Thinking Global Podcast – Michael Kugelman
Michael Kugelman explores both the international and regional dynamics of contemporary South Asian politics with the team, focussing on Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.
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Pakistan arrests 10 suspected human traffickers after Greece boat tragedy
Pakistani authorities have arrested 10 alleged human traffickers after it emerged that many of the migrants and refugees who drowned off Greece’s coast were from the South Asian nation. Islamabad has vowed the traffickers would be “severely punished.”
Terrorists Used To Come From Pak, Behead Our Jawans But Manmohan Singh Stayed Mum: Shah
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah today targeted the Congress
over corruption, alleging scams worth Rs 12 lakh crore had taken place under
the party-led UPA Government at the Centre.
Whereas, the current Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is
functioning in a transparent manner and even its opponents cannot point a
finger of corruption at it, Shah said
Indian Army, J&K Police Neutralise 61 Explosives
The Indian Army’s Romeo Force and the Poonch Police’s SOG worked together to successfully neutralise 61 explosives, including 11 live bombs, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Seri Chowana villageThe Indian Army’s Romeo Force and the Poonch Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) successfully destroyed 61 explosives, including 11 live bombs, in Seri Chowana village, Jammu and Kashmir, in a joint operation.
Mediterranean Has Become Graveyard Of Desperate Refugees, Victims of Smugglers
Nicosia: Since 2014 the Mediterranean Sea has become the most dangerous crossing in the world and the graveyard of desperate refugees and would-be migrants with more than 20,000 deaths and disappearances.This ugly truth was confirmed last Wednesday when a fishing boat trying to travel from Libya to Italy and carrying between 400 -750 people capsized and sank about 80 km from the Greek coastal
Lessons from Ukraine: Securing the Munitions Supply Chain
Pakistan is gearing its defence industry to produce more sophisticated munitions, a likely move to secure more of its ammunition supply channel.
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Nine due in Greek court over shipwreck as Pakistan holds day of mourning
Suspected people smugglers to appear in court in Kalamata, as police in Kashmir announce 10 arrestsNine suspected people smugglers are to appear before a Greek court accused of piloting the fishing trawler that sank off the coast of Greece last week le…
‘Separatism In Kashmir Is Dead, Need To Start…’: Former Spymaster AS Dulat
Mr Dulat said India should respond positively to Pakistan’s overturesSrinagar: Former spymaster AS Dulat has said the separatism in Kashmir was "dead" but felt there was a need to start a dialogue with mainstream political parties in the Valley.Mr Dulat, who was advisor on Jammu and Kashmir to the central government during the tenure of former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, also advocated
Pakistanis ‘were forced below deck’ on refugee boat in Greece disaster
Witnesses say some groups were forced into the most hazardous part of the vessel that sank, leaving hundreds feared deadPakistani nationals appear to have been singled out on the trawler that sank off Greece last Wednesday with hundreds of passengers f…
Five JeM Terrorists Involved In Labourer Deepu’s Killing Arrested: DIG South Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday claimed to have solved the murder of a labourer by arresting five Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) terrorists who were allegedly involved in the killing.Deepak Kumar alias Deepu, a circus performer and a resident of Udhampur was shot dead by terrorists on May 29 in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Announcing the arrest of five accused, Deputy Inspector General