On 11 November, the Pakistani president had stirred up a controversy by straying from the official positon and supporting a 'one-state solution' for Palestine.
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 The statement was retracted in a few hours.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.
Alvi also ordered the formation of a caretaker govt after the Pakistan Supreme Court recently allowed the amendment of a 2018 administrative order to conduct elections in the region.
Social media user were seen justifying the murder, citing “the other side” or alleging Radhika was with a Muslim man. It normalises a father's violence and communalises her death.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.
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