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Rahul Kumar

Rahul Kumar

Rahul Kumar writes on international issues and is a keen watcher of South Asia, environment, urban development and NGOs.

  • World

    Pakistan crosses the Rubicon, to formally deploy army in Balochistan amid stiff resistance

    by Rahul Kumar May 17, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 17, 2023

    The Pakistani cabinet led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the deployment of the Pakistani Army in Balochistan in view of the deteriorating security situation in the country’s south-west …

  • Culture

    Finally, British film board gives thumbs up to The Kerala Story with caveats

    by Rahul Kumar May 17, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 17, 2023

    After almost a week of discussion and viewing of The Kerala Story at least four times, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has approved the movie for viewing by …

  • World

    Indian diaspora up in arms as British film board delays release of The Kerala Story 

    by Rahul Kumar May 15, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 15, 2023

    The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) will be viewing The Kerala Files for the fourth time on Tuesday, May 16, in a strenuous effort to certify the film for …

  • World

    Is the Taliban seeking legitimacy from India by appointing a new “ambassador”?  

    by Rahul Kumar May 15, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 15, 2023

    The Taliban government in Kabul has appointed Qadir Shah, a current staffer, as the head of the embassy in Delhi. He has been appointed in place of ambassador Farid Mamundzay, …

  • World

    Turkish presidential election underway, will it end Erdogan’s two decade rule?

    by Rahul Kumar May 14, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 14, 2023

    The Turks are currently voting in an election which could go down as historic irrespective of the outcome. If President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins, he will extend his 20-year rule …

  • World

    Imran-army rift widens as Pakistan begins to round up Khan’s supporters

    by Rahul Kumar May 14, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 14, 2023

    The fatal confrontation between former prime minister Imran Khan and the powerful Pakistani Army shows no signs of piping down. Addressing party workers through a video link from his Lahore …

  • World

    Anti-China sentiment grows in Myanmar as Beijing is accused of plundering natural resources 

    by Rahul Kumar May 13, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 13, 2023

    Mounting public anger against China and its companies in Myanmar has gone unnoticed thanks to the din over the China-Taiwan issue and the Russia-Ukraine war. In barely a week, numerous …

  • World

    The Kerala Story set for release in the UK, big crowds expected amid debate and apprehension

    by Rahul Kumar May 12, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 12, 2023

    The much-debated movie, The Kerala Story will be released in at least 26 cinema halls across the UK today. The movie is being released in 19 screens in Hindi while …

  • World

    Taliban talks down to Pakistan, asks Islamabad to observe tolerance in Imran Khan case

    by Rahul Kumar May 11, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 11, 2023

    The Taliban government in Afghanistan has expressed its dismay at the civil war-like situation in neighbouring Pakistan. The two Islamic nations share a 2,640-km long boundary known as the Durand …

  • World

    Has the embattled Pakistani Army gained an upper hand against Imran Khan?

    by Rahul Kumar May 11, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 11, 2023

    The rather laconic Pakistani Army has, in a press statement in Urdu, described the violence of May 9, 2023 that followed former prime minister Imran Khan’s arrest as a “dark …

  • World

    London, New York bear brunt of Imran Khan’s arrest as frenzied supporters pour into streets 

    by Rahul Kumar May 10, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 10, 2023

    Former Pakistani prime minister, Imran Khan’s arrest on Tuesday afternoon has brought the country to its knees as violence and arson grip Pakistan. What Khan’s supporters from his party, the …

  • World

    China pulls off its Afghan investment gambit after a delayed start

    by Rahul Kumar May 10, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 10, 2023

    The Afghan Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) announced that China has signed investments worth around $2 billion after the Taliban formed a government in Afghanistan. This much-needed investment is …

  • Culture

    Vivek Agnihotri asserts, locks horns with Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in battle over narratives 

    by Rahul Kumar May 8, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 8, 2023

    Film maker Vivek Agnihotri seems to have caught the attention of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for making a film on one of the darkest chapters in the history …

  • World

    US serves notice to Pakistan over neglected embassy building in Washington, cash-strapped Islamabad mulls sale 

    by Rahul Kumar May 8, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 8, 2023

    Pakistan’s embassy building in Washington gets a “blighted property” notice from the Department of Buildings (BOD), Washington, following a decade of neglect. The notice said that the Building Enforcement Unit …

  • World

    China’s blunt message to Pakistan—cap violence if you want CPEC to progress 

    by Rahul Kumar May 7, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 7, 2023

    A blunt China underlined the bottlenecks of terrorism in Afghanistan and political instability in Pakistan that hold back the China-Pakistan-Afghanistan trilateral group from making progress. Islamabad had organised the fifth …

  • World

    Can a Baloch journalist, green activists upset Barrick Gold’s plans in Balochistan?

    by Rahul Kumar May 6, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 6, 2023

    Just one sentence, “You should go back to Balochistan”, has put Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow in hot water. In a shareholders’ meet on Wednesday, Bristow told Baloch journalist Lateef …

  • World

    No let up in terror fund-raising in Pakistan, wake-up call for FATF

    by Rahul Kumar May 5, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 5, 2023

    Fund-raising at mosques for the cause of Kashmir and Palestine, and the idea of jihad, have become mainstream in Pakistani society. Recently, a video on social media showed two turbaned …

  • World

    Sharif lands in the UK for the fourth time amid economic meltdown in Pakistan 

    by Rahul Kumar May 4, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 4, 2023

    Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in the UK on Wednesday to attend King Charles III’s coronation and the Commonwealth leaders’ summit. He also plans to meet his brother and …

  • World

    Pakistan’s malice shows up again – Kashmir issue raised ahead of Bilawal Bhutto’s Goa visit

    by Rahul Kumar May 3, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 3, 2023

    Just one day before Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto visits Goa for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers meeting, Pakistani President Dr Arif Alvi has asked the foreign ministry …

  • World

    No breakthrough in sight as India joins UN and global powers in Doha to resolve the Afghan issue

    by Rahul Kumar May 3, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 3, 2023

    India participated in a two-day closed-door conference on Afghanistan with 20 other countries led by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to discuss the Afghan crisis. The UN was spurred by …

  • World

    Is Pakistan smuggling food to Afghanistan despite hunger pangs at home?

    by Rahul Kumar May 2, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar May 2, 2023

    Pakistanis are smuggling food to Afghanistan even as their own nation witnesses deaths due to shortage of wheat flour and rising food prices. Western neighbour Afghanistan, which was taken over …

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