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Blasphemy Laws and Female Madrassa of Pakistan
Soumya Awasthi Article

As Pakistan struggles with establishing democracy while parliament has passed no confidence motion against Imran Khan, the extremists are gradually strengthening their grip on Pakistan Society. This time it is a female madrassa which has caught the e....

April 11, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Madrassa , Radicalistaion , Blasphemy Law
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 16-31 March 2022

DEFENCE
Col (Dr) Guru SadayBatabyal (Retd), Politico-Military Strategy of the Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971 Routledge, 2021, PP 314, ISBN: 978-0-367-32268-7 (hbk), INR – 1210/-
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

Fifty years of the Bangladesh Liberation War has been celebrated this year. It is appropriate that a path-breaking book be published during the Liberation War celebration. This book should be of immense interest to the defence and strategic community....

March 30, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Pakistan , Book Reviews , Bangladesh Liberation War , 1971
China: Daily Scan, March 25, 2022

China ready to help Afghanistan achieve true independence, self-development: :Xinhuanet
March 25, 2022
Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Thursday that China is ready to help Afghanistan ac....

March 25, 2022 India , Pakistan , South China Sea , Afghanistan , PLA , China Daily Digest , Xinjiang , Beijing autoshow , QR code
India-Bangladesh Bonhomie at 50: 1971 and the Present
Dr Sreeradha Datta

For Bangladesh and India, the past year has been about celebrating 50 years of Bangladesh and commemorating the iconic event, the Liberation War of Bangladesh, one that irreversibly changed the political landscape of South Asia. While much scholar....

March 25, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , India , Pakistan , Book Published , Muslim League , Sheikh Hasina , 1971 war , Liberation War , 1971 Liberation War
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 01-15 March 2022

DEFENCE
China: Daily Scan, March 14, 2022

China's top legislator visits journalists covering annual session: Xinhuanet
March 13, 2022
China's top legislator Li Zhanshu has visited journalists covering the annual session of the national legislature. Li, chairman of the....

March 14, 2022 India , Pakistan , Russia , Covid , BeiDou , China Daily Digest , Jilin , carbon data , Apple , Foxconn , J-10CE
China: Daily Scan, March 9, 2022

NPC Constitution, Law Committee deliberates draft amendment to law on local
legislatures, governments: Xinhuanet
March 9, 2022
The Constitution and Law Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) on Monday deliberate....

March 09, 2022 Pakistan , Russia , NPC , Saudi Arabia , PLA , Ukraine , France , China Daily Digest , Germany , SMEs , FC-31
China: Daily Scan, February 07, 2022

Senior CPC official meets with former KMT chairperson: Xinhuanet
February 5, 2022
Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Wang Yang Saturday met with Hung Hsiu-chu, former chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang party, in B....

February 07, 2022 Pakistan , Russia , Central Asia , Uyghur , NDRC , AI , Olympics , China Daily Digest , digital Yuan , J-20 , African Union
Pakistan’s National Security Policy 2022-26: Some New Elements but No Shift on India
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The Imran Khan government has produced the country’s first ever National Security Policy (NSP) document that outlines Pakistan’s approach to national security and provides guidance to the government departments. A public version of the document h....

January 17, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , India , Pakistan , China , Kashmir , National Security policy , Geoeconomics
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