NEW DELHI: A storm is brewing in the waters around Sri Lanka and India and it has nothing to do with the weather. A Chinese survey vessel Shi Yan 6, has sought permission from Colombo to survey the waters off Sri Lanka next month, which would also involve docking at a harbour there. As Asiri […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Pakistan yet again finds itself at the crossroads: the economy is in bad shape, the currency has been in free fall, inflation has gone through the roof and if that wasn’t bad enough, a caretaker government is supposedly in charge till the next general elections. However, one institution that has gained more control […]Read More
Claiming that the bridge proposed to connect Sri Lanka and India would be the beginning of many unnecessary problems, the Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, has insisted that a referendum be held on the matter. Commenting on the proposed building of a bridge connecting Sri Lanka and India, he questioned whether the country was […]Read More
The balancing act of the Ranil Wickremesinghe Government, which it has been carrying out for over a year, will be subjected to a litmus test in the next few months as tensions have begun to rise within the government. While President Wickremesinghe’s main focus has been on pushing the economic recovery programme and addressing geopolitical […]Read More
NEW DELHI: For perhaps the nth time in Pakistan’s history, the army is back in the saddle with an interim government acting as the front for its interests. In this conversation on The Gist, Ambassador Sharat Sabharwal says the current situation confirms the point that army chief Gen. Asim Munir has consolidated his position. The […]Read More
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