On 21 October, Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif returned to Islamabad after four years of self-imposed exile in London. He will face an uphill battle to ensure he can run for upcoming elections. Cartoon by Gihan de Chickera
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In this episode, we talk about Apple’s alerts warning of potential state-sponsored cyberattacks targeting Indian opposition leaders and journalists, an explosion in Kerala targeting a Jehovah’s Witness convention, Nawaz Sharif’s return to Pakistan, advances by armed groups battling Myanmar’s military junta in Shan state, arrests and deaths of Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists following a three-day blockade in Bangladesh, the launch of an India-Bangladesh railway link and the incoming Maldivian president Mohammed Muizzu’s plan to evict Indian troops within a week of his inauguration.
In this episode, Himal Southasian interviews Daniel Bosley, a journalist and blogger working on the Maldives, about the recently held Maldivian presidential elections (interview begins at 10:27).
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Daniel Bosley’s reading list:
The Costliest Pearl: China’s struggle for India’s Ocean
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