In a significant departure from established policy, President Alvi's office released a press statement pushing a 'one-state' solution for Palestine. The statement was retracted in a few hours.
Pakistan was due to hold elections this year to elect its next federal govt, but a host of twists and turns appears to have thrown the schedule off by several months.
Election Commission of Pakistan has been pushing for polls after its ongoing delimitation exercise. President Arif Alvi, however, has been vehemently opposing this.
Alvi claims he did not sign bills amending the Official Secrets Act and the Army Act, which have been criticized for curbing freedom of expression and political participation in Pakistan.
When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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