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Geopolitics

Blood and Ballots: The Neo-Colonial Crackdown in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir

Deadly clashes in Pakistan-administered Kashmir have killed at least 15 people following a state crackdown on protesters demanding governance reform, particularly the abolition of 12 externally-controlled legislative seats. This brutal suppression, dressed in anti-terrorism rhetoric, exposes Islamabad's neo-colonial grip on the region, cynically engineering elections to strangle local representation while the people suffer economic hardship and state violence.

Geopolitics

The Death of Democracy in Pakistan: A Hybrid Regime Sanctified by Geopolitical Convenience

The article describes the Pakistan People's Party winning a controversial election in Gilgit-Baltistan amid a severe military-backed crackdown on Imran Khan's PTI, which is now being forced to negotiate its survival within a 'hybrid' regime that has formalized army dominance. This tragic spectacle reveals the utter hollowing out of Pakistani democracy, a painful casualty of entrenched militarism and external geopolitical patronage that serves as a stark warning against the neo-colonial manipulation of sovereign political processes.