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    Afghanistan

    Afghan Graduates in Pakistan Fear Degrees May Become Worthless Amid Attestation Crisis

    The longer the uncertainty lasts, the greater the chance that educational investments made in Pakistan will fail to translate into futures.
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    Civil society

    Pakistan: Balochistan’s Press Under Siege; PECA as a Tool of Control

    In Balochistan the pressures are layered: state agencies, political and tribal elites, and non-state armed groups – all exert influence.
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    Accountability

    PoJK Unrest Lays Bare Pakistan’s Fragile State

    The experts concluded that the cycle of protest and crackdown is not an aberration but a structural feature of a military-dominated state that cannot negotiate with its own citizens.
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    Bangladesh

    Extreme Heat Erodes 31 Million Jobs a Year in South Asia

    By 2070, around 520 million people across the region could face at least one month of dangerous heat each year – four times the number today.
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    Accountability

    Pakistan: Report Exposes Forced Conversions Targeting Girls Averaging Just 12 Years Old

    For minority Christian families in Punjab’s industrial towns and rural districts, the fear is immediate and daily.
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    Disaster Management

    Pakistan’s Silent Epidemic: Nine Million Hepatitis C Cases Fuel Race Against 2030 WHO Deadline

    Pakistan’s response positions the country as both a high-burden test case and a potential model for elimination.
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    Finance and Economy

    Peshawar Bakers Threaten Shutdowns Over Stagnant Roti Rates

    The simultaneous provincial wheat-release programme may ease some pressure on millers, but bakers say the benefit will only reach them if official roti rates are adjusted accordingly.
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    Accountability

    Pakistan’s Deadly Strike on Kabul Rehab Centre: A Possible War Crime, Says Amnesty

    The Omid Centre attack is more than a military incident – it is a stark reminder of war’s indiscriminate toll on the vulnerable.
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    Accountability

    Bhutan’s Long-Deferred Mines and Minerals Bill Set for Parliamentary Return this Winter

    If enacted, the Mines and Minerals Management Bill 2026 would mark the most significant overhaul of Bhutan’s mineral governance in three decades.
    Animals and wildlife

    China’s Solar Boom Creates ‘Green Dilemma’ for Birds

    Without deliberate ecological planning, the green transition risks creating new biodiversity deficits even as it reduces greenhouse-gas emissions.
    Climate change

    Glacier Collapse Triggers Deadly Nepal-China Border Floods as Blame Game Erupts

    This disaster is the latest reminder that the “Third Pole” of the Himalayas is warming and becoming more hazardous.

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    Accountability

    Bhutan’s Long-Deferred Mines and Minerals Bill Set for Parliamentary Return this Winter

    If enacted, the Mines and Minerals Management Bill 2026 would mark the most significant overhaul of Bhutan’s mineral governance in three decades.
    Animals and wildlife

    China’s Solar Boom Creates ‘Green Dilemma’ for Birds

    Without deliberate ecological planning, the green transition risks creating new biodiversity deficits even as it reduces greenhouse-gas emissions.
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    Military Confrontation ‘Almost Inevitable’ Without Iran Nuclear Deal, Say Experts, Officials

    Conflicting signals have emerged from both capitals. While Trump has threatened to bomb Iran if no agreement is reached, he claimed on April 3 that Tehran may be reconsidering its position. But Tehran remains firm: it will not engage in direct negotiations while the pressure campaign continues.
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    Finance and Economy

    Global Gender Equality Progress Stalls as 351 Million Women Remain in Extreme Poverty: UN Report

    With just five years left to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a new United Nations report has warned that the world is “alarmingly off-track” on gender equality, placing millions of women and girls at risk of being left behind.
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    Climate change

    Glacier Collapse Triggers Deadly Nepal-China Border Floods as Blame Game Erupts

    This disaster is the latest reminder that the “Third Pole” of the Himalayas is warming and becoming more hazardous.
    Accountability

    Bhutan’s Long-Deferred Mines and Minerals Bill Set for Parliamentary Return this Winter

    If enacted, the Mines and Minerals Management Bill 2026 would mark the most significant overhaul of Bhutan’s mineral governance in three decades.
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    Nepal Sets Mid-February 2027 Deadline for FATF Compliance as Secretaries Ordered to Deliver Results

    Success will depend on coordination among investigative agencies, the Financial Information Unit, regulators and the judiciary.

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