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    Pakistan’s Long-Awaited Minority Rights Commission: Progress or Symbolic Gesture?

    For Hindus in Sindh, Christians in Punjab, and other groups nationwide, the wait for meaningful protection continues. The establishment of the NCMR offers cautious hope, but history suggests that transforming promise into protection requires sustained commitment beyond legislation.
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    Agriculture

    Khet Bachao Abhiyan: Government Pushes Balanced Fertilizer Use to Save Farms, Soil, and Farmers’ Futures

    The “Khet Bachao Abhiyan” is more than an awareness drive – it is a clarion call to safeguard the foundation of India’s food security: its soils.
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    Accountability

    Human Rights Body Exposes Systemic Abuse and Regulatory Failures in Pakistan’s Rehabilitation Centres

    Civil society and legal experts attending the launch echoed the need for immediate action to prevent rehabilitation centres from becoming instruments of suppression.
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    Artificial Intelligence

    Bot Armies March into Bangladesh Politics: Digital Tools Reshape Influence in Post-Uprising Era

    Political analysts argue that bot armies reflect deeper issues: a polarized society where winning the narrative matters more than policy substance. “Politics cannot be done by going viral with bot armies,” one parliamentarian remarked, emphasizing the need for authentic engagement.
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    Food Security

    From Fuel to Food: West Asia Turmoil Sends Prices Soaring in Nepal

    Traders sometimes amplify global shocks for higher margins, but the core drivers are structural: import dependence, thin domestic buffers, and exposure to volatile geopolitics
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    Animals and wildlife

    The Hidden Toll of Living with Tigers – Who Speaks for the Tiger Widows of the Sundarbans?

    The Sundarbans is not just a UNESCO World Heritage site or a tiger sanctuary – it is a living landscape where humans and wildlife have long coexisted, often at great cost.
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    Democracy

    CIC Ruling on BCCI Sparks Fresh Transparency Debate Over RTI Coverage

    The latest order is expected to intensify legal and political debate over whether India’s most powerful sporting body can continue to remain outside the country’s transparency regime.
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    Democracy

    Pakistan: Fierce Backlash as Politicians Consider Raising Voting Age to 25

    As deliberations continue, the proposal highlights deeper questions about trust in Pakistan’s democratic institutions.
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    Students Spotlight War’s Human Toll at Hyderabad Peace Event

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    The return to the negotiating table after nearly two decades underscores the particular challenges faced by small, environmentally vulnerable economies.
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    Normalised Violence: How Bangladesh’s Chars Trap Women in Abuse

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    Students Spotlight War’s Human Toll at Hyderabad Peace Event

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    Bhutan Resumes WTO Accession Talks After 18-Year Pause

    The return to the negotiating table after nearly two decades underscores the particular challenges faced by small, environmentally vulnerable economies.
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    India

    Delhi’s Ambitious “Artificial Rain” Bid Stalls as Conditions Fall Short

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    Agriculture policy

    Pakistan’s Paradox: Flooded Yet Thirsty – The Hidden Water Crisis

    Pakistan has the potential to turn the tide. With smarter agriculture, technological adoption, community-driven conservation, and political will for infrastructure, the nation can secure water for future generations.
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    Bangladesh: Measles Outbreak Leaves Nine in 10 Families in Debt

    The human cost is measured not only in deaths and hospital beds but in emptied savings accounts and mounting informal debts.
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    Only 10,000 of 60,000 NGOs Active in Nepal, Panel Told

    Nepal has an exceptionally large number of registered NGOs and INGOs on paper, but a far smaller number that remain active and implementing work.

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