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Why Pakistan’s Electoral System Fails To Empower Minorities

HONG KONG, SAR: The unprecedented hobnobbing of some top Christian leaders with major political parties ahead of the Feb. 8 general election triggered more scorn from the minority community than praise.
 
 
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Iran-Pakistan Tensions And China’s Diplomatic Cards

WASHINGTON, US: Iran and Pakistan’s unprecedented cross-border strikes on January 16 and 18 were as unsettling as they were surprising. Although Tehran has long seen Baloch separatist groups operating in Pakistan’s Balochistan province and Iran’s Sistan and Balochistan provinces as a grave threat, officials in Islamabad were caught off guard when Iran fired a barrage of missiles at two Jaish al-Adl bases without coordination with Pakistan. The Pakistani army then retaliated by firing drones and missiles at the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) targets near the Iranian city of Saravan.
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The Belt And Road Turns Into A ‘Debt Trap’ For Beijing


SACRAMENTO, US:With dozens of the member countries of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) club pushing to renegotiate their loans from China, the BRI is rightly said to have become a project of debt collection rather than one characterized by Beijing’s ‘win-win’ formula of mutual development. 

 
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Revamp Pernama To Better Attract Soldiers And Veterans

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-The business module of Perwira Niaga Malaysia (Pernama) has to be aggressively revamped, to attract more Armed Forces personnel, veterans and their families to patronise its retail outlets.

 

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2022 Is The Year Of Cultural Heritage Of Peoples Of Russia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--2022 was declared the Year of the Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of Russia. The goal of the Cultural Heritage year is to popularize folk art and preserve cultural traditions, historical and cultural monuments, ethnocultural diversity, and cultural identity of all peoples and ethnic communities of the Russian Federation.

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2022: A Year For Yet Another Reset For Malaysian Democracy

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia--If politics in the year 2020 was bad for Malaysia, when the elected Pakatan Harapan government was toppled via defections, 2021 was certainly worse. Yet, I believe that when we look back in the years to come, 2021 could be the norm-setting year for Malaysian democracy, albeit in the most unwitting manner.

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Everyone Has The Right To Maintain, Be Proud Of Cultural Roots


KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Everyone has the right to retain, maintain or keep their roots and feel proud of it. How we eat whether it's by hand, feet, spoon or fork, chopsticks or whatever that brings our food to the stomach is no reflection of one's identity or patriotism for one's country.

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China-Pakistan Belt and Road Initiative hits buffers


TOKYO, Japan--In Gwadar, a developing port town in southwest Pakistan, Adam Qadir Baksh had been hoping for a major leap forward in his automobile spare parts business since 2015, but it has not happened in the absence of the vital Chinese tailwind once promised.

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‘Keep us informed on vaccination plan’

THE Orang Seletar in Kampung Bakar Batu Perling, Johor Baru, want the authorities to disseminate information on the Covid-19 vaccination.

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