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Italy Slated to Withdraw from Chinese BRI Deal
Dr Dinesh Kumar Pandey Article

Italy is highly unlikely to renew its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) deal with China, which expires in March 2024.[1] The idea of Italy’s possible withdrawal from the initiativ....

May 23, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , POK , CPEC , BRI , Italy , Italy-India Relationship , Italy-India Bilateral Trade , CETA , Chinese Agenda , G7 & NATO in BRI
Neighborhood News Digest – 24 April 2023

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Women in Afghanistan banned from participating in Eid celebrations - Mid Day
In another harsh restriction, the Taliban has prohibited women from attending Eid celebrations in two provinces of Afghanistan reported loca....

April 24, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , China , Nepal , ASEAN , Afghanistan , POK , Bhutan , elections , Election Commission , Bangladesh , Terror , Imran Khan , energy , Tourism , FDI , Women , Infrastructure , Aid , PDFs , India-Myanmar , Sri Lanka-India , Census , Rupees , Track 1.5 , Russia-Maldives , Youth , Prachanda visit , By-polls , Punjab poll
Neighborhood News Digest – 12 April 2023

Afghanistan
United Nations to review presence in Afghanistan following Taliban banning women from working with UN Mission – The Hindu
The United Nations said, on April 11, it is reviewing its presence in Afghanistan after the T....

April 12, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , US , China , Afghanistan , Kashmir , POK , Bhutan , Doklam , Japan , elections , Bangladesh , Buddhism , Taliban , Oil , G20 , UN , Women's Rights , Parwan , Elections. Sri Lanka
Neighborhood News Digest – 23 March 2023

Afghanistan
US review of Afghanistan withdrawal to be released in April – Devdiscourse
In the aftermath, President Joe Biden directed that a broad review examine every aspect of this from top to bottom. It was originally set to....

March 23, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , US , China , SCO , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , POK , Bhutan , sanctions , Bangladesh , Taliban , Imran Khan , IMF , Human Rights , UNHCR , Hydropower , Punjab elections , earthquake , India-Myanmar , EU-Nepal , Myanmar-China , US review , Bangladesh transit deal , Festival of friendship , Entrepreneurship , Population Growth , Saudi Arabia-Maldives
POK: Truth, Lies, and Deception
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Third anniversary of the deletion of Article 370 brought out the usual round of protests from Pakistani and POK leaders. August 5 has been named Yom-e- Istehsal or the Day of Exploitation. The Prime Minister of POK Tanveer Ilyas led a protest rally i....

August 12, 2022 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , POK , Article 370 , Gilgit Baltistan , Northern Areas
Imran Khan’s ouster and changes in POK
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) elected a new so called ‘Prime Minister’ on April 18th barely a week after Imran Khan Niazi’s ouster in Islamabad. PTI government headed by the outgoing ‘Prime Minister’ Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi had completed ....

June 08, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , POK , CPEC , Demography , Gilgit-Baltistan , JKLF , Niazi
D.P. Srivastava, Forgotten Kashmir: The Other Side of the Line of Control. Noida, Harper Collins, 2021. 439pp.
Prof K Warikoo

Whereas Kashmir has been the focus of national and international attention for over seven decades, Pak-occupied Kashmir (POK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) have eluded attention. This is because the ‘Other Kashmir’ across the LOC has been kept under ....

December 02, 2021 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , POK , Book Reviews , Gilgit-Baltistan , Azad Kashmir , UN resolutions
POK: Election or Selection?
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

POK underwent the 11th general election on 25th July. The outcome held no surprise. It is invariably the party in power in Islamabad, which wins the election in the territory. The outgoing regime of Raja Farouk Haider was elected when PML (N) of Nawa....

July 30, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Kashmir , POK , Imran Khan , PTI , Islamabad , PML (N) , PPP
Release of ‘Forgotten Kashmir: The Other Side of the Line of Control’ by Shri Manoj Sinha, Lt. Governor of Union Territory of J&K

Shri Manoj Sinha, Lt. Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir released ‘Forgotten Kashmir: The Other Side of the Line of Kashmir’ in a virtual event on 18th March 2021. The book has been published by Harper Collins. Its author Ambass....

May 20, 2021 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Book Discussions , POK , Governor , Jammu and Kashmir , Gilgit-Baltistan , Manoj Sinha
Book Review: “Forgotten Kashmir: The Other Side of the Line of Control” by Dinkar P Srivastava, Harper Collins Publishers Feb 2021, pp. 304, MRP Rs. 699
Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

“Forgotten Kashmir” while touching upon Pakistan’s invasion of Kashmir and the issue of self determination in the context of the people of Kashmir is mainly focussed on Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) inclusive of both so called Azad Kashmir a....

March 19, 2021 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , POK , Gilgit , Baltistan , Ibrahim Khan , Maharaja , Major Brown , Northern Areas , NWFP , UNCIP resolutions
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