Debt bondage in Sindh is systemic, inter-generational and structurally embedded. Legal prohibitions and international commitments notwithstanding, serious gaps in enforcement and socioeconomic inequalities sustain a cycle of exploitation. Without coordinated, evidence-based and politically accountable reform, millions of minorities, women and children remain at risk of continued slavery. Debt BondageDownload
Brig Brijesh Pandey Seven years after the Pulwama suicide bombing claimed the lives of 40 Central Reserve Police Force personnel, India’s security strategy still carries the imprints of that national tragedy. The body bags wrapped in the National Flag catalysed the strategic shift. This terrorist attack by Pakistan-based and backed terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), from … Continue reading Pulwama@Seven: No Room for Complacency
There is an India-vision lesson beyond missiles. Great powers don't just buy deterrence, they industrialise it, converting national scale into military leverage. Rahul PAWA | x - @imrahulpawa Deterrence is capability in motion. It is measured by one brutal test. Can a force still launch after the first attack? Last September, Agni-Prime gave India a … Continue reading Agni-Prime: India’s Futuristic Rail based Strike Advantage
5th February: Pakistan’s Propaganda Day, Not Kashmir’s Solidarity Vivek Raina Pakistan has conducted one of the longest-running disinformation campaigns in geopolitics for more than 75 years. It hides a fundamental truth while posing as an advocate for the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Parts of J&K are unlawfully occupied by Pakistan, which has also actively … Continue reading Pakistan’s Kashmir Lie Exposed to the World
Balochistan remains a place where the promises of 1947 are still argued, remembered and resisted. Rahul PAWA | X @imrahulpawa In the vast, rugged expanses stretching from the Arabian Sea to the deserts bordering Iran and Afghanistan lies Balochistan, land rich in minerals, memory and unresolved history. Today, it is Pakistan's largest province by territory, … Continue reading Baloch Question in Pakistan’s Army State
By N. C. Bipindra As Bangladesh moves toward the general elections scheduled for February 2026, the country is experiencing its most far-reaching political realignment in decades. The collapse of Sheikh Hasina’s long-entrenched Awami League dominance following the 2024 mass uprising has dismantled the familiar two-party framework and given rise to a fragmented, competitive political arena. … Continue reading Bangladesh’s Political Alliances Ahead of the 2026 Elections: Domestic Shifts and Geopolitical Alignments
By R K Raina The events that unfolded in Dhaka this week should end any remaining illusion that Bangladesh’s current political drift is a contained or internal matter. On Wednesday afternoon, hundreds of protesters marched towards the Indian High Commission under the banner of July Oikya, raising anti-India slogans and issuing open threats against a … Continue reading A Nation at Risk While the World Watches
Bangladesh may paper over its wounds one by one, but the scars of systematic genocide during 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War will remain permanent. Pummy M. Pandita The 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War was marked by a systematic campaign of genocide carried out by the Pakistan Army and its supporting forces, Razakars, against the Bengali population, pro-independence … Continue reading 1971 Genocide and the Unhealed Scars of Bangladesh
Time and again, investigations into jihadist violence have pointed to enabling ecosystems that stretch across borders, with recurrent nodes linked to Pakistan based terrorist infrastructure and diaspora level recruitment networks that sustain extremist causes. Rahul PAWA Sydney's Bondi Beach was the scene of a chilling mass shooting during a public Hanukkah celebration. Witnesses say two … Continue reading Bondi Terror Massacre and States That Enable Jihad
Jamat e Islami and Muhammed Yunus seek to shape Bangladesh into politically radical Islamic nation and threaten its Bengali Identity N. C. Bipindra During a 1955 debate in Pakistan’s Second Constituent Assembly on whether the eastern province should be called East Bengal or East Pakistan, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman said, “We have demanded so many times … Continue reading Bangladesh’s self-goal: tilt to Pakistan
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