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Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on 31st July termed good governance “quintessential” for Pakistan’s security and stability. “The will of the people of Pakistan is superior. If good governance requires an administrative reset, then it has to be done through constitutional methods, legal procedures and political representatives.” (Dawn)

The 60-day negotiation window under the US-Iran memorandum of understanding expired on 17 August with no substantive progress over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has set a deadline of several weeks for the US to fully implement the memorandum and has announced a shift in its policy “from defensive to full-scale offensive.”

Myanmar’s military-backed government announced it has verified over 300,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as former Rakhine residents, stating it will accept their return once security conditions improve. Entering its ninth year, the crisis began when a 2017 military crackdown forced more than 700,000 Rohingya across the border.