Unfortunately, populism is striking deep roots in Indian polity, and political leaders are thriving on populist rhetoric. Their policies are undermining the institutions, be it the Central bureaucracy, the CBI, the ED or the State police / administration, if not also the independence of the judiciary.
June 24, 2019The cruel irony being that rival candidates of the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who were out on the streets to cheer their respective parties, were attacked by the mobs.
December 14, 2018Protests organized by the TLP broke out nationwide almost immediately after the verdict, practically paralyzing Pakistan for three days.
November 13, 2018Most Islamists and Brotherhood loyalists have either been jailed or fugitives since the popular-backed military ouster of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in early July 2013.
October 29, 2018A leading Pakistani daily on Tuesday condemned the State’s “capitulation” to Islamists whose street protests forced a cornered Law Minister Zahid Hamid to resign. “It is a surrender so abject that the mind is numb and the heart sinks,” the Dawn said in an editorial. “The deal negotiated between the State, both civilian and military …
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November 28, 2017A Cairo court on Monday upheld 20 death sentences against suspected Islamists over the killings of 12 policemen in an attack on a police station near Giza in August 2013, reports said. The Cairo criminal court will issue it final verdict against the suspects on June 2 following a ruling from the country's Grand Mufti, the …
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April 24, 2017