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Rahul Kumar

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

  • World

    Will British Hindus sink UK’s Labour party after Leicester events and the rise of Sunak?

    by Rahul Kumar April 13, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar April 13, 2023

    If the UK’s Labour Party had shocked its Hindus voters in the general elections in December 2019 over its Kashmir stand, the decision to deselect all of its six Hindu …

  • World

    Will Sweden’s decision to close Pakistan embassy set a precedent for other EU countries?

    by Rahul Kumar April 12, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar April 12, 2023

    Sweden has closed its Islamabad embassy indefinitely due to security concerns. The decision will have implications on bilateral relations like trade, education and people-to-people ties besides tarnishing Pakistan’s image globally …

  • World

    California closes caste discrimination case against Cisco’s Indian engineers amid Hinduphobia debate

    by Rahul Kumar April 12, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar April 12, 2023

    In a curious twist, the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) voluntarily closed a case it had filed against Cisco engineers Sundar Iyer and Ramana Kompella over alleged caste discrimination against …

  • World

    Gulzar Imam: Feeding a fairy tale to a broken Pakistan

    by Rahul Kumar April 10, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar April 10, 2023

    The timing and the language of Pakistani spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence’s acknowledgement about the arrest of Baloch commander Gulzar Imam, who had been captured in 2022, is noteworthy. The …

  • India

    Modi launches International Big Cats Alliance, stresses on biodiversity conservation

    by Rahul Kumar April 9, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar April 9, 2023

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA) for the conservation of seven major big cats – tiger, lion, leopard, snow leopard, puma, jaguar and cheetah in …

  • World

    The Gulzar Imam story: ISI acknowledges today what everyone else knew last year

    by Rahul Kumar April 7, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar April 7, 2023

    Pakistani spy agency ISI has finally revealed after months of speculation what was known all along – that Gulzar Imam, founder of the Baloch National Army (BNA), is under Pakistan’s …

  • Opinion

    We do not think that radical Islam is the only form of Islam: Clifford Smith

    by Rahul Kumar April 7, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar April 7, 2023

    Clifford Smith is Director Washington Project of the Middle East Forum (MEF), where he seeks to inform policy makers in the US about issues like radical Islam, Israel, and Iran, …

  • World

    Russia to help Afghanistan eliminate drugs to save region from the menace

    by Rahul Kumar April 6, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar April 6, 2023

    A concerned Russia has said that it will help Afghanistan eradicate drugs even as Moscow increases engagement with the Taliban government in a bid to address worries related to the …

  • World

    Baloch human rights abuses by Pakistan echo in UK parliament, lobbying by activists pays off

    by Rahul Kumar April 6, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar April 6, 2023

    The human rights abuses by the Pakistani State in its estranged province of Balochistan through enforced disappearances, torture and summary executions has been noticed by British members of parliament. In …

  • World

    Sharif family coalesces against Supreme Court, deepening chaos inside Pakistan

    by Rahul Kumar April 5, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar April 5, 2023

    The Pakistani Supreme Court’s ruling about holding elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on May 14 instead of October 8 has been met with full resistance by the Sharif family. …

  • World

    UK government and ‘British Pakistani men’ at loggerheads over child sexual abuse

    by Rahul Kumar April 4, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar April 4, 2023

    By saying that “almost all” members of ‘grooming gangs’ – a British euphemism for paedophile gangs, were British Pakistani men whose attitudes were incompatible with British values–British Home Secretary Suella …

  • World

    Pakistan sloshes on cheap Iranian diesel smuggled through Balochistan

    by Rahul Kumar April 3, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar April 3, 2023

    If there is something that is in plenty in a cash-starved Pakistan, it is diesel. Iranian diesel is making its way into large areas of Pakistan through speed boats operating …

  • World

    Desperate Imran Khan seeks foreign intervention, rolls out anti-corruption, rights campaign in US

    by Rahul Kumar April 3, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar April 3, 2023

    Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan has ignited a massive campaign hashtagged “Pakistan under siege” in the US against his country’s human rights violations on an industrial scale. He is …

  • World

    Caught between the devil and the deep sea, Scotland’s Humza Yousaf heads into a perfect storm

    by Rahul Kumar April 2, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar April 2, 2023

    Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s new and also its youngest First Minister wears a crown of thorns. Among his top challenges are to push forward his party’s long-lingering mandate for Scottish independence …

  • World

    Targeted killing of Hindu doctor highlights systematic attacks on minorities in Pakistan

    by Rahul Kumar March 31, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar March 31, 2023

    Eye specialist Dr Birbal Genani was shot dead in a targeted killing in Karachi on Thursday while returning home from his clinic. Hindu organisations are holding a protest demonstration outside …

  • World

    Desperate Pakistanis smuggle Iranian food to survive during Ramzan festivities

    by Rahul Kumar March 30, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar March 30, 2023

    For the Pakistani masses this Ramzan has been about shortage of wheat flour and food inflation. At least 11 people have died while collecting subsidised flour, with riots being reported …

  • World

    Is Pakistan closing Chinese businesses in Sindh on the pretext of security?

    by Rahul Kumar March 30, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar March 30, 2023

    Pakistan has taken the strange step of temporarily closing down selected business establishments run by and popular with Chinese nationals in a bid to protect Chinese nationals from attacks by …

  • World

    How political vendetta, murderous radicals and hotheads are turning Pakistan into a failed state

    by Rahul Kumar March 30, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar March 30, 2023

    With each passing day, the theatre of the absurd plays to full strength in Pakistani politics. Even as scarcity of flour and rising food prices take the lives of the …

  • World

    Mossad and Greek investigators thwart terror plot by arresting Pakistanis

    by Rahul Kumar March 29, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar March 29, 2023

    Greece arrested two men of Pakistani origin on Tuesday for plotting to attack a Jewish restaurant in central Athens and other Israeli targets like synagogues. According to Greek media both …

  • World

    The threat from the Taliban is real, says Capt. Alok Bansal

    by Rahul Kumar March 29, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar March 29, 2023

    Swift geopolitical and geo-economic developments across the world have placed the Indian foreign policy under bright floodlights. The harsh pandemic, US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the rise of China and the …

  • World

    Caught in a bind Pakistan to again miss Biden’s Democracy Summit today

    by Rahul Kumar March 28, 2023
    by Rahul Kumar March 28, 2023

    For the second time running, Pakistan has chosen not to attend the Democracy Summit taking place in Washington on Tuesday, March 28. On Tuesday afternoon, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs …

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