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Topic: Pakistan

Pakistan is a South Asian country and western neighbour of India. It was created in 1947 after being partitioned from India during independence. It has longstanding border disputes with India and is currently reeling under economic and political issues.

Pakistan beats India 38-18 at UNESCO vote, ‘Global South’ countries may have sided with it

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Islamabad's candidate secured the post of vice-chairperson of the UNESCO executive board. India’s defeat contravenes decades of its diplomatic policy approach to such elections.

China’s erasure of mosques shows Muslims can only thrive in nations like India

Amana Begam -
China is actively replacing Islamic architecture with symbols reflective of Chinese ideology. But the Muslim world is silent.

‘Well done army chief’—Pakistan general hailed for $25 billion deals with UAE, stocks soar

Debdutta Chakraborty -
The hashtag ‘Welldonearmychief’ started trending after Pakistan entered MoUs for investments of 20-25 billion dollars with the UAE on 27 November.

‘His life is in threat’: Pakistan govt denies Imran Khan court-ordered public trial

Asif Shahzad -
Former Pakistan prime minister has not been seen in public since he was jailed for 3 years in Aug for unlawfully selling state gifts during his tenure in office from 2018 to 2022.

Embarrassed Pakistanis have a question—does anyone in IT ministry know how to take a screenshot?

Amrtansh Arora -
Pakistan's Ministry of IT & Telecom posted a picture of newspaper clippings neatly pasted on A4 sheets on X to persuade citizens to pat the government's back.

Pakistan police probe killing of woman over social media photo, death ‘ordered by village elders’

Mushtaq Ali -
In case of suspected honour killing, a council of elders —known as a jirga — 'ordered that the victim and a friend, who also appeared in the picture, be killed'. Police were able to rescue one.

Pakistani director shames women on TV. But the audience cheered

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar said that men are manufactured to cheat, and co-education distracts boys. His comments prompted an op-ed that urged the banning of his TV appearances.

Pakistan’s on a high as stocks rally but some call it ‘misguided statistics’

Zenaira Bakhsh -
The country’s continuous rupee recovery and the government’s successful negotiation with the International Monetary Fund are said to be two major factors for the hike.

Nine killed, including 2 soldiers, in four terror incidents in Northwest Pakistan

PTI -
There has been an uptick in terrorism incidents in Pakistan in recent months, with the TTP and other militant outfits intensifying their actions against security forces.

Pakistan has applied to join BRICS in 2024, says Islamabad’s envoy to Russia

ThePrint Team -
Pakistan’s newly-appointed ambassador Muhammad Khalid Jamali tells Russian state-owned news agency TASS that his country is counting on Russia’s assistance in membership process.
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CEA Nageswaran says India’s FY24 growth could hit 8%, but World Bank warns this is ‘above potential’

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Speaking at an event, World Bank country director Auguste Tano Kouamé said growth above potential would result in high inflation.

Defence

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Smruti Deshpande -
Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta -
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

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