Srinagar next week while several other countries will have low-level participation in the event, people familiar with the matter said. The meeting, to be held during May 22-24, is being billed as one of the largest international events to be organised in Kashmir in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. Tight security arrangements have been put in place around the venue, Sher-e-Kashmir International Conventional Centre…

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Pakistan Supreme Court orders immediate release of Imran Khan, declares arrest Illegal

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Supreme Court declares arrest of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan Illegal

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s arrest has been declared “illegal” by the country’s top court, paving the way for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief’s immediate release. The court order came shortly after Khan was presented in court. He was brought in a convoy of 15 vehicles amid strict security, according to Pakistan’s Geo TV. Khan told the court that he was “abducted” from the Islamabad high court premises and was beaten by sticks. The three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and…

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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan arrested outside Islamabad High Court

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Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was arrested from outside the Islamabad High Court by Rangers on Tuesday. Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was taken into custody from a court premises in Islamabad in a corruption case. “Imran did not appear despite the notices, NAB (National Accountability Bureau) has arrested him for damaging the national treasury. No violence was done to them,” interior of Pakistan Rana Sanaullah said on Twitter. “Imran Khan’s car has been surrounded,” Khan’s aide Fawad Chaudhry had earlier said without confirming his arrest.…

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China and Pakistan support UN Resolution, Reject unilateral actions in Kashmir

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China and Pakistan support UN Resolution, Reject unilateral actions in Kashmir

China and Pakistan reiterated their opposition to “unilateral actions” in Jammu and Kashmir, with the Chinese foreign minister repeating that the dispute was a vestige of the past and should be resolved as per UN resolutions. This was mentioned in the joint press release issued after the Chinese and Pakistani foreign ministers co-chaired the fourth round of Strategic Dialogue on Saturday. Both foreign ministers met in Islamabad a day after they attended the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Goa, India. The joint statement said that the Pakistani side…

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Pakistan Condemns India’s Decision to Hold G20 Meetings in Kashmir, Calls it a Provocative Move

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Pakistan Condemns India's Decision to Hold G20 Meetings in Kashmir, Calls it a Provocative Move

Pakistan on Tuesday condemned India’s decision to hold Group of 20 meetings in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir next month, calling the move “irresponsible”. Kashmir is claimed in full but ruled in part by the two nuclear-armed neighbours who have fought two of their three wars over control of the region. India currently holds the rotating year-long presidency of the G20 and is set to host a leaders’ summit in New Delhi in early September. On Friday, India released a full calendar of events leading up to the summit,…

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Taliban Mocks Pakistan Army: ‘Failed to Liberate Even an Inch of Kashmir from India’

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Taliban Mocks Pakistan Army: 'Failed to Liberate Even an Inch of Kashmir from India'

Mocking the Pakistan Army’s inability to ‘liberate’ Kashmir, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has dismissed allegations by the Pakistani military that it is being backed by India. In a statement by its propaganda wing TTP Umar Media, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) – also known as the Pakistan Taliban – has rejected the Pakistan Army’s claim that it is a proxy of India’s intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW). Countering the Pakistan Army’s claim, the TTP said that if it is being backed by India, then why is the Pakistani establishment…

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