Pakistan: Rights body flags deep instability in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

IANS | January 1, 2026 8:46 PM

Islamabad, Jan 1 (IANS) The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its deep concerns over the security and law and order situation in the country’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province throughout 2025. The region remains alarmingly unstable, witnessing frequent militant attacks.

Pakistan surviving on IMF reviews but economy remains vulnerable as ever: Report

IANS | January 1, 2026 8:46 PM

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Pakistan is witnessing the institutionalisation of a "survivalist" economy where every policy choice is dictated by the need to pass the next International Monetary Fund (IMF) review, regardless of whether that policy erodes the tax base for the next decade, while the economy remains vulnerable as ever -- headed nowhere except, most likely, into another IMF programme, as per a news report.

India's 'village-first' strategy redefines security and development: Report

IANS | January 1, 2026 8:32 PM

Hanoi, Jan 1 (IANS) India’s shift towards a village-first strategy at its core redefines the idea of security by recognising that empowered villagers — integrated to the economy, digitally connected, and included in mainstream development schemes — are inherently more secure, a report said on Thursday.

B’desh: Farmers, fishermen lose land and livelihoods to big power plants

IANS | January 1, 2026 6:44 PM

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) A recent photo exhibition by Bangladeshi photographer Noor Alam at a gallery in Tokyo depicted the sad story of the fishing and farming communities in the Matarbari region of southeastern Bangladesh are struggling to survive after losing their land and livelihoods to coal and gas-fired power plants that are being set up in the region.