South Asia Focus (Weekly Program) – Apr 29 , 2018

This episode focuses on, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two–day visit to Wuhan city of China for an informal summit with Chinese Premier Xi Jinping, what could be termed as a historic and unprecedented diplomatic step, the two Asian giants have come together to reconcile their strained relationship owing to Chinese aggressive approach in pursuing its economic and political ambitions in Asia and other parts of the world. The Ethnic Pashtuns continue to hold anti-government rallies demanding justice against crimes perpetrated by Pakistan army. Recently, Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement, a rights group held a massive rally in Lahore city despite state pressure. In Afghanistan, the establishment is facing a two-pronged challenge as ‘Khorasan’, the so-called Islamic State faction in the country and the Taliban continue to target the government establishments and civilians alike, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country in recent times, a suicide bomber exploded himself outside a voter registration centre in capital Kabul, killing scores and wounding many others. In Nepal, the rehabilitation and reconstruction work is still not complete after three years of the earthquake, however, Nepal’s permanent allies and partners such as India have been resolute in their support to the country and New Delhi has sanctioned millions of dollars for the reconstruction of heritage sites across the Himalayan country. In the northeast region, where several world heritage sites exist and every year, the indigenous people gather to celebrate and pledge to preserve these sites for the generations to come.

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