Unfortunately, populism is striking deep roots in Indian polity, and political leaders are thriving on populist rhetoric. Their policies are undermining the institutions, be it the Central bureaucracy, the CBI, the ED or the State police / administration, if not also the independence of the judiciary.
The cruel irony being that rival candidates of the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who were out on the streets to cheer their respective parties, were attacked by the mobs.
Protests organized by the TLP broke out nationwide almost immediately after the verdict, practically paralyzing Pakistan for three days.
Most Islamists and Brotherhood loyalists have either been jailed or fugitives since the popular-backed military ouster of former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in early July 2013.
A leading Pakistani daily on Tuesday condemned the State’s “capitulation” to Islamists whose street protests forced a cornered Law Minister…
A Cairo court on Monday upheld 20 death sentences against suspected Islamists over the killings of 12 policemen in an attack…
