Protests took hold across Pakistan following the detention of the opposition leader and former cricket star – raising tensions in an election year.
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The supporters of Pakistan’s populist former leader have been seething with anger since his arrest on corruption allegations.
Zimbabwe, Turkey, Argentina, Pakistan and Nigeria all have presidential or general elections in 2023.
Former prime minister emerges from assassination attempt wounded, but vowing to continue protest against government.
The shooting in the leg of the former prime minister has seen his supporters take to the streets and the crisis in Pakistani politics deepen.
Pakistan’s coalition government had been relatively permissive of former prime minister Khan’s mass rallies. But the latest developments suggest this approach has ended.
The former prime minister was forced from office by a vote of no confidence. But that doesn’t mean the political drama is over, an expert on Pakistani politics explains.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan dissolved Parliament rather than face a no-confidence vote. The Conversation asked an expert: What happens next?
Pakistan is in the middle of a constitutional crisis as a bid to unseat Imran Khan failed.
Despite confessing to the murder of his sister, Qandeel Baloch in 2016, Waseem Khan has been acquitted by the Lahore High Court. The case has shocked activists campaigning against honour killings.
Pakistan covertly backed the Taliban in Afghanistan for years. But if the Taliban fail to ensure stability now, it could trigger another wave of refugees into Pakistan or more insurgent attacks.
Pakistan’s president is facing a backlash for his comments on sexual violence against women.
India has rejected recent offers on mediation over Jammu and Kashmir. But it should think again.
Roughly translating as ‘Hindu-ness’, Hindutva reframes the majority religion more as an identity, stoking tensions and intolerance of Muslims.
After Imran Khan’s visit to the White House, what lies ahead for his relationship with Donald Trump?
Abolishing the secretive World Bank Tribunal known as the ISDS won’t solve all of the problems of global economic governance. But it seems a very good place to start.
Taking on the state with threats and violent protests was met with a swift crackdown by Imran Khan’s new government.
It started on February, 14 when a suicide attack killed more than 40 people in the Indian controlled part of Kashmir. Now, Pakistan and India’s conflict over the disputed region is heating up again.
Three important lessons from three recent privatisations.
In mending the relations with Zimbabwe’s white community by roping in Kirsty Coventry and Bruce Grobbelaar, President Mnangagwa might just have pulled off a masterstroke.
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Director of Centre for Muslim States and Societies, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of History, Tufts University
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Professor of Strategy and Policy, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Professor of Politics and Director of the Asia Research Institute, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer: Politics, History and International Relations, Aston University
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Assistant Professor--International Studies, FLAME University, PhD in International Relations, Lancaster University
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Dundee
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Honorary Associate Professor in Strategic Studies, Deakin University
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Canada Research Chair in Economy and Environment, Queen's University, Ontario
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Adelaide
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Professor of International Security, Durham University
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Professor of Modern British History, University of Southampton
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Professor, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Associate Professor in the Politics of Africa, University of Oxford
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