The Dalai Lama has ruled out any role to China’s leadership in deciding who succeeds him as the leader of Tibetan Buddhism and called Beijing’s meddling in the issue “a disgrace”.
‘One thing I want to make clear. As far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China’s Communists,” the 76-year-old Nobel Peace laureate said while delivering his statement for the 52nd anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising in 1959.
The Dalai Lama gave up his role as Tibet’s political leader …

Dawn & Daily Times, Mar 17
ISLAMABAD, March 16: The Board of Investment (BoI) announced on Wednesday that it was evolving a tax-free policy for investors to make Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) a haven for investors.
During a meeting with GB Chief Minister Syed Mehdi Shah, BoI chairman Saleem Mandviwala said that South Korean investors have shown interest in power generation, which could overcome the shortfall of 80MW in the province.
He said that the region has all the potential to become a heaven for the investors and the present government is evolving new policies …

On February 13, Mario Otero, US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Affairs, arrived in Kathmandu for a round of talks. And on the same day the Nepali police forced Chushi Gangdruk to abruptly end its elections to the dismay of local Tibetan refugees. By design or accident, the police action provided an opportunity to the American official to know and hear first hand the problems of the Tibetan refugees, who continue to stream into the Himalayan State.
Police in riot gear armed with guns and batons stormed into Chushi Gangdruk election centers …

Three Tibetan writers identified as Jangtse Donkho, Buddha and Kalsang Jinpa were tried (Oct.28) by the Aba Intermediate People’s Court in Sichuan province on charges of inciting activities to split the  nation.  All three were detained earlier in July, 2010 by Chinese authorities on charges of writing articles in a local newsletter Shar Dungri (Eastern Snow Mountain) about the 2008 unrest.
All three, along with their lawyers and some family members, were present in the court during the trial which lasted half a day.  They denied the charges and pleaded not …

Bangladesh is once again in political turmoil. Main Opposition leader and former prime minister, Khaleda Zia has started a campaign demanding mid-term election saying that the present Awami League (AL) led Grand Alliance government of her bitter rival Sheik Hasina has failed the people.  She raised this demand as soon as the High Court dismissed her appeal against the government notice asking her to vacate her cantonment house and cancelled the extension of her son Arafat Rahman Koko’s parole.
In parliamentary democracy treasury benches and the opposition have equal responsibility to …