Pakistan

Pakistan has gained notoriety for the persecution of its minorities, which includes both Hindus and Sikhs.

Pakistan’s sudden embrace of the pre-Islamic history of the Indian subcontinent is pretentious, agenda-driven, a tactic of retrofitting facts to appropriate the history of ancient India. One or two pre-partition name changes do not change the fact that Pakistan’s foundation is still rooted in the Two-Nation Theory that essentially says that Muslims cannot co-exist with Hindus.

The early release of Rochdale grooming gang leader Shabir Ahmed has triggered widespread outrage in Britain. Despite losing his British citizenship, a loophole in the 1971 Immigration Act and diplomatic resistance from Pakistan currently prevent his immediate deportation.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has formally asked Pakistan to reverse recent ‘reconstructions’ and “unnecessary interventions” at Mohra Moradu, a Buddhist monastery and stupa complex from the Kushan era, and Sirkap, the Indo-Greek city layer.

The proliferation of Trump's cryptocurrency capital has once again highlighted the murky connections as well as the unpredictability and unreliability of Pakistani relationship with the US, which is driven purely by self-interest.

OpIndia analysed how the letter titled “Appeal to the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan by Concerned Citizens”, amplified Pakistan’s narratives and interests