Deadly Indonesia protests force U-turn on lawmakers’ perks
- 31-Aug-2025
JAKARTA: Political parties in Indonesia have agreed to cut lawmakers’ benefits, President Prabowo Subianto said on Sunday, in a bid to calm anti-government protests that have killed at least five people in the country’s worst violence in decades. Protests began on Monday over what demonstrators called excessive pay and housing allowances for parliamentarians of Indonesia, […]
Ethnic violence in India’s Manipur escalates, six killed
- 08-Sep-2024
Six people, including one civilian, were killed as fresh violence broke out between two warring ethnic communities in the northeast Indian state of Manipur on Saturday, authorities said. The majority Meitei community and the tribal Kukis have clashed sporadically since last year after a court ordered the state government to consider extending special economic benefits […]
China holds military drills along violence-hit Myanmar border
- 25-Nov-2023
BEIJING: China began military exercises along its border with Myanmar on Saturday and urged its citizens to leave the north of that country, which has been beset by fighting since last month. Clashes have intensified in large areas of Myanmar’s northern Shan state, close to the Chinese border, forcing more than 80,000 people to leave […]
Manipur Violence And Modi
- 12-Aug-2023
The problems confronting Narendra Modi are mounting by the day just as Indian national elections are approaching. Modi is known for keeping his nerves during crises but the Armageddon-like situation that has developed in the eastern state of Manipur has the potential of rattling nerves of even the most strong-nerved. A long stretch of a […]
Anatomy Of Violence
- 10-Mar-2023
Pakistan is going through a difficult phase of its existence, and apart from verbiage spewed by multiple socio-political elements that actually incite violence, the degree of violent behaviour in the country has simply become untenable. People of Pakistan are subjected to the incidents of violence taking place day in and day out sometimes for no […]
Rana Sanaullah fears violence in Karachi, Hyderabad LG polls
- 14-Jan-2023
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah said on Saturday that he fears violence in Karachi and Hyderabad LG polls, ARY News reported. As per details, the interior minister said expressed concerns on Karachi and Hyderabad local government elections. He said that the opposition among political parties is concerning, as two parties are in favour […]
Ethnic Conflicts: brief outline, motives & state ‘inaction’
- 22-Jul-2022
KARACHI: Recent ethnic clashes in the wake of Bilal Kaka’s death, shortly after Eid, enveloped largely the Hyderabad and Karachi districts with nationalists setting ablaze chai dhabas of Pashtuns, warning them to retire from Sindh. In the mob violence incidents following the yawning fault-lines and amid state’s lukewarm response to put out the fire, few […]
Inquiry committee formed to investigate NA-240 by-poll violence
- 19-Jun-2022
KARACHI: A special investigation team has been formed to look into the violence that took place during the NA-240 by-election in Karachi, reported ARY News. Additional IG Karachi Javed Alam Odho has formed a team headed by the DIG East which includes SSP Tariq Nawaz, SSP Arab Mehr, SSP Abrez Abbasi and SSP Korangi. A […]
Violence in NA-240 by-polls: ECP issues notice to Mustafa Kamal
- 18-Jun-2022
KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued notice to Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chief Mustafa Kamal for insulting the presiding officers and snatching ballot papers during NA-240 by-elections, ARY News reported. According to details, the electoral watchdog has summoned the PSP chairman to Islamabad on June 22 at 10 am. In the notice, […]
Sindh CM orders inquiry into NA-240 by-poll violence
- 18-Jun-2022
KARACHI: Sindh CM Syed Murad Ali Shah on Saturday ordered a transparent inquiry into the violence that erupted during the NA-240 by-poll in Karachi, held on Thursday, ARY News reported. The directions were given by Sindh CM to AIG Karachi Javed Alam Odho who called on him at CM House and informed him about the […]