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EFSAS Commentary

EFSAS Commentary

 

Weekly analytical commentary - EFSAS Commentary -  by the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) on news, current affairs and political developments in South Asia.  

Publication: Bangladesh's deadly War on Drugs

Bangladesh's deadly War on Drugs

The current Philippines-style campaign in Bangladesh is widely condemned by civil society organizations,…
Publication: 2018 Pakistan Elections: 'With the Army and not against it'

2018 Pakistan Elections: 'With the Army and not against it'

Despite the remarkably rare successive transition to democratic rule, the 2018 Pakistani elections could…
Publication: Plight of the Pakistani Electorate: Wedged between attacks of the Islamic State and intimidation by the Military Establishment

Plight of the Pakistani Electorate: Wedged between attacks of the Islamic State and intimidation by the Military Establishment

In a barbaric suicide attack on an election rally in Mastung in Balochistan province on 13 July, a suicide…
Publication: New weapons of Pakistani Military Establishment ahead of Elections: Judicial Coup & Mainstreaming of Terrorists

New weapons of Pakistani Military Establishment ahead of Elections: Judicial Coup & Mainstreaming of Terrorists

An accountability court in Pakistan on 6 July sentenced deposed PM Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the PML-N,…
Publication: Deadly attack on Sikhs in Afghanistan and rise of IS in the region

Deadly attack on Sikhs in Afghanistan and rise of IS in the region

On 1 July 2018, a suicide attack carried out in the Afghan city of Jalalabad claimed the lives of at…
Publication: Mullah Fazlullah killed in a US Drone Strike: Afghan President asks Pakistan to reciprocate

Mullah Fazlullah killed in a US Drone Strike: Afghan President asks Pakistan to reciprocate

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Muhammed Khorasani in a statement on 23 June acknowledged that the…
Publication: OHCHR Report on Kashmir: ‘Remote Monitoring’ fraught with serious methodological and analytical flaws

OHCHR Report on Kashmir: ‘Remote Monitoring’ fraught with serious methodological and analytical flaws

The OHCHR report has serious methodological, factual and analytical shortcomings that render its correctness,…
Publication: Merger of FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Pakistan snubs Right to Self-Determination

Merger of FATA into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Pakistan snubs Right to Self-Determination

The FATA, a grossly under-developed and poverty-stricken Pashtun-dominated region of Pakistan, has been…