Pakistan has a general election today. It will decide on the next government of the world’s fifth-most populous nation and the governments of its four provinces — Punjab, Singh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Around 128 million people can vote to pick 266 representatives to form the 16th parliament in a first-past-the-post system. They will also vote to elect the legislatures of the country’s four provinces.
Pakistan’s misery continues
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Bangladesh’s Hasina wins re-election after polls without opposition
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina won re-election for a fifth term Sunday, officials said, following a boycott led by an opposition party she branded a “terrorist organisation”.
Bangladesh’s Hasina wins re-election after polls without opposition
Previously:
Clear signs of US trying to topple Sheikh Hasina govt: Regime change operation underway in Bangladesh and why India should be alert
Regime change operation underway in Bangladesh and why India should be alert (archived)
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Bangladesh: The government must stop killing protestors and silencing dissent (OMCT*)
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Michael Kugelman (Wilson Center**): The U.S. Ups the Ante in Bangladesh
BAE Systems, Coca-Cola, BlackRock, Carnegie Corporation, Hewlett Foundation, ClimateWorks (Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg) Morgan Stanley, Northrop Grumman,
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