Asif Ali Zardari’s one-time spokesperson Farhatullah Babar has revealed the goings-on amid fears of a military takeover of Pakistan in his memoir The Zardari Presidency (2008-2013).
Far from a ‘coup’, Xi Jinping was stomping out opposition. Within three days, at least six top officials were arrested or sentenced to prison under corruption charges.
According to Human Rights Watch, military tribunals in Myanmar have sentenced 114 people to death since the February 2021 coup, including 41 in absentia.
Military coups have been common in Pakistan. ThePrint looks at the first coup attempt — which took place in 1951 — and the more successful ones that followed.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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