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Pakistan’s Peace Initiative with India: At what cost?

The Bloomberg, on March 2021, reported UAE brokered secret talks between India and Pakistan. The Week dated April 15, 2021, says quoting Ayesh Siddiqa, a Pakistani defense analyst that she believed such meetings had been held for “several months”. Al Jazeera dated 15 April, 2021, too supports the secret India-Pakistan talks. Ayesa Siddiqa claims that, […]

Initiatives for Revelation: A feat of investigative reportage is rare in Nepal

Professor Parsuram Kharel Senior Journalist, Nepal Investigative reporting requires a high degree of skill, knowledge and contacts in addition to perseverance, hard work and constant support from colleagues in the newsroom. In the history of this class of reporting, the Watergate reporting in the 1970s that led to the resignation of a re-elected president in […]

Pakistan initiative: New SA Quadrangle within SAARC?

N. P. Upadhyaya Kathmandu: Neighboring Pakistan, better late than never, has freshly exhibited its fervent desire to see the almost dead regional body-the SAARC, to come to new life. The idea to give a new lease of life to the SAARC regional body was in all likelihood sounded by new SAARC Secretary General from Sri […]

Approaches to Poverty Reduction in Nepal: Implementing the Change

-Dr. Meena Acharya, Senior economist, Nepal Operationalizing Gender Equality and Social Inclusion:  There has been a shift in the development approach from “gender mainstreaming” to “gender equality and social inclusion mainstreaming”. The goal is to ensure that development addresses not only discrimination against women but also bias against women and men from historically excluded social […]

Enhancing the Dialogue Efficiency of Political Parties in Nepal

Dev Raj Dahal, Kathmandu, Nepal Introduction: The sovereignty of Nepali state is weak to subdue chaos and the road to a democratic polity is hamstrung by a lack of consensual behavior of political leaders on a myriad of constitutional issues, peace process, state building and structural reforms. Meaningful political dialogues foster mutual learning from each […]