Category : Neighbourhood Intel

Resistance to Pakistan’s latest law—amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016—has been powerful and immediate. A day after the President signed the ordinance, journalists walked out of a meeting with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, demanding that the law be rolled back forthwith. The matter has reached the Islamabad High Court, which […]Read More

Around the time Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was in Russia soaking in the ‘excitement’, the opposition back home held a series of meetings, planning for its no-confidence move against the PM. Top PPP leaders—Asif Ali Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari—and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) president Maulana Fazlur Rehman met PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif at the latter’s […]Read More

No need for scheduled daily power cuts in the next three months if conservation measures are followed, the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka has said. It’s a tough ask though. Bulk supply consumers will have to use generators during peak hours, apartment dwellers who wish to use air conditioners between 6 pm and 10 […]Read More

Six months after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the United States says Pakistan could have done more to help with a negotiated settlement. “Had Pakistan taken some of those steps in a more meaningful and consistent way, I think we would be in a different place today,” says Thomas West, the U.S. Special Representative […]Read More

The United Nations is neglecting human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) because of Beijing’s diplomatic and financial influence, claims whistleblower Emma Reilly. “There is an actual policy that the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the secretary-general, and various other senior officials do not meet … with Uyghurs, Tibetans, Taiwanese, Falun Gong, anyone […]Read More